List of Ministers for Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey

This list of ministers for transport and infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey is a directory of all ministers for transport and infrastructure in the country since the establishment of the ministry in 1939. It was founded as the Ministry of Transport. In 2011 the ministry also received the shipping and communications divisions. Until August 2018 it was called the Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications, since then the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

#	photo	Surname	Term of office	Political party
Minister of Transport (April 3, 1939 - November 1, 2011)
1		Ali Çetinkaya	April 3, 1939 - November 20, 1940	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
2		Cevdet Kerim İncedayı	November 20, 1940 - November 12, 1941	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
3		Mehmet Fahri Engin	November 12, 1941 - March 9, 1943	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
4th		Ali Fuat Cebesoy	March 9, 1943 - August 7, 1946	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
5		Şükrü Koçak	August 7, 1946 - June 10, 1948	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
6th		Kasım Gülek	June 10, 1948 - January 16, 1949	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
7th		Kemal Satir	January 16, 1949 - May 22, 1950	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
8th		Ahmet Tevfik İleri	May 22, 1950 - August 11, 1950	Democrat Parti
9		Seyfi Kurtbek	August 11, 1950 - November 10, 1952	Democrat Parti
10		Yümnü Üresin	November 10, 1952 - May 17, 1954	Democrat Parti
11		Muammer Çavuşoğlu	May 17, 1954 - December 9, 1955	Democrat Parti
12		Arif Demirer	December 9, 1955 - November 25, 1957	Democrat Parti
13		Fevzi Uçaner	November 25, 1957 - September 18, 1958	Democrat Parti
14th		Muzaffer Kurbanoğlu	November 1, 1958 - December 9, 1959	Democrat Parti
15th		Şemi Ergin	December 9, 1959 - May 27, 1960	Democrat Parti
16		Sıtkı Ulay	May 30, 1960 - January 5, 1961	Military government
17th		Mehmet Orhan Mersinli	January 5, 1961 - November 20, 1961	Military government
18th		Mustafa Cahit Akyar	November 20, 1961 - June 25, 1962	Adalet Partisi
19th		Rıfat Öçten	June 25, 1962 - June 10, 1963	Yeni Türkiye Partisi
20th		İhsan Şeref Dura	June 13, 1963 - December 25, 1963	Yeni Türkiye Partisi
21st		Abdurrahman Ferit Alpiskender	December 25, 1963 - December 15, 1964	Adalet Partisi
22nd		Mahmut Vural	December 15, 1964 - February 20, 1965	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
23		Mithat San	February 20, 1965 - July 31, 1965	Adalet Partisi
24		Kazım Yurdakul	July 31, 1965 - October 27, 1965	Adalet Partisi
25th		Seyfi Öztürk	October 27, 1965 - April 3, 1967	Adalet Partisi
26th		Mehmet Saadettin Bilgiç	April 3, 1967 - August 1, 1969	Adalet Partisi
27		Mehmet İzmen	August 1, 1969 - November 3, 1969	Adalet Partisi
28		Nahit Menteşe	November 3, 1969 - December 14, 1970	Adalet Partisi
29		Mehmet Orhan Tuğrul	December 14, 1970 - March 26, 1971	Adalet Partisi
30th		Haluk Arık	March 26, 1971 - September 29, 1971	Military government
31		Selahattin Baburoglu	September 29, 1971 - October 27, 1971	Military government
32		Cahit Karakaş	October 27, 1971 - December 11, 1971	Adalet Partisi
33		Rıfkı Danışman	December 11, 1971 - April 15, 1973	Adalet Partisi
34		Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek	April 15, 1973 - January 26, 1974	Adalet Partisi
35		Hasan Ferda Güley	January 26, 1974 - November 17, 1974	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
36		Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek	November 17, 1974 - March 31, 1975	Adalet Partisi
37		Nahit Menteşe	March 31, 1975 - April 11, 1977	Adalet Partisi
38		İbrahim Aysoy	April 17, 1977 - June 21, 1977	Adalet Partisi
39		Erol Çevikçe	June 21, 1977 - July 21, 1977	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
40		Yılmaz Ergenekon	July 21, 1977 - January 5, 1978	Adalet Partisi
41		Güneş Öngüt	January 5, 1978 - November 12, 1979	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
42		Hüseyin Özalp	November 12, 1979 - September 12, 1980	Adalet Partisi
43		Necmi Özgür	September 12, 1980 - March 2, 1983	Military government
44		Mustafa Aydın Aysan	March 2, 1983 - December 13, 1983	Military government
45		Veysel Atasoy	December 13, 1983 - September 16, 1987	Anavatan Partisi
46		İhsan Pekel	September 16, 1987 - December 21, 1987	Anavatan Partisi
47		Ekrem Pakdemirli	December 21, 1987 - March 30, 1989	Anavatan Partisi
48		Cengiz Tuncer	March 30, 1989 - June 23, 1991	Anavatan Partisi
49		İbrahim Ozdemir	June 21, 1991 - August 21, 1991	Anavatan Partisi
50		Sabahattin Yalınpala	August 21, 1991 - November 20, 1991	Anavatan Partisi
51		Yaşar Topçu	November 20, 1991 - June 25, 1993	Dogru Yol Partisi
52		Mehmet Köstepen	June 25, 1993 - April 12, 1995	Dogru Yol Partisi
53		Ali Şevki Erek	May 29, 1995 - October 31, 1995	Dogru Yol Partisi
54		Oğuz Tezmen	October 31, 1995 - March 6, 1996	independent
55		Ömer Barutçu	March 6, 1996 - July 30, 1997	Dogru Yol Partisi
56		Necdet Menzir	July 30, 1997 - August 4, 1998	Dogru Yol Partisi
57		Arif Ahmet Denizolgun	August 4, 1998 - January 11, 1999	Refah Partisi
58		Hasan Basri Aktan	January 11, 1999 - May 28, 1999	independent
59		Enis Öksüz	May 28, 1999 - July 17, 2001	Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
60		Oktay Vural	July 30, 2001 - August 5, 2002	Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
61		Naci Kınacıoğlu	August 5, 2002 - November 18, 2002	independent
62		Binali Yıldırım	November 18, 2002 - May 8, 2007	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
63		İsmet Yılmaz	May 8, 2007 - August 29, 2007	independent
64		Binali Yıldırım	August 29, 2007 - March 8, 2011	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
65		Habip Soluk	March 8, 2011 - July 6, 2011	independent
66		Binali Yıldırım	July 6, 2011 - November 1, 2011	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
Minister for Transport, Shipping and Communication (since November 1, 2011)
1		Binali Yıldırım	November 1, 2011 - December 25, 2013	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
2		Lütfi Elvan	December 25, 2013 - March 6, 2015	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
3		Feridun Bilgin	March 6, 2015 - November 24, 2015	independent
4th		Binali Yıldırım	November 24, 2015 - May 24, 2016	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
5		Ahmet Arslan	May 24, 2016 to July 9, 2018	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure (since July 9, 2018)
1		Mehmet Cahit Turhan	July 9, 2018 to March 28, 2020	independent
2		Adil Karaismailoğlu	Since March 28, 2020	independent