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The following is a list of former ministers of justice of Turkey.
# | Minister | Term start | Term end | Party | ||
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Government of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923) | ||||||
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Celalettin Arif | 3 May 1920 | 30 March 1921 | IP | |
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Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk | 30 March 1921 | 19 May 1921 | ||
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Refik Şevket İnce | 19 May 1921 | 9 July 1922 | ||
4 | Ahmet Rifat Çalık | 12 July 1922 | 4 August 1923 | |||
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Mehmet Seyit Bey | 14 August 1923 | 27 October 1923 | ||
Cabinet of Turkey (1923–present) | ||||||
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Mehmet Seyit Bey | 30 October 1923 | 6 March 1924 | CHP | |
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Mustafa Necati Uğural | 6 March 1924 | 22 October 1924 | ||
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Mahmut Esat Bozkurt | 22 October 1924 | 27 September 1930 | ||
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Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk | 27 September 1930 | 23 May 1933 | ||
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Şükrü Saracoğlu | 23 May 1933 | 11 November 1938 | ||
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Hilmi Uran | 11 November 1938 | 3 January 1939 | ||
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Tevfik Fikret Sılay | 3 January 1939 | 26 May 1939 | ||
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Ali Fethi Okyar | 26 May 1939 | 12 March 1940 | ||
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Hasan Safyettin Menemencioğlu | 12 March 1940 | 9 March 1943 | ||
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Ali Rıza Türel | 9 March 1943 | 6 April 1946 | ||
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Mümtaz Ökmen | 6 April 1946 | 10 September 1947 | ||
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Şinasi Devrin | 10 September 1947 | 10 June 1948 | ||
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Fuat Sirmen | 10 June 1948 | 13 January 1949 | ||
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Ali Rıza Erten | 13 January 1949 | 16 January 1949 | ||
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Fuat Sirmen | 16 January 1949 | 22 May 1950 | ||
16 | Halil Özyörük | 22 May 1950 | 9 March 1951 | DP | ||
17 | Rüknettin Nasuhioğlu | 9 March 1951 | 10 November 1952 | |||
18 | Osman Şevki Çiçekdağ | 10 November 1952 | 9 December 1955 | |||
19 | Hüseyin Avni Göktürk | 9 December 1952 | 25 November 1957 | |||
20 | Esat Budakoğlu | 25 November 1957 | 3 April 1960 | |||
21 | Celal Yardımcı | 3 April 1960 | 27 May 1960 | |||
22 | Abdullah Pulat Gözübüyük | 30 May 1960 | 27 August 1960 | M | ||
23 | Mustafa Amil Artus | 27 August 1960 | 5 January 1961 | |||
24 | Ekrem Tüzemen | 5 January 1961 | 17 August 1961 | |||
25 | Kemal Türkoğlu | 17 August 1961 | 20 November 1961 | |||
26 | Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu | 20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | CHP | ||
27 | Abdülhak Kemal Yörük | 25 June 1962 | 25 December 1963 | CKMP | ||
28 | Mehmet Sedat Çumralı | 25 December 1962 | 15 December 1964 | CHP | ||
29 | Sırrı Atalay | 15 December 1964 | 20 February 1965 | |||
30 | İrfan Baran | 20 February 1965 | 31 July 1965 | CKMP | ||
31 | İhsan Köknel | 31 July 1965 | 27 October 1965 | AP | ||
32 | Hasan Dinçer | 27 October 1965 | 1 August 1969 | |||
33 | Hidayet Aydıner | 1 August 1969 | 3 November 1969 | |||
34 | Yusuf Ziya Önder | 3 November 1969 | 26 March 1971 | |||
35 | İsmail Hakkı Arar | 26 March 1971 | 11 December 1971 | CHP | ||
36 | Suat Bilge | 11 December 1971 | 22 May 1972 | IP | ||
37 | Hasan Fehmi Alpaslan | 22 May 1972 | 15 April 1973 | CHP | ||
38 | Mehmet Hayri Mumcuoğlu | 15 April 1973 | 26 January 1974 | |||
39 | Şevket Kazan | 26 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | MSP | ||
40 | Mehmet Hayri Mumcuoğlu | 17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | CHP | ||
41 | İsmail Müftüoğlu | 31 March 1975 | 11 April 1977 | MSP | ||
42 | Zeyyat Baykara | 11 April 1977 | 21 June 1977 | IP | ||
43 | Selçuk Erverdi | 21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | CHP | ||
44 | Necmettin Cevheri | 21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | AP | ||
45 | Mehmet Can | 5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | CHP | ||
46 | Ömer Ucuzal | 12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980 | AP | ||
47 | Cevdet Menteş | 12 September 1980 | 8 February 1983 | M | ||
48 | Rıfat Bayazıt | 8 February 1983 | 13 May 1983 | |||
49 | Mustafa Kazım Akdoğan | 21 May 1983 | 13 December 1983 | |||
50 | Mehmet Necat Eldem | 13 December 1983 | 17 October 1986 | ANAP | ||
51 | Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu | 17 October 1986 | 16 September 1987 | |||
52 | Halil Ertem | 16 September 1987 | 21 December 1987 | NP | ||
53 | Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu | 21 December 1987 | 26 June 1988 | ANAP | ||
54 | Mehmet Topaç | 26 June 1988 | 30 March 1989 | |||
55 | Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu | 30 March 1989 | 23 June 1991 | |||
56 | Şakir Şeker | 23 June 1991 | 29 August 1991 | |||
57 | Suat Bilge | 29 August 1991 | 20 November 1991 | NP | ||
58 | Mehmet Seyfi Oktay | 20 November 1991 | 27 July 1994 | SHP | ||
59 | Mehmet Moğultay | 27 July 1994 | 5 October 1995 | |||
60 | Bekir Sami Daçe | 5 October 1995 | 31 October 1995 | DYP | ||
61 | Firuz Çilingiroğlu | 31 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | NP | ||
62 | Mehmet Ağar | 6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | DYP | ||
63 | Şevket Kazan | 28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | RP | ||
64 | Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu | 30 June 1997 | 4 August 1998 | ANAP | ||
65 | Hasan Denizkurdu | 4 August 1998 | 11 January 1999 | |||
66 | Selçuk Öztek | 11 January 1999 | 28 May 1999 | NP | ||
67 | Hikmet Sami Türk | 28 May 1999 | 5 August 2002 | DSP | ||
68 | Aysel Çelikel | 5 August 2002 | 18 November 2002 | NP | ||
69 | Cemil Çiçek | 18 November 2002 | 8 May 2007 | AKP | ||
70 | Fahri Kasırga | 8 May 2007 | 29 August 2007 | NP | ||
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Mehmet Ali Şahin | 29 August 2007 | 1 May 2009 | AKP | |
72 | Sadullah Ergin | 1 May 2009 | 8 March 2011 | |||
73 | Ahmet Kahraman | 8 March 2011 | 6 July 2011 | NP | ||
74 | Sadullah Ergin | 6 July 2011 | 25 December 2013 | AKP | ||
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Bekir Bozdağ | 25 December 2013 | 6 March 2015 | ||
76 | Kenan İpek | 7 March 2015 | 24 November 2015 | NP | ||
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Bekir Bozdağ | 24 November 2015 | 19 July 2017 | AKP | |
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Abdulhamit Gül | 19 July 2017 | 28 January 2022 | ||
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Bekir Bozdağ | 28 January 2022 | 4 June 2023 | ||
80 | Yılmaz Tunç | 4 June 2023 | incumbent |
Legend:
- AKP: Justice and Development Party
- ANAP: Motherland Party
- AP: Justice Party
- CHP: Republican People's Party
- CKMP: Republican Villagers Nation Party
- DP: Democrat Party
- DSP: Democratic Left Party
- DYP: True Path Party
- IP: Independent politician
- M: Military after coup d'état
- NP: Non-parisan (Civil servant)
- RP: Welfare Party
- SHP: Social Democratic Populist Party
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