List of Ministers of National Education of Turkey


Following is a list of Ministers of National Education of Turkey.
#NameTook officeLeft office
1Rıza Nur4 May 192013 December 1920
2Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver14 December 192020 November 1921
3Mehmet Vehbi Bolak20 November 19215 November 1922
4İsmail Safa Özler5 November 19226 March 1924
5Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar6 March 192422 November 1924
6Şükrü Saraçoğlu22 November 19243 March 1925
7Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver3 March 192519 December 1925
8Mustafa Necati Uğural20 December 19251 January 1929
9İsmet İnönü 1 January 19298 January 1929
10İsmet İnönü9 January 192927 February 1929
11Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar28 February 19297 April 1929
12Recep Peker 7 April 192910 April 1929
13Cemal Hüsnü Taray10 April 192915 September 1930
14Refik Saydam 17 September 193027 September 1930
15Esat Sagay27 September 193018 September 1932
16Reşit Galip19 September 193213 August 1933
17Refik Saydam 13 August 193326 October 1933
18Yusuf Hikmet Bayur27 October 19338 July 1934
19Zeynel Abidin Özmen9 July 19349 June 1935
20Saffet Arıkan10 June 19359 June 1935
21Hasan Âli Yücel28 December 19385 August 1946
22Reşat Şemsettin Sirer5 August 19469 June 1948
23Hasan Tahsin Banguoğlu10 June 194822 May 1950
24Hüseyin Avni Başman22 May 19502 August 1950
25Nuri Özsan 3 August 195010 August 1950
26Ahmet Tevfik İleri11 August 19505 April 1953
27Rıfkı Salim Burçak9 April 195317 May 1954
28Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı17 May 19549 December 1955
29Ahmet Özel9 December 195513 April 1957
30Ahmet Tevfik İleri13 April 195725 November 1957
31Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı26 November 195722 May 1959
32Ahmet Tevfik İleri 22 May 19598 December 1959
33Mehmet Atıf Benderlioğlu9 December 195927 May 1960
34Fehmi Yavuz30 May 196027 August 1960
35Fehmi Yavuz 27 August 19608 September 1960
36Bedrettin Tuncel8 September 19605 January 1961
37Turhan Feyzioğlu5 January 19617 February 1961
38Ahmet Tahtakılıç 7 February 19612 March 1961
39Ahmet Tahtakılıç3 March 196125 October 1961
40Ahmet Tahtakılıç 25 October 196120 November 1961
41Mehmet Hilmi İncesulu20 November 196125 June 1962
42Şevket Raşit Hatipoğlu25 June 19628 June 1963
43İbrahim Öktem11 June 196320 February 1965
44Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan20 February 196527 October 1965
45Orhan Dengiz27 October 19651 April 1967
46Mehmet İlhami Ertem1 April 19673 November 1969
47Orhan Oğuz3 November 196926 March 1971
48Şinasi Orel26 March 197113 December 1971
49İsmail Hakkı Arar13 December 197122 May 1972
50Sabahattin Özbek22 May 197215 April 1973
51Orhan Dengiz15 April 197326 January 1974
52Mustafa Üstündağ26 January 197417 November 1974
53Safa Reisoğlu17 November 197431 March 1975
54Ali Naili Erdem31 March 197521 June 1977
55Mustafa Üstündağ21 June 197721 July 1977
56Nahit Menteşe21 July 19775 January 1978
57Mustafa Necdet Uğur5 January 197812 November 1979
58Orhan Cemal Fersoy12 November 197912 September 1980
59Hasan Sağlam21 September 198013 December 1983
60Vehbi Dinçerler13 December 198313 September 1985
61Metin Emiroğlu13 September 198521 December 1987
62Hasan Celal Güzel21 December 198730 March 1989
63Avni Akyol30 March 198920 November 1991
64Köksal Toptan20 November 199125 June 1993
65Nahit Menteşe25 June 199324 October 1993
66Nevzat Ayaz24 October 19935 October 1995
67Turhan Tayan5 October 199528 June 1996
68Mehmet Sağlam28 June 199630 June 1997
69Hikmet Uluğbay30 June 199711 January 1999
70Metin Bostancıoğlu11 January 199910 July 2002
71Necdet Tekin10 July 200218 November 2002
72Erkan Mumcu18 November 200214 March 2003
73Hüseyin Çelik14 March 20031 May 2009
74Nimet Çubukçu1 May 20096 July 2011
75Ömer Dinçer6 July 201124 January 2013
76Nabi Avcı24 January 201324 May 2016
77İsmet Yılmaz24 May 201610 July 2018
78Ziya Selçuk10 July 2018Incumbent