List of ministers of justice of Turkey

The following is a list of former ministers of justice of Turkey.

# Minister Term start Term end Party
Government of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923)
1 Celalettin Arif 3 May 1920 30 March 1921 IP
2 Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk 30 March 1921 19 May 1921
3 Refik Şevket İnce 19 May 1921 9 July 1922
4 Ahmet Rifat Çalık 12 July 1922 4 August 1923
5 Mehmet Seyit Bey 14 August 1923 27 October 1923
Cabinet of Turkey (1923–present)
1 Mehmet Seyit Bey 30 October 1923 6 March 1924 CHP
2 Mustafa Necati Uğural 6 March 1924 22 October 1924
3 Mahmut Esat Bozkurt 22 October 1924 27 September 1930
4 Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk 27 September 1930 23 May 1933
5 Şükrü Saracoğlu 23 May 1933 11 November 1938
6 Hilmi Uran 11 November 1938 3 January 1939
7 Tevfik Fikret Sılay 3 January 1939 26 May 1939
8 Ali Fethi Okyar 26 May 1939 12 March 1940
9 Hasan Safyettin Menemencioğlu 12 March 1940 9 March 1943
10 Ali Rıza Türel 9 March 1943 6 April 1946
11 Mümtaz Ökmen 6 April 1946 10 September 1947
12 Şinasi Devrin 10 September 1947 10 June 1948
13 Fuat Sirmen 10 June 1948 13 January 1949
14 Ali Rıza Erten 13 January 1949 16 January 1949
15 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
71 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
75 Bekir Bozdağ 25 December 2013 6 March 2015
76 Kenan İpek 7 March 2015 24 November 2015 NP
77 Bekir Bozdağ 24 November 2015 19 July 2017 AKP
78 Abdulhamit Gül 19 July 2017 28 January 2022
79 Bekir Bozdağ 28 January 2022 4 June 2023
80 Yılmaz Tunç 4 June 2023 incumbent

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