List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)

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Minister responsible Office Ministry List

The following is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

No.	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1		Bekir Sami Kunduh	1920	1921	Independent
2		Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu	1921	1921	Independent
3		Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	1921	1922	Independent
4		İsmet İnönü	1922	1924	Republican People's Party
5		Şükrü Kaya	1924	1925	Republican People's Party
6		Tevfik Rüştü Aras	1925	1938	Republican People's Party
7		Şükrü Saracoğlu	1938	1942	Republican People's Party
8		Numan Menemencioğlu	1942	1944	Republican People's Party
9		Hasan Saka	1944	1947	Republican People's Party
10		Necmettin Sadak	1947	1950	Republican People's Party
11		Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	1950	1955	Democrat Party
-		Adnan Menderes	1955	1955	Democrat Party
12		Fatin Rüştü Zorlu	1955	1955	Democrat Party
(11)		Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	1955	1956	Democrat Party
-		Ethem Menderes	1956	1957	Democrat Party
(12)		Fatin Rüştü Zorlu	1957	1960	Democrat Party
13		Selim Rauf Sarper	1960	1962	Independent
14		Feridun Cemal Erkin	1962	1965	Independent
15		Hasan Esat Işık	1965	1965	Independent
16		İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1965	1971	Justice Party
17		Osman Esim Olcay	1971	1971	Independent
18		Ümit Haluk Bayülken	1971	1974	Independent
19		Turan Güneş	1974	1974	Republican People's Party
20		Melih Rauf Esenbel	1974	1975	Independent
(16)		İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1975	1977	Justice Party
21		Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün	1977	1977	Republican People's Party
(16)		İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1977	1978	Justice Party
(21)		Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün	1978	1979	Republican People's Party
22		Hayrettin Erkmen	12 November 1979	5 September 1980	Justice Party
-		Ertuğrul Ekrem Ceyhun	1980	1980	Justice Party
23		İlter Türkmen	21 September 1980	24 October 1983	Independent
24		Vahit Melih Halefoğlu	13 December 1983	21 December 1987	Motherland Party
25		Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz	22 December 1987	20 February 1990	Motherland Party
26		Ali Hüsrev Bozer	22 February 1990	12 October 1990	Motherland Party
27		Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin	10 October 1990	23 June 1991	Motherland Party
28		İsmail Safa Giray	23 June 1991	21 November 1991	Motherland Party
29		Hikmet Çetin	21 November 1991	27 July 1994	Social Democratic People's Party
30		Mümtaz Soysal	27 July 1994	28 November 1994	Social Democratic People's Party
31		Murat Karayalçın	12 December 1994	27 March 1995	Social Democratic People's Party
32		Erdal İnönü	27 March 1995	6 October 1995	Republican People's Party
33		Coşkun Kırca	6 October 1995	31 October 1995	True Path Party
34		Deniz Baykal	31 October 1995	6 March 1996	Republican People's Party
35		Emre Gönensay	6 March 1996	28 June 1996	True Path Party
36		Tansu Çiller	28 June 1996	30 June 1997	True Path Party
37		İsmail Cem İpekçi	30 June 1997	11 July 2002	Democratic Left Party
38		Şükrü Sina Gürel	12 July 2002	18 November 2002	Democratic Left Party
39		Yaşar Yakış	18 November 2002	14 March 2003	Justice and Development Party
40		Abdullah Gül	14 March 2003	28 August 2007	Justice and Development Party
41		Ali Babacan	29 August 2007	1 May 2009	Justice and Development Party
42		Ahmet Davutoğlu	1 May 2009	29 August 2014	Justice and Development Party
43		Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	29 August 2014	28 August 2015	Justice and Development Party
44		Feridun Sinirlioğlu	28 August 2015	24 November 2015	Independent
(43)		Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	24 November 2015	Incumbent	Justice and Development Party

External links

• Turkish ministries, etc – Rulers.org