Global InformationList of ministers of justice of Turkey information
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 | |||
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