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		Hüseyin 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	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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