List of Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey

The following is a list of Ministers of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication of Turkey. The post was established in 1939, with Ali Çetinkaya as the first office holder. As of 2017, the office holder is Ahmet Arslan and the office has been held by 64 people.

List of Ministers of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication

No. Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Political party No of. government
Ministers of Transport
(3 April 1939 – 1 November 2011)
1 Ali Çetinkaya
(1878–1949)
3 April 193920 November 1940Republican People's Party12
2 Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
(1893–1951)
20 November 194012 November 1941Republican People's Party12
3 Mehmet Fahri Engin
(1888–1970)
12 November 19419 March 1943Republican People's Party12- 13
4 Ali Fuat Cebesoy
(1882-1962)
9 March 19437 August 1946Republican People's Party14
5 Şükrü Koçak
(1886-1961)
7 August 194610 June 1948Republican People's Party15- 16
6 Kasım Gülek
(1905-1996)
10 June 194816 January 1949Republican People's Party17
7 Kemal Satır
(1911-1991)
16 January 194922 May 1950Republican People's Party18
8 Ahmet Tevfik İleri
(1911-1961)
22 May 195011 August 1950Democrat Party19
9 Seyfi Kurtbek
(1905-1995)
11 August 195010 November 1952Democrat Party19- 20
10 Yümnü Üresin
(1898-1961)
10 November 195217 May 1954Democrat Party20
11 Muammer Çavuşoğlu
(1903-1972)
17 May 19549 December 1955Democrat Party21
12 Arif Demirer
(1909-1997)
9 December 195525 November 1957Democrat Party22
13 Fevzi Uçaner
(1900-1963)
25 November 195718 September 1958Democrat Party23
14 Muzaffer Kurbanoğlu
(1913- )
1 November 19589 December 1959Democrat Party23
15 Şemi Ergin
(1913-1996)
9 December 195927 May 1960Democrat Party23
16 Sıtkı Ulay
(1907-1997)
30 May 19605 January 1961Military24
17 Mehmet Orhan Mersinli
(1912-1975)
5 January 196120 November 1961Military25
18 Mustafa Cahit Akyar
(1910-1988)
20 November 196125 June 1962Justice Party26
19 Rıfat Öçten
(1913-1970)
25 June 196210 June 1963New Turkey Party27
20 İhsan Şeref Dura
(1901-1984)
13 June 196325 December 1963New Turkey Party27
21 Abdurrahman Ferit Alpiskender
(1908-1989)
25 December 196315 December 1964Justice Party28
22 Mahmut Vural
(1926- )
15 December 196420 February 1965Republican People's Party28
23 Mithat San
(1926- )
20 February 196531 July 1965Justice Party29
24 Kazım Yurdakul
(1916-1983)
31 July 196527 October 1965Justice Party29
25 Seyfi Öztürk
(1927-2002)
27 October 19653 April 1967Justice Party30
26 Mehmet Saadettin Bilgiç
(1920-2012)
3 April 19671 August 1969Justice Party30
27 Mehmet İzmen
(1909-1986)
1 August 19693 November 1969Justice Party30
28 Nahit Menteşe
(1932- )
3 November 196914 December 1970Justice Party31- 32
29 Mehmet Orhan Tuğrul
(1916- )
14 December 197026 March 1971Justice Party32
30 Haluk Arık
(1917- )
26 March 197129 September 1971Independent33
31 Selahattin Babüroğlu
(1923- )
29 September 197127 October 1971Independent33
32 Cahit Karakaş
(1928- )
27 October 197111 December 1971Justice Party33
33 Rıfkı Danışman
(1924- )
11 December 197115 April 1973Justice Party34- 35
34 Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek
(1915- )
15 April 197326 January 1974Justice Party36
35 Hasan Ferda Güley
(1916-2008)
26 January 197417 November 1974Republican People's Party37
(34) Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek
(1915- )
17 November 197431 March 1975Justice Party38
(28) Nahit Menteşe
(1932- )
31 March 197511 April 1977Justice Party39
36 İbrahim Aysoy
(1931- )
17 April 197721 June 1977Justice Party39
37 Erol Çevikçe
(1937- )
21 June 197721 July 1977Republican People's Party40
38 Yılmaz Ergenekon
(1929-1983)
21 July 19775 January 1978Justice Party41
39 Güneş Öngüt
(1933-1992)
5 January 197812 November 1979Republican People's Party42
40 Hüseyin Özalp
(1923-2014)
12 November 197912 September 1980Justice Party43
41 Necmi Özgür
(1917-1989)
12 September 19802 March 1983Military44
42 Mustafa Aydın Aysan
(1933- )
2 March 198313 December 1983Military44
43 Veysel Atasoy
(1947-2004 )
13 December 198316 September 1987Motherland Party45
44 İhsan Pekel
(1930- )
16 September 198721 December 1987Motherland Party45
45 Ekrem Pakdemirli
(1939-2015 )
21 December 198730 March 1989Motherland Party46
46 Cengiz Tuncer
(1942-1992 )
30 March 198923 June 1991Motherland Party46- 47
47 İbrahim Özdemir
(1949- )
21 June 199121 August 1991Motherland Party48
48 Sabahattin Yalınpala
(1926-2012)
21 August 199120 November 1991Motherland Party48
49 Yaşar Topçu
(1941- )
20 November 199125 June 1993True Path Party49
50 Mehmet Köstepen
(1947-2004)
25 June 199312 April 1995True Path Party50
51 Ali Şevki Erek
(1935- )
29 May 199531 October 1995True Path Party51 -52
51 Oğuz Tezmen
(1948- )
31 October 19956 March 1996Independent52
52 Ömer Barutçu
(1942- )
6 March 199630 July 1997True Path Party53- 54
53 Necdet Menzir
(1945-2013)
30 July 19974 August 1998True Path Party55
54 Arif Ahmet Denizolgun
(1955-2016)
4 August 199811 January 1999Welfare Party55
55 Hasan Basri Aktan
(1952- )
11 January 199928 May 1999Independent56
56 Enis Öksüz
(1946- )
28 May 199917 July 2001Nationalist Movement Party57
57 Oktay Vural
(1956- )
30 July 20015 August 2002Nationalist Movement Party57
58 Naci Kınacıoğlu
(1929-2009)
5 August 200218 November 2002Independent57
59 Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
18 November 20028 May 2007Justice and Development Party58 -59
60 İsmet Yılmaz
(1961- )
8 May 200729 August 2007Independent59
(59) Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
29 August 20078 March 2011Justice and Development Party60
61 Habip Soluk
(1950- )
8 March 20116 July 2011Independent60
(59) Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
6 July 20111 November 2011Justice and Development Party61
Ministers of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication
(1 November 2011 – 10 July 2018)
1 Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
1 November 201125 December 2013Justice and Development Party61
2 Lütfi Elvan
(1962- )
25 December 20136 March 2015Justice and Development Party61- 62
3 Feridun Bilgin
(1964- )
6 March 201524 November 2015Independent62- 63
(1) Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
24 November 201524 May 2016Justice and Development Party64
4 Ahmet Arslan
(1962- )
24 May 201610 July 2018Justice and Development Party65
Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure
(10 July 2018 – Present)
5 Mehmet Cahit Turan
(1960- )
10 July 201828 March 2020Independent66
6 Adil Karaismailoğlu
(1969- )
28 March 2020IncumbentIndependent66
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