List of ministers of national education of Turkey

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Following is a list of ministers of national education of Turkey.

# Name Took office Left office
1 Rıza Nur 4 May 1920 13 December 1920
2 Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver 14 December 1920 20 November 1921
3 Mehmet Vehbi Bolak [tr] 20 November 1921 5 November 1922
4 İsmail Safa Özler 5 November 1922 6 March 1924
5 Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar 6 March 1924 22 November 1924
6 Şükrü Saraçoğlu 22 November 1924 3 March 1925
7 Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver 3 March 1925 19 December 1925
8 Mustafa Necati Uğural 20 December 1925 1 January 1929
9 İsmet İnönü (placeholder) 1 January 1929 8 January 1929
10 İsmet İnönü 9 January 1929 27 February 1929
11 Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar 28 February 1929 7 April 1929
12 Recep Peker (placeholder) 7 April 1929 10 April 1929
13 Cemal Hüsnü Taray 10 April 1929 15 September 1930
14 Refik Saydam (placeholder) 17 September 1930 27 September 1930
15 Esat Sagay 27 September 1930 18 September 1932
16 Reşit Galip 19 September 1932 13 August 1933
17 Refik Saydam (placeholder) 13 August 1933 26 October 1933
18 Yusuf Hikmet Bayur 27 October 1933 8 July 1934
19 Zeynel Abidin Özmen 9 July 1934 9 June 1935
20 Saffet Arıkan 10 June 1935 9 June 1935
21 Hasan Âli Yücel 28 December 1938 5 August 1946
22 Reşat Şemsettin Sirer 5 August 1946 9 June 1948
23 Hasan Tahsin Banguoğlu 10 June 1948 22 May 1950
24 Hüseyin Avni Başman 22 May 1950 2 August 1950
25 Nuri Özsan (placeholder) 3 August 1950 10 August 1950
26 Ahmet Tevfik İleri 11 August 1950 5 April 1953
27 Rıfkı Salim Burçak 9 April 1953 17 May 1954
28 Celal Yardımcı 17 May 1954 9 December 1955
29 Ahmet Özel 9 December 1955 13 April 1957
30 Ahmet Tevfik İleri 13 April 1957 25 November 1957
31 Celal Yardımcı 26 November 1957 22 May 1959
32 Ahmet Tevfik İleri (placeholder) 22 May 1959 8 December 1959
33 Mehmet Atıf Benderlioğlu 9 December 1959 27 May 1960
34 Fehmi Yavuz 30 May 1960 27 August 1960
35 Fehmi Yavuz (placeholder) 27 August 1960 8 September 1960
36 Bedrettin Tuncel 8 September 1960 5 January 1961
37 Turhan Feyzioğlu 5 January 1961 7 February 1961
38 Ahmet Tahtakılıç (placeholder) 7 February 1961 2 March 1961
39 Ahmet Tahtakılıç 3 March 1961 25 October 1961
40 Ahmet Tahtakılıç (placeholder) 25 October 1961 20 November 1961
41 Mehmet Hilmi İncesulu 20 November 1961 25 June 1962
42 Şevket Raşit Hatipoğlu 25 June 1962 8 June 1963
43 İbrahim Öktem 11 June 1963 20 February 1965
44 Cihat Bilgehan 20 February 1965 27 October 1965
45 Orhan Dengiz 27 October 1965 1 April 1967
46 Mehmet İlhami Ertem 1 April 1967 3 November 1969
47 Orhan Oğuz 3 November 1969 26 March 1971
48 Şinasi Orel 26 March 1971 13 December 1971
49 İsmail Hakkı Arar 13 December 1971 22 May 1972
50 Sabahattin Özbek 22 May 1972 15 April 1973
51 Orhan Dengiz 15 April 1973 26 January 1974
52 Mustafa Üstündağ 26 January 1974 17 November 1974
53 Safa Reisoğlu 17 November 1974 31 March 1975
54 Ali Naili Erdem 31 March 1975 21 June 1977
55 Mustafa Üstündağ 21 June 1977 21 July 1977
56 Nahit Menteşe 21 July 1977 5 January 1978
57 Mustafa Necdet Uğur 5 January 1978 12 November 1979
58 Orhan Cemal Fersoy 12 November 1979 12 September 1980
59 Hasan Sağlam 21 September 1980 13 December 1983
60 Vehbi Dinçerler 13 December 1983 13 September 1985
61 Metin Emiroğlu 13 September 1985 21 December 1987
62 Hasan Celal Güzel 21 December 1987 30 March 1989
63 Avni Akyol 30 March 1989 20 November 1991
64 Köksal Toptan 20 November 1991 25 June 1993
65 Nahit Menteşe 25 June 1993 24 October 1993
66 Nevzat Ayaz 24 October 1993 5 October 1995
67 Turhan Tayan 5 October 1995 28 June 1996
68 Mehmet Sağlam 28 June 1996 30 June 1997
69 Hikmet Uluğbay 30 June 1997 11 January 1999
70 Metin Bostancıoğlu 11 January 1999 10 July 2002
71 Necdet Tekin 10 July 2002 18 November 2002
72 Erkan Mumcu 18 November 2002 14 March 2003
73 Hüseyin Çelik 14 March 2003 1 May 2009
74 Nimet Çubukçu 1 May 2009 6 July 2011
75 Ömer Dinçer 6 July 2011 24 January 2013
76 Nabi Avcı 24 January 2013 24 May 2016
77 İsmet Yılmaz 24 May 2016 10 July 2018
78 Ziya Selçuk 10 July 2018 6 August 2021
79 Mahmut Özer 6 August 2021 4 June 2023
80 Yusuf Tekin 4 June 2023 Incumbent