List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)

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

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

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