List of Ministers of National Education of Turkey
Following is a list of Ministers of National Education of Turkey.

List of Ministers of National Education of Turkey

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Table Section Text: 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	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	Hüseyin 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	Hüseyin 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	Nevzat 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	Incumbent

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