List of Ministers of National Defence of Turkey
The following is a list of Ministers of National Defence of Turkey.

List of Ministers of National Defence of Turkey

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of Ministers of National Defence of Turkey.

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term of Office	Political Party

1	-	Fevzi Çakmak	3 May 1920	5 August 1921	Independent

2	-	Refet Bele	5 August 1921	10 January 1922	Independent

3	-	Kazım Özalp	10 January 1922	21 November 1924	Republican People's Party

4	-	Fethi Okyar	22 November 1924	3 March 1925	Republican People's Party

5	-	Recep Peker	4 March 1925	1 November 1927	Republican People's Party

6	-	Abdülhalik Renda	1 November 1927	25 December 1930	Republican People's Party

7	-	Zekai Apaydın	29 December 1930	1 March 1935	Republican People's Party

(3)	-	Kazım Özalp	1 March 1935	18 January 1939	Republican People's Party

8	-	Naci Tınaz	18 January 1939	5 April 1940	Republican People's Party

9	-	Saffet Arıkan	5 April 1940	12 November 1941	Republican People's Party

10	-	Ali Rıza Artunkal	12 November 1941	7 August 1946	Republican People's Party

11	-	Cemil Cahit Toydemir	7 August 1946	5 September 1947	Republican People's Party

12	-	Münir Birsel	5 September 1947	5 June 1948	Republican People's Party

—	-	Hasan Saka Acting Minister	5 June 1948	10 June 1948	Republican People's Party

13	-	Hüseyin Hüsnü Çakır	10 June 1948	22 May 1950	Republican People's Party

14	-	Refik Şevket İnce	22 May 1950	9 March 1951	Democrat Party

15	-	Ahmet Hulusi Köymen	9 March 1951	10 December 1952	Democrat Party

16	-	Seyfi Kurtbek	10 December 1952	1 November 1953	Democrat Party

17	-	Kenan Yılmaz	1 November 1953	17 May 1954	Democrat Party

18	-	Ethem Menderes	17 May 1954	15 September 1955	Democrat Party

—	-	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Acting Minister	15 September 1955	9 December 1955	Democrat Party

—	-	Adnan Menderes Acting Minister	9 December 1955	28 July 1957	Democrat Party

19	-	Hasan Şemi Ergin	28 July 1957	19 January 1958	Democrat Party

(18)	-	Ethem Menderes	19 January 1958	27 May 1960	Democrat Party

20	Cemal Gürsel	30 May 1960	9 June 1960	Military

21	-	Hüseyin Ataman	22 October 1960	5 January 1961	Military

22	-	Muzaffer Alankuş	5 January 1961	3 July 1961	Military

23	-	İlhami Sancar	20 November 1961	20 February 1965	Republican People's Party

24	-	Hasan Dinçer	20 February 1965	10 August 1965	Justice Party

25	-	Mustafa Hazım Dağlı	10 August 1965	27 October 1965	Justice Party

26	-	Ahmet Topaloğlu	27 October 1965	26 March 1971	Justice Party

27	-	Ferit Melen	26 March 1971	22 May 1972	Republican Reliance Party

28	-	Mehmet İzmen	22 May 1972	15 April 1973	Justice Party

(23)	-	İlhami Sancar	15 April 1973	26 January 1974	Republican People's Party

29	-	Hasan Esat Işık	26 January 1974	17 November 1974	Republican People's Party

(23)	-	İlhami Sancar	17 November 1974	31 March 1975	Republican People's Party

(27)	-	Ferit Melen	31 March 1975	21 June 1977	Republican Reliance Party

(29)	-	Hasan Esat Işık	21 June 1977	21 July 1977	Republican People's Party

30	-	Sadettin Bilgiç	21 July 1977	18 October 1977	Justice Party

—	-	Cihat Bilgehan Acting Minister	14 October 1977	28 October 1977	Justice Party

31	-	Turhan Kapanlı	1 November 1977	5 January 1978	Justice Party

(29)	-	Hasan Esat Işık	5 January 1978	16 January 1979	Republican People's Party

32	-	Neşet Akmandor	16 January 1979	12 November 1979	Republican People's Party

33	-	Ahmet İhsan Birincioğlu	12 November 1979	12 September 1980	Justice Party

34	-	Ümit Haluk Bayülken	20 September 1980	13 December 1983	Independent

35	-	Zeki Yavuztürk	13 December 1983	21 December 1987	Motherland Party

36	-	Ercan Vuralhan	21 December 1987	30 March 1989	Motherland Party

37	-	Safa Giray	30 March 1989	19 October 1990	Motherland Party

—	-	Güneş Taner Acting Minister	19 October 1990	28 October 1990	Motherland Party

38	-	Hüsnü Doğan	28 October 1990	22 February 1991	Motherland Party

39	-	Mehmet Yazar	1 March 1991	23 June 1991	Motherland Party

40	-	Barlas Doğu	23 June 1991	20 November 1991	Motherland Party

41	-	Nevzat Ayaz	20 November 1991	24 October 1993	True Path Party

42	-	Mehmet Gölhan	24 October 1993	5 October 1995	True Path Party

43	-	Vefa Tanır	5 October 1995	6 March 1996	True Path Party

44	-	Oltan Sungurlu	6 March 1996	28 June 1996	Motherland Party

45	-	Turhan Tayan	28 June 1996	30 June 1997	True Path Party

46	-	İsmet Sezgin	30 June 1997	11 January 1999	Democrat Turkey Party

47	-	Hikmet Sami Türk	11 January 1999	28 May 1999	Democratic Left Party

48	-	Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu	28 May 1999	18 November 2002	Nationalist Movement Party

49	-	Vecdi Gönül	18 November 2002	6 July 2011	Justice and Development Party

50	-	İsmet Yılmaz	6 July 2011	1 July 2015	Justice and Development Party

(49)	-	Vecdi Gönül	3 July 2015	24 November 2015	Justice and Development Party

(50)	-	İsmet Yılmaz	24 November 2015	24 May 2016	Justice and Development Party

51	-	Fikri Işık	24 May 2016	19 July 2017	Justice and Development Party

52	-	Nurettin Canikli	19 July 2017	10 July 2018	Justice and Development Party

53	-	Hulusi Akar	10 July 2018	Incumbent	Military

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Mehmet Vecdi Gönül served as the Minister of National Defence of Turkey from 3 July 2015.

final_sentence: Mehmet Vecdi Gönül served as the Minister of National Defence of Turkey from 3 July 2015.