# List of ministers of culture and tourism of Turkey

The following is a list of ministers of culture and tourism of Turkey.
| | Minister | Term start | Term end | Party |
| Ministers of Press, Broadcasting and Tourism (25 November 1957 – 19 July 1963) ||||||
| 1 | Sıtkı Yırcalı | 25 November 1957 | 10 July 1958 | Democrat Party |
| 2 | Ali Server Somuncuoğlu | 10 July 1958 | 17 February 1959 | Democrat Party |
| 3 | Zühtü Tarhan | 30 May 1960 | 27 August 1960 | Independent |
| 4 | Selim Rauf Sarper | 27 August 1960 | 5 January 1961 | Independent |
| 5 | Mustafa Cihad Baban | 5 January 1961 | 29 August 1961 | Independent |
| 6 | Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu | 2 September 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Independent |
| 7 | Kamran Evliyaoğlu | 20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | Justice Party |
| 8 | Celal Tevfik Karasapan | 25 June 1962 | 17 June 1963 | Republican Villagers Nation Party |
| 9 | Nurettin Ardıçoğlu | 17 June 1963 | 19 July 1963 | Republican Villagers Nation Party |
| Ministers of Tourism and Publicity (19 July 1963 –10 December 1981) ||||||
| 1 | Nurettin Ardıçoğlu | 19 July 1963 | 25 December 1963 | Republican Villagers Nation Party |
| 2 | Ali İhsan Göğüş | 25 December 1963 | 20 February 1965 | Republican People's Party |
| 3 | Ömer Zekai Dorman | 20 February 1965 | 28 August 1965 | Republican Villagers Nation Party |
| 4 | İsmail Hakkı Akdoğan | 28 August 1965 | 27 October 1965 | Republican Villagers Nation Party |
| 5 | Nihat Kürşat | 27 October 1965 | 3 November 1969 | Justice Party |
| 6 | Necmettin Cevheri | 3 November 1969 | 26 March 1971 | Justice Party |
| 7 | Erol Yılmaz Akçal | 26 March 1971 | 15 April 1973 | Justice Party |
| 8 | Ahmet İhsan Kırımlı | 15 April 1973 | 26 January 1974 | Justice Party |
| 9 | Orhan Birgit | 26 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | Republican People's Party |
| 10 | İlhan Evliyaoğlu | 17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | Independent |
| 11 | Lütfi Tokoğlu | 31 March 1975 | 11 April 1977 | Justice Party |
| 12 | Nahit Menteşe | 11 April 1977 | 21 June 1977 | Justice Party |
| 13 | Altan Öymen | 21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | Republican People's Party |
| 14 | İskender Cenap Ege | 21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | Justice Party |
| 15 | Alev Coşkun | 5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| 16 | Barlas Küntay | 12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980 | Justice Party |
| 17 | İlhan Evliyaoğlu | 20 September 1980 | 10 December 1981 | Independent |
| Ministers of Culture (13 July 1971 – 10 December 1981) ||||||
| 1 | Talat Sait Halman | 13 July 1971 | 13 December 1971 | Independent |
| 2 | Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi | 17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | Independent |
| 3 | Rıfkı Danışman | 31 March 1975 | 21 June 1977 | Justice Party |
| 4 | Avni Akyol | 21 June 1977 | 5 January 1978 | Justice Party |
| 5 | Ahmet Taner Kışlalı | 5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| 6 | Tevfik Koraltan | 12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980 | Justice Party |
| 7 | Mustafa Cihat Baban | 20 September 1980 | 10 December 1981 | Independent |
| Ministers of Culture and Tourism (10 December 1981 – 17 March 1989) ||||||
| 1 | İlhan Evliyaoğlu | 10 December 1981 | 13 December 1983 | Motherland Party |
| 2 | Mükerrem Taşçıoğlu | 13 December 1983 | 17 October 1986 | Motherland Party |
| 3 | Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz | 17 October 1986 | 21 December 1987 | Motherland Party |
| 4 | Mustafa Tınaz Titiz | 21 December 1987 | 17 March 1989 | Motherland Party |
| Ministers of Tourism (17 March 1989 – 22 September 2003) ||||||
| 1 | Mustafa Tınaz Titiz | 17 March 1989 | 30 March 1989 | Motherland Party |
| 2 | İlhan Aküzüm | 30 March 1989 | 23 June 1991 | Motherland Party |
| 3 | Bülent Akarcalı | 23 June 1991 | 20 November 1991 | Motherland Party |
| 4 | Abdülkadir Ateş | 20 November 1991 | 27 July 1994 | Social Democratic Populist Party |
| 5 | Halil Çulhaoğlu | 27 July 1994 | 5 October 1994 | Social Democratic Populist Party |
| 6 | Şahin Ulusoy | 5 October 1994 | 27 March 1995 | Republican People's Party |
| 7 | İrfan Gürpınar | 27 March 1995 | 5 October 1995 | Republican People's Party |
| 8 | Bilal Güngör | 5 October 1995 | 30 October 1995 | True Path Party |
| 9 | İrfan Gürpınar | 30 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | Republican People's Party |
| 10 | Işılay Saygın | 6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | True Path Party |
| 11 | Bahattin Yücel | 28 June 1996 | 13 June 1997 | True Path Party |
| 12 | İbrahim Gürdal | 30 June 1997 | 11 January 1999 | Motherland Party |
| 13 | Ahmet Tan | 11 January 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Democratic Left Party |
| 14 | Erkan Mumcu | 28 May 1999 | 8 August 2001 | Motherland Party |
| 15 | Mustafa Rüştü Taşar | 8 August 2001 | 18 November 2002 | Motherland Party |
| 16 | Güldal Akşit | 18 November 2002 | 29 September 2003 | Justice and Development Party |
| Ministers of Culture (17 March 1989 – 29 April 2003) ||||||
| 1 | Namık Kemal Zeybek | 17 March 1989 | 23 June 1991 | Motherland Party |
| 2 | Gökhan Maraş | 23 June 1991 | 20 November 1991 | Motherland Party |
| 3 | Fikri Sağlar | 20 November 1991 | 27 July 1994 | Social Democratic Populist Party |
| 4 | Timurçin Savaş | 27 July 1994 | 27 March 1995 | Social Democratic Populist Party |
| 5 | Ercan Karakaş | 27 March 1995 | 24 June 1995 | Republican People's Party |
| 6 | İsmail Cem | 24 June 1995 | 5 October 1995 | Republican People's Party |
| 7 | Köksal Toptan | 5 October 1995 | 30 October 1995 | True Path Party |
| 8 | Fikri Sağlar | 30 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | Republican People's Party |
| 9 | Agah Oktay Güner | 6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | Motherland Party |
| 10 | İsmail Kahraman | 28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | Welfare Party |
| 11 | Mustafa İstemihan Talay | 30 June 1997 | 9 July 2002 | Democratic Left Party |
| 12 | Suat Çağlayan | 9 July 2002 | 18 November 2002 | Democratic Left Party |
| 13 | Hüseyin Çelik | 18 November 2002 | 14 March 2003 | Justice and Development Party |
| 14 | Erkan Mumcu | 14 March 2003 | 29 April 2003 | Justice and Development Party |
| Ministers of Culture and Tourism (29 April 2003 – present) ||||||
| 1 | Erkan Mumcu | 29 April 2003 | 15 February 2005 | Justice and Development Party |
| 2 | Atilla Koç | 21 February 2005 | 29 August 2007 | Justice and Development Party |
| 3 | Ertuğrul Günay | 29 August 2007 | 24 January 2013 | Justice and Development Party |
| 4 | Ömer Çelik | 24 January 2013 | 28 August 2015 | Justice and Development Party |
| 5 | Yalçın Topçu | 28 August 2015 | 17 November 2015 | Independent |
| 6 | Mahir Ünal | 24 November 2015 | 24 May 2016 | Justice and Development Party |
| 7 | Nabi Avcı | 24 May 2016 | 19 July 2017 | Justice and Development Party |
| 8 | Numan Kurtulmuş | 19 July 2017 | 10 July 2018 | Justice and Development Party |
| 9 | Mehmet Nuri Ersoy | 10 July 2018 | Incumbent | Independent |