# List of ministers of transport and infrastructure of Turkey

The following is a list of ministers of transport and infrastructure of Turkey. The post was established in 1939, with Ali Çetinkaya as the first office holder. As of 2017, the office holder is Ahmet Arslan and the office has been held by 64 people.

## List of ministers

| No. | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | No of. government |
| Ministers of Transport (3 April 1939 – 1 November 2011) ||||||
| 1 | Ali Çetinkaya (1878–1949) | 3 April 1939 | 20 November 1940 | Republican People's Party | 12 |
| 2 | Cevdet Kerim İncedayı (1893–1951) | 20 November 1940 | 12 November 1941 | Republican People's Party | 12 |
| 3 | Mehmet Fahri Engin (1888–1970) | 12 November 1941 | 9 March 1943 | Republican People's Party | 12- 13 |
| 4 | Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1882-1962) | 9 March 1943 | 7 August 1946 | Republican People's Party | 14 |
| 5 | Şükrü Koçak (1886-1961) | 7 August 1946 | 10 June 1948 | Republican People's Party | 15- 16 |
| 6 | Kasım Gülek (1905-1996) | 10 June 1948 | 16 January 1949 | Republican People's Party | 17 |
| 7 | Kemal Satır (1911-1991) | 16 January 1949 | 22 May 1950 | Republican People's Party | 18 |
| 8 | Ahmet Tevfik İleri (1911-1961) | 22 May 1950 | 11 August 1950 | Democrat Party | 19 |
| 9 | Seyfi Kurtbek (1905-1995) | 11 August 1950 | 10 November 1952 | Democrat Party | 19- 20 |
| 10 | Yümnü Üresin (1898-1961) | 10 November 1952 | 17 May 1954 | Democrat Party | 20 |
| 11 | Muammer Çavuşoğlu (1903-1972) | 17 May 1954 | 9 December 1955 | Democrat Party | 21 |
| 12 | Arif Demirer (1909-1997) | 9 December 1955 | 25 November 1957 | Democrat Party | 22 |
| 13 | Fevzi Uçaner (1900-1963) | 25 November 1957 | 18 September 1958 | Democrat Party | 23 |
| 14 | Muzaffer Kurbanoğlu (1913-2006) | 1 November 1958 | 9 December 1959 | Democrat Party | 23 |
| 15 | Şemi Ergin (1913-1996) | 9 December 1959 | 27 May 1960 | Democrat Party | 23 |
| 16 | Sıtkı Ulay (1907-1997) | 30 May 1960 | 5 January 1961 | Military | 24 |
| 17 | Mehmet Orhan Mersinli (1912-1975) | 5 January 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Military | 25 |
| 18 | Mustafa Cahit Akyar (1910-1988) | 20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | Justice Party | 26 |
| 19 | Rıfat Öçten (1913-1970) | 25 June 1962 | 10 June 1963 | New Turkey Party | 27 |
| 20 | İhsan Şeref Dura (1901-1984) | 13 June 1963 | 25 December 1963 | New Turkey Party | 27 |
| 21 | Abdurrahman Ferit Alpiskender (1908-1989) | 25 December 1963 | 15 December 1964 | Justice Party | 28 |
| 22 | Mahmut Vural (1926-2002) | 15 December 1964 | 20 February 1965 | Republican People's Party | 28 |
| 23 | Mithat San (1926-1994) | 20 February 1965 | 31 July 1965 | Justice Party | 29 |
| 24 | Kazım Yurdakul (1916-1983) | 31 July 1965 | 27 October 1965 | Justice Party | 29 |
| 25 | Seyfi Öztürk (1927-2002) | 27 October 1965 | 3 April 1967 | Justice Party | 30 |
| 26 | Mehmet Saadettin Bilgiç (1920-2012) | 3 April 1967 | 1 August 1969 | Justice Party | 30 |
| 27 | Mehmet İzmen (1909-1986) | 1 August 1969 | 3 November 1969 | Justice Party | 30 |
| 28 | Nahit Menteşe (1932- ) | 3 November 1969 | 14 December 1970 | Justice Party | 31- 32 |
| 29 | Mehmet Orhan Tuğrul (1916-2006) | 14 December 1970 | 26 March 1971 | Justice Party | 32 |
| 30 | Haluk Arık (1917-2022) | 26 March 1971 | 29 September 1971 | Independent | 33 |
| 31 | Selahattin Babüroğlu (1923-2021) | 29 September 1971 | 27 October 1971 | Independent | 33 |
| 32 | Cahit Karakaş (1928- ) | 27 October 1971 | 11 December 1971 | Justice Party | 33 |
| 33 | Rıfkı Danışman (1924-2018) | 11 December 1971 | 15 April 1973 | Justice Party | 34- 35 |
| 34 | Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek (1915-2001) | 15 April 1973 | 26 January 1974 | Justice Party | 36 |
| 35 | Hasan Ferda Güley (1916-2008) | 26 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | Republican People's Party | 37 |
| (34) | Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek (1915-2001) | 17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | Justice Party | 38 |
| (28) | Nahit Menteşe (1932- ) | 31 March 1975 | 11 April 1977 | Justice Party | 39 |
| 36 | İbrahim Aysoy (1931-2024) | 17 April 1977 | 21 June 1977 | Justice Party | 39 |
| 37 | Erol Çevikçe (1937- ) | 21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | Republican People's Party | 40 |
| 38 | Yılmaz Ergenekon (1929-1983) | 21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | Justice Party | 41 |
| 39 | Güneş Öngüt (1933-1992) | 5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | Republican People's Party | 42 |
| 40 | Hüseyin Özalp (1923-2014) | 12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980 | Justice Party | 43 |
| 41 | Necmi Özgür (1917-1989) | 12 September 1980 | 2 March 1983 | Military | 44 |
| 42 | Mustafa Aydın Aysan (1933-2024) | 2 March 1983 | 13 December 1983 | Military | 44 |
| 43 | Veysel Atasoy (1947-2004 ) | 13 December 1983 | 16 September 1987 | Motherland Party | 45 |
| 44 | İhsan Pekel (1930-2019) | 16 September 1987 | 21 December 1987 | Motherland Party | 45 |
| 45 | Ekrem Pakdemirli (1939-2015 ) | 21 December 1987 | 30 March 1989 | Motherland Party | 46 |
| 46 | Cengiz Tuncer (1942-1992 ) | 30 March 1989 | 23 June 1991 | Motherland Party | 46- 47 |
| 47 | İbrahim Özdemir (1949- ) | 21 June 1991 | 21 August 1991 | Motherland Party | 48 |
| 48 | Sabahattin Yalınpala (1926-2012) | 21 August 1991 | 20 November 1991 | Motherland Party | 48 |
| 49 | Yaşar Topçu (1941- ) | 20 November 1991 | 25 June 1993 | True Path Party | 49 |
| 50 | Mehmet Köstepen (1947-2004) | 25 June 1993 | 12 April 1995 | True Path Party | 50 |
| 51 | Ali Şevki Erek (1935- ) | 29 May 1995 | 31 October 1995 | True Path Party | 51 -52 |
| 51 | Oğuz Tezmen (1948- ) | 31 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | Independent | 52 |
| 52 | Ömer Barutçu (1942-2024) | 6 March 1996 | 30 July 1997 | True Path Party | 53- 54 |
| 53 | Necdet Menzir (1945-2013) | 30 July 1997 | 4 August 1998 | True Path Party | 55 |
| 54 | Arif Ahmet Denizolgun (1955-2016) | 4 August 1998 | 11 January 1999 | Welfare Party | 55 |
| 55 | Hasan Basri Aktan (1952- ) | 11 January 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Independent | 56 |
| 56 | Enis Öksüz (1946- ) | 28 May 1999 | 17 July 2001 | Nationalist Movement Party | 57 |
| 57 | Oktay Vural (1956- ) | 30 July 2001 | 5 August 2002 | Nationalist Movement Party | 57 |
| 58 | Naci Kınacıoğlu (1929-2009) | 5 August 2002 | 18 November 2002 | Independent | 57 |
| 59 | Binali Yıldırım (1955- ) | 18 November 2002 | 8 May 2007 | Justice and Development Party | 58 -59 |
| 60 | İsmet Yılmaz (1961- ) | 8 May 2007 | 29 August 2007 | Independent | 59 |
| (59) | Binali Yıldırım (1955- ) | 29 August 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Justice and Development Party | 60 |
| 61 | Habip Soluk (1950- ) | 8 March 2011 | 6 July 2011 | Independent | 60 |
| (59) | Binali Yıldırım (1955- ) | 6 July 2011 | 1 November 2011 | Justice and Development Party | 61 |
| Ministers of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication (1 November 2011 – 10 July 2018) ||||||
| 1 | Binali Yıldırım (1955- ) | 1 November 2011 | 25 December 2013 | Justice and Development Party | 61 |
| 2 | Lütfi Elvan (1962- ) | 25 December 2013 | 6 March 2015 | Justice and Development Party | 61- 62 |
| 3 | Feridun Bilgin (1964- ) | 6 March 2015 | 24 November 2015 | Independent | 62- 63 |
| (1) | Binali Yıldırım (1955- ) | 24 November 2015 | 24 May 2016 | Justice and Development Party | 64 |
| 4 | Ahmet Arslan (1962- ) | 24 May 2016 | 10 July 2018 | Justice and Development Party | 65 |
| Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure (10 July 2018 – Present) ||||||
| 5 | Mehmet Cahit Turan (1960- ) | 10 July 2018 | 28 March 2020 | Independent | 66 |
| 6 | Adil Karaismailoğlu (1969- ) | 28 March 2020 | 4 June 2023 | Justice and Development Party | 66 |
| 7 | Abdulkadir Uraloğlu (1966- ) | 4 June 2023 | Incumbent | Justice and Development Party | 67 |