# List of ministers of the interior of Turkey

The following is a list of ministers of the interior of Turkey.
| No. | Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | Cami Baykurt | 3 May 1920 | 13 July 1920 | Independent |
| 2 | Hakkı Behiç Bayiç | 17 July 1920 | 4 September 1920 | Independent |
| 3 | Nazım Resmor | 4 September 1920 | 16 September 1920 | Independent |
| 4 | Refet Bele | 16 September 1920 | 18 March 1921 | Independent |
| 5 | Ata Atalay | 21 April 1921 | 30 June 1921 | Independent |
| (4) | Refet Bele | 30 June 1921 | 10 October 1921 | Independent |
| 6 | Fethi Okyar | 10 October 1921 | 9 July 1922 | Independent |
| 7 | İsmail Safa Özler | 12 July 1922 | 5 November 1922 | Independent |
| (6) | Fethi Okyar | 5 November 1922 | 27 October 1923 | Independent |
| 8 | Ahmet Ferit Tek | 30 October 1923 | 22 November 1924 | Republican People's Party |
| 9 | Recep Peker | 22 November 1924 | 5 January 1925 | Republican People's Party |
| 10 | Cemil Uybadın | 5 January 1925 | 1 November 1927 | Republican People's Party |
| 11 | Şükrü Kaya | 1 November 1927 | 11 November 1938 | Republican People's Party |
| 12 | Refik Saydam | 11 November 1938 | 25 January 1939 | Republican People's Party |
| 13 | Faik Öztrak | 25 January 1939 | 6 May 1942 | Republican People's Party |
| 14 | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer | 6 May 1942 | 16 August 1942 | Republican People's Party |
| (9) | Recep Peker | 17 August 1942 | 20 May 1943 | Republican People's Party |
| 15 | Hilmi Uran | 20 May 1943 | 7 August 1946 | Republican People's Party |
| 16 | Şükrü Sökmensüer | 7 August 1946 | 5 September 1947 | Republican People's Party |
| 17 | Münir Hüsrev Göle | 5 September 1947 | 16 January 1949 | Republican People's Party |
| 18 | Emin Erişirgil | 16 January 1949 | 22 May 1950 | Republican People's Party |
| 19 | Rüknettin Nasuhioğlu | 22 May 1950 | 9 March 1951 | Democrat Party |
| 20 | Halil Özyörük | 9 March 1951 | 20 October 1951 | Democrat Party |
| 21 | Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu | 2 December 1951 | 7 April 1952 | Democrat Party |
| 22 | Ethem Menderes | 1 August 1952 | 17 May 1954 | Democrat Party |
| 23 | Namık Gedik | 17 May 1954 | 10 September 1955 | Democrat Party |
| (22) | Ethem Menderes | 30 September 1955 | 12 October 1956 | Democrat Party |
| (23) | Namık Gedik | 12 October 1956 | 27 May 1960 | Democrat Party |
| 24 | Muharrem İhsan Kızıloğlu | 30 May 1960 | 4 February 1961 | Military |
| 25 | Nasır Zeytinoğlu | 4 February 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Military |
| 26 | Ahmet Topaloğlu | 20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | Justice Party |
| 27 | Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu | 25 June 1962 | 10 October 1962 | Republican People's Party |
| — | Orhan Öztrak Acting Minister | 10 October 1962 | 18 October 1962 | Republican People's Party |
| 28 | Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata | 18 October 1962 | 8 October 1963 | Republican People's Party |
| 29 | İlyas Seçkin | 22 October 1963 | 25 December 1963 | Republican People's Party |
| 30 | Orhan Öztrak | 25 December 1963 | 20 February 1965 | Republican People's Party |
| 31 | İsmail Hakkı Akdoğan | 20 February 1965 | 31 July 1965 | Nation Party |
| 32 | İzzet Gener | 31 July 1965 | 27 October 1965 | Nation Party |
| 33 | Mehmet Faruk Sükan | 27 October 1965 | 1 August 1969 | Justice Party |
| 34 | Salih Ragıp Üner | 1 August 1969 | 3 November 1969 | Justice Party |
| 35 | Haldun Menteşeoğlu | 3 November 1969 | 26 March 1971 | Justice Party |
| 36 | Hamdi Ömeroğlu | 26 March 1971 | 11 December 1971 | Independent |
| 37 | Ferit Kubat | 11 December 1971 | 15 April 1973 | Independent |
| 38 | Mukadder Öztekin | 15 April 1973 | 26 January 1974 | Independent |
| 39 | Oğuzhan Asiltürk | 26 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | National Salvation Party |
| (38) | Mukadder Öztekin | 17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | Independent |
| (39) | Oğuzhan Asiltürk | 31 March 1975 | 11 April 1977 | National Salvation Party |
| 40 | Sabahattin Özbek | 11 April 1977 | 21 June 1977 | Justice Party |
| 41 | Necdet Uğur | 21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | Republican People's Party |
| 42 | Korkut Özal | 21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | National Salvation Party |
| 43 | İrfan Özaydınlı | 5 January 1978 | 2 January 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| — | Orhan Eyüpoğlu Acting Minister | 2 January 1979 | 16 January 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| 44 | Hasan Fehmi Güneş | 16 January 1979 | 5 October 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| 45 | Vecdi İlhan | 8 October 1979 | 12 November 1979 | Republican People's Party |
| 46 | Mustafa Gülcügil | 12 November 1979 | 21 July 1980 | Justice Party |
| 47 | Orhan Eren | 4 August 1980 | 12 September 1980 | Justice Party |
| 48 | Selahattin Çetiner | 20 September 1980 | 13 December 1983 | Military |
| 49 | Ali Tanrıyar | 13 December 1983 | 26 October 1984 | Motherland Party |
| 50 | Yıldırım Akbulut | 26 October 1984 | 16 September 1987 | Motherland Party |
| 51 | Ahmet Selçuk | 16 September 1987 | 21 December 1987 | Motherland Party |
| 52 | Mustafa Kalemli | 21 December 1987 | 30 March 1989 | Motherland Party |
| 53 | Abdülkadir Aksu | 30 March 1989 | 23 June 1991 | Motherland Party |
| (52) | Mustafa Kalemli | 23 June 1991 | 26 August 1991 | Motherland Party |
| 54 | Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu | 29 August 1991 | 20 November 1991 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 55 | İsmet Sezgin | 21 November 1991 | 25 June 1993 | True Path Party |
| 56 | Beytullah Mehmet Gazioğlu | 25 June 1993 | 24 October 1993 | True Path Party |
| 57 | Nahit Menteşe | 24 October 1993 | 31 October 1995 | True Path Party |
| 58 | Teoman Ünüsan | 31 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 59 | Ülkü Güney | 6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | Motherland Party |
| 60 | Mehmet Ağar | 28 June 1996 | 8 November 1996 | True Path Party |
| 61 | Meral Akşener | 8 November 1996 | 30 June 1997 | True Path Party |
| 62 | Murat Başesgioğlu | 30 June 1997 | 4 August 1998 | True Path Party |
| 63 | Kutlu Aktaş | 4 August 1998 | 11 January 1999 | Motherland Party |
| 64 | Cahit Bayar | 11 January 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 65 | Sadettin Tantan | 28 May 1999 | 5 June 2001 | Motherland Party |
| 66 | Rüştü Kazım Yücelen | 5 June 2001 | 5 August 2002 | Motherland Party |
| 67 | Muzaffer Ecemiş | 5 August 2002 | 18 November 2002 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| (53) | Abdülkadir Aksu | 18 November 2002 | 8 May 2007 | Justice and Development Party |
| 68 | Osman Güneş | 8 May 2007 | 29 August 2007 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 69 | Beşir Atalay | 29 August 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Justice and Development Party |
| (68) | Osman Güneş | 8 March 2011 | 6 July 2011 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 70 | İdris Naim Şahin | 6 July 2011 | 24 January 2013 | Justice and Development Party |
| 71 | Muammer Güler | 24 January 2013 | 25 December 2013 | Justice and Development Party |
| 72 | Efkan Ala | 25 December 2013 | 7 March 2015 | Justice and Development Party |
| 73 | Sebahattin Öztürk | 7 March 2015 | 28 August 2015 | Neutral (Bureaucrat) |
| 74 | Selami Altınok | 28 August 2015 | 24 November 2015 | Independent |
| (72) | Efkan Ala | 24 November 2015 | 31 August 2016 | Justice and Development Party |
| 75 | Süleyman Soylu | 31 August 2016 | 4 June 2023 | Justice and Development Party |
| 76 | Ali Yerlikaya | 4 June 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |