# List of ministers of national education of Turkey

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 [tr] | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 24 May 2016 |
| 77 | İsmet Yılmaz | 24 May 2016 | 10 July 2018 |
| 78 | Ziya Selçuk | 10 July 2018 | 6 August 2021 |
| 79 | Mahmut Özer | 6 August 2021 | 4 June 2023 |
| 80 | Yusuf Tekin | 4 June 2023 | Incumbent |