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
3 Zühtü Tarhan 30 May 1960 27 August 1960 Independent
4 Selim Rauf Sarper 27 August 1960 5 January 1961
5 Mustafa Cihad Baban 5 January 1961 29 August 1961
6 Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu 2 September 1961 20 November 1961
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
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
5 Nihat Kürşat 27 October 1965 3 November 1969 Justice Party
6 Necmettin Cevheri 3 November 1969 26 March 1971
7 Erol Yılmaz Akçal 26 March 1971 15 April 1973
8 Ahmet İhsan Kırımlı 15 April 1973 26 January 1974
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
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
3 Rıfkı Danışman 31 March 1975 21 June 1977 Justice Party
4 Avni Akyol 21 June 1977 5 January 1978
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
3 Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz 17 October 1986 21 December 1987
4 Mustafa Tınaz Titiz 21 December 1987 17 March 1989
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
3 Bülent Akarcalı 23 June 1991 20 November 1991
4 Abdülkadir Ateş 20 November 1991 27 July 1994 Social Democratic Populist Party
5 Halil Çulhaoğlu 27 July 1994 5 October 1994
6 Şahin Ulusoy 5 October 1994 27 March 1995 Republican People's Party
7 İrfan Gürpınar 27 March 1995 5 October 1995
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
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
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
3 Fikri Sağlar 20 November 1991 27 July 1994 Social Democratic Populist Party
4 Timurçin Savaş 27 July 1994 27 March 1995
5 Ercan Karakaş 27 March 1995 24 June 1995 Republican People's Party
6 İsmail Cem 24 June 1995 5 October 1995
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
13 Hüseyin Çelik 18 November 2002 14 March 2003 Justice and Development Party
14 Erkan Mumcu 14 March 2003 29 April 2003
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
3 Ertuğrul Günay 29 August 2007 24 January 2013
4 Ömer Çelik 24 January 2013 28 August 2015
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

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