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 officePolitical partyNo of. government
Ministers of Transport
(3 April 1939 – 1 November 2011)
1Ali Çetinkaya
(1878–1949)
3 April 193920 November 1940Republican People's Party12
2Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
(1893–1951)
20 November 194012 November 1941Republican People's Party12
3Mehmet Fahri Engin
(1888–1970)
12 November 19419 March 1943Republican People's Party12- 13
4Ali Fuat Cebesoy
(1882-1962)
9 March 19437 August 1946Republican People's Party14
5Şükrü Koçak
(1886-1961)
7 August 194610 June 1948Republican People's Party15- 16
6Kasım Gülek
(1905-1996)
10 June 194816 January 1949Republican People's Party17
7Kemal Satır
(1911-1991)
16 January 194922 May 1950Republican People's Party18
8Ahmet Tevfik İleri
(1911-1961)
22 May 195011 August 1950Democrat Party19
9Seyfi Kurtbek
(1905-1995)
11 August 195010 November 1952Democrat Party19- 20
10Yümnü Üresin
(1898-1961)
10 November 195217 May 1954Democrat Party20
11Muammer Çavuşoğlu
(1903-1972)
17 May 19549 December 1955Democrat Party21
12Arif Demirer
(1909-1997)
9 December 195525 November 1957Democrat Party22
13Fevzi Uçaner
(1900-1963)
25 November 195718 September 1958Democrat Party23
14Muzaffer Kurbanoğlu
(1913- )
1 November 19589 December 1959Democrat Party23
15Şemi Ergin
(1913-1996)
9 December 195927 May 1960Democrat Party23
16Sıtkı Ulay
(1907-1997)
30 May 19605 January 1961Military24
17Mehmet Orhan Mersinli
(1912-1975)
5 January 196120 November 1961Military25
18Mustafa Cahit Akyar
(1910-1988)
20 November 196125 June 1962Justice Party26
19Rıfat Öçten
(1913-1970)
25 June 196210 June 1963New Turkey Party27
20İhsan Şeref Dura
(1901-1984)
13 June 196325 December 1963New Turkey Party27
21Abdurrahman Ferit Alpiskender
(1908-1989)
25 December 196315 December 1964Justice Party28
22Mahmut Vural
(1926- )
15 December 196420 February 1965Republican People's Party28
23Mithat San
(1926- )
20 February 196531 July 1965Justice Party29
24Kazım Yurdakul
(1916-1983)
31 July 196527 October 1965Justice Party29
25Seyfi Öztürk
(1927-2002)
27 October 19653 April 1967Justice Party30
26Mehmet Saadettin Bilgiç
(1920-2012)
3 April 19671 August 1969Justice Party30
27Mehmet İzmen
(1909-1986)
1 August 19693 November 1969Justice Party30
28Nahit Menteşe
(1932- )
3 November 196914 December 1970Justice Party31- 32
29Mehmet Orhan Tuğrul
(1916- )
14 December 197026 March 1971Justice Party32
30Haluk Arık
(1917- )
26 March 197129 September 1971Independent33
31Selahattin Babüroğlu
(1923- )
29 September 197127 October 1971Independent33
32Cahit Karakaş
(1928- )
27 October 197111 December 1971Justice Party33
33Rıfkı Danışman
(1924- )
11 December 197115 April 1973Justice Party34- 35
34Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek
(1915- )
15 April 197326 January 1974Justice Party36
35Hasan Ferda Güley
(1916-2008)
26 January 197417 November 1974Republican People's Party37
(34)Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek
(1915- )
17 November 197431 March 1975Justice Party38
(28)Nahit Menteşe
(1932- )
31 March 197511 April 1977Justice Party39
36İbrahim Aysoy
(1931- )
17 April 197721 June 1977Justice Party39
37Erol Çevikçe
(1937- )
21 June 197721 July 1977Republican People's Party40
38Yılmaz Ergenekon
(1929-1983)
21 July 19775 January 1978Justice Party41
39Güneş Öngüt
(1933-1992)
5 January 197812 November 1979Republican People's Party42
40Hüseyin Özalp
(1923-2014)
12 November 197912 September 1980Justice Party43
41Necmi Özgür
(1917-1989)
12 September 19802 March 1983Military44
42Mustafa Aydın Aysan
(1933- )
2 March 198313 December 1983Military44
43Veysel Atasoy
(1947-2004 )
13 December 198316 September 1987Motherland Party45
44İhsan Pekel
(1930- )
16 September 198721 December 1987Motherland Party45
45Ekrem Pakdemirli
(1939-2015 )
21 December 198730 March 1989Motherland Party46
46Cengiz Tuncer
(1942-1992 )
30 March 198923 June 1991Motherland Party46- 47
47İbrahim Özdemir
(1949- )
21 June 199121 August 1991Motherland Party48
48Sabahattin Yalınpala
(1926-2012)
21 August 199120 November 1991Motherland Party48
49Yaşar Topçu
(1941- )
20 November 199125 June 1993True Path Party49
50Mehmet Köstepen
(1947-2004)
25 June 199312 April 1995True Path Party50
51Ali Şevki Erek
(1935- )
29 May 199531 October 1995True Path Party51 -52
51Oğuz Tezmen
(1948- )
31 October 19956 March 1996Independent52
52Ömer Barutçu
(1942- )
6 March 199630 July 1997True Path Party53- 54
53Necdet Menzir
(1945-2013)
30 July 19974 August 1998True Path Party55
54Arif Ahmet Denizolgun
(1955-2016)
4 August 199811 January 1999Welfare Party55
55Hasan Basri Aktan
(1952- )
11 January 199928 May 1999Independent56
56Enis Öksüz
(1946- )
28 May 199917 July 2001Nationalist Movement Party57
57Oktay Vural
(1956- )
30 July 20015 August 2002Nationalist Movement Party57
58Naci Kınacıoğlu
(1929-2009)
5 August 200218 November 2002Independent57
59Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
18 November 20028 May 2007Justice and Development Party58 -59
60İsmet Yılmaz
(1961- )
8 May 200729 August 2007Independent59
(59)Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
29 August 20078 March 2011Justice and Development Party60
61Habip Soluk
(1950- )
8 March 20116 July 2011Independent60
(59)Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
6 July 20111 November 2011Justice and Development Party61
Ministers of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication
(1 November 2011 – 10 July 2018)
1Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
1 November 201125 December 2013Justice and Development Party61
2Lütfi Elvan
(1962- )
25 December 20136 March 2015Justice and Development Party61- 62
3Feridun Bilgin
(1964- )
6 March 201524 November 2015Independent62- 63
(1)Binali Yıldırım
(1955- )
24 November 201524 May 2016Justice and Development Party64
4Ahmet Arslan
(1962- )
24 May 201610 July 2018Justice and Development Party65
Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure
(10 July 2018 – Present)
5Mehmet Cahit Turan
(1960- )
10 July 201828 March 2020Independent66
6Adil Karaismailoğlu
(1969- )
28 March 20204 June 2023Justice and Development Party66
7Abdulkadir Uraloğlu
(1966- )
4 June 2023IncumbentJustice and Development Party67