List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Dışişleri Bakanlığı
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Incumbent Ahmet Davutoğlu since May 1, 2009
Residence	Dışişleri Bakanlığı Konutu
Appointer	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as Prime Minister of Turkey
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Bekir Sami Kunduk
Formation	May 3, 1920
Website	Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Repuplic of Turkey

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Following is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Bekir Sami Kunduh	1920	1921	Non-party
2	Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu	1921	1921	Non-party
3	Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	1921	1922	Non-party
4	İsmet İnönü	1922	1924	Republican People's Party
5	Şükrü Kaya	1924	1925	Republican People's Party
6	Tevfik Rüştü Aras	1925	1938	Republican People's Party
7	Şükrü Saracoğlu	1938	1942	Republican People's Party
8	Numan Menemencioğlu	1942	1944	Republican People's Party
9	Hasan Saka	1944	1947	Republican People's Party
10	Necmettin Sadak	1947	1950	Republican People's Party
11	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	1950	1955	Democratic Party
12	Adnan Menderes	1955	1955	Democratic Party
13	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu	1955	1955	Democratic Party
14	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	1955	1956	Democratic Party
15	Ethem Menderes	1956	1957	Democratic Party
16	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu	1957	1960	Democratic Party
17	Selim Rauf Sarper	1960	1962	Republican People's Party
18	Feridun Cemal Erkin	1962	1965	Non-party
19	Hasan Esat Işık	1965	1965	Non-party
20	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1965	1971	Justice Party
21	Osman Esim Olcay	1971	1971	Non-party
22	Ümit Haluk Bayülken	1971	1974	Non-party
23	Turan Güneş	1974	1974	Republican People's Party
24	Metin Rauf Esenbel	1974	1975	Non-party
25	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1975	1977	Justice Party
26	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün	1977	1977	Republican People's Party
27	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	1977	1978	Justice Party
28	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün	1978	1979	Republican People's Party
29	Hayrettin Erkmen	1979	1980	Justice Party
30	Ertuğrul Ekrem Ceyhun	1980	1980	Justice Party
31	İlter Türkmen	1980	1983	Non-party
32	Vahit Melih Halefoğlu	1983	1987	Motherland Party
33	Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz	1987	1990	Motherland Party
34	Ali Hüsrev Bozer	1990	1990	Motherland Party
35	Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin	1990	1991	Motherland Party
36	İsmail Safa Giray	1991	1991	Motherland Party
37	Hikmet Çetin	1991	1994	Social Democratic People's Party
38	Mümtaz Soysal	1994	1994	Social Democratic People's Party
39	Murat Karayalçın	1994	1995	Social Democratic People's Party
40	Erdal İnönü	1995	1995	Republican People's Party
41	Coşkun Kırca	1995	1995	True Path Party
42	Deniz Baykal	1995	1996	Republican People's Party
43	Emre Gönensay	1996	1996	True Path Party
44	Tansu Çiller	1996	1997	True Path Party
45	İsmail Cem	1997	2002	Democratic Left Party
46	Şükrü Sina Gürel	2002	2002	Democratic Left Party
47	Yaşar Yakış	2002	2003	Justice and Development Party
48	Abdullah Gül	2003	2007	Justice and Development Party
49	Ali Babacan	2007	2009	Justice and Development Party
50	Ahmet Davutoğlu	2009		Justice and Development Party

Key:	CHP	DP	AP	ANAP	DYP	SHP	DSP	AK Party	Non-party

References

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