Cabinet of Turkey

The cabinet (Council of Ministers) of Turkey comprises the heads of the major ministries. Ministers are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. The cabinet is the executive power and is responsible for the management of the state.

Current Cabinet Ministers

Current cabinet is the 60th cabinet of Turkey and was established on August 29, 2007.

Office	Incumbent	Since	Party
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	March 14, 2003	AKP
Deputy Prime Minister	Cemil Çiçek	August 29, 2007	AKP
Deputy Prime Minister	Hayati Yazıcı	August 29, 2007	AKP
Deputy Prime Minister	Nazım Ekren	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of State	Mehmet Aydın	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of State	Murat Başesgioğlu	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of State	Kürşad Tüzmen	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of State	Nimet Çubukçu	March 14, 2003	AKP
Ministry of State	Mehmet Şimşek	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of State	Mustafa Said Yazıcıoğlu	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry for Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry for National Defence	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of Interior	Beşir Atalay	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik	March 14, 2003	AKP
Ministry of Public Works and Housing	Faruk Nafiz Özak	March 14, 2003	AKP
Ministry of Health	Recep Akdağ	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of Transportation	Binali Yıldırım	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of Transportation	Mehmet Mehdi Eker	March 14, 2003	AKP
Ministry of Working and Social Security	Faruk Çelik	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler	November 18, 2002	AKP
Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay	August 29, 2007	AKP
Ministry of Environment and Forest	Veysel Eroğlu	August 29, 2007	AKP