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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