Following is a list of ministers of national education of Turkey.
# Name Took office Left office 1 Rıza Nur 4 May 1920 13 December 1920 2 Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver 14 December 1920 20 November 1921 3 20 November 1921 5 November 1922 4 İsmail Safa Özler 5 November 1922 6 March 1924 5 Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar 6 March 1924 22 November 1924 6 Şükrü Saraçoğlu 22 November 1924 3 March 1925 7 Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver 3 March 1925 19 December 1925 8 Mustafa Necati Uğural 20 December 1925 1 January 1929 9 İsmet İnönü (placeholder) 1 January 1929 8 January 1929 10 İsmet İnönü 9 January 1929 27 February 1929 11 Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar 28 February 1929 7 April 1929 12 Recep Peker (placeholder) 7 April 1929 10 April 1929 13 Cemal Hüsnü Taray 10 April 1929 15 September 1930 14 Refik Saydam (placeholder) 17 September 1930 27 September 1930 15 Esat Sagay 27 September 1930 18 September 1932 16 Reşit Galip 19 September 1932 13 August 1933 17 Refik Saydam (placeholder) 13 August 1933 26 October 1933 18 Yusuf Hikmet Bayur 27 October 1933 8 July 1934 19 Zeynel Abidin Özmen 9 July 1934 9 June 1935 20 Saffet Arıkan 10 June 1935 9 June 1935 21 Hasan Âli Yücel 28 December 1938 5 August 1946 22 Reşat Şemsettin Sirer 5 August 1946 9 June 1948 23 Hasan Tahsin Banguoğlu 10 June 1948 22 May 1950 24 Hüseyin Avni Başman 22 May 1950 2 August 1950 25 Nuri Özsan (placeholder) 3 August 1950 10 August 1950 26 Ahmet Tevfik İleri 11 August 1950 5 April 1953 27 Rıfkı Salim Burçak 9 April 1953 17 May 1954 28 Celal Yardımcı 17 May 1954 9 December 1955 29 Ahmet Özel 9 December 1955 13 April 1957 30 Ahmet Tevfik İleri 13 April 1957 25 November 1957 31 Celal Yardımcı 26 November 1957 22 May 1959 32 Ahmet Tevfik İleri (placeholder) 22 May 1959 8 December 1959 33 Mehmet Atıf Benderlioğlu 9 December 1959 27 May 1960 34 Fehmi Yavuz 30 May 1960 27 August 1960 35 Fehmi Yavuz (placeholder) 27 August 1960 8 September 1960 36 Bedrettin Tuncel 8 September 1960 5 January 1961 37 Turhan Feyzioğlu 5 January 1961 7 February 1961 38 Ahmet Tahtakılıç (placeholder) 7 February 1961 2 March 1961 39 Ahmet Tahtakılıç 3 March 1961 25 October 1961 40 Ahmet Tahtakılıç (placeholder) 25 October 1961 20 November 1961 41 Mehmet Hilmi İncesulu 20 November 1961 25 June 1962 42 Şevket Raşit Hatipoğlu 25 June 1962 8 June 1963 43 İbrahim Öktem 11 June 1963 20 February 1965 44 Cihat Bilgehan 20 February 1965 27 October 1965 45 Orhan Dengiz 27 October 1965 1 April 1967 46 Mehmet İlhami Ertem 1 April 1967 3 November 1969 47 Orhan Oğuz 3 November 1969 26 March 1971 48 Şinasi Orel 26 March 1971 13 December 1971 49 İsmail Hakkı Arar 13 December 1971 22 May 1972 50 Sabahattin Özbek 22 May 1972 15 April 1973 51 Orhan Dengiz 15 April 1973 26 January 1974 52 Mustafa Üstündağ 26 January 1974 17 November 1974 53 Safa Reisoğlu 17 November 1974 31 March 1975 54 Ali Naili Erdem 31 March 1975 21 June 1977 55 Mustafa Üstündağ 21 June 1977 21 July 1977 56 Nahit Menteşe 21 July 1977 5 January 1978 57 Mustafa Necdet Uğur 5 January 1978 12 November 1979 58 Orhan Cemal Fersoy 12 November 1979 12 September 1980 59 Hasan Sağlam 21 September 1980 13 December 1983 60 Vehbi Dinçerler 13 December 1983 13 September 1985 61 Metin Emiroğlu 13 September 1985 21 December 1987 62 Hasan Celal Güzel 21 December 1987 30 March 1989 63 Avni Akyol 30 March 1989 20 November 1991 64 Köksal Toptan 20 November 1991 25 June 1993 65 Nahit Menteşe 25 June 1993 24 October 1993 66 Nevzat Ayaz 24 October 1993 5 October 1995 67 Turhan Tayan 5 October 1995 28 June 1996 68 Mehmet Sağlam 28 June 1996 30 June 1997 69 Hikmet Uluğbay 30 June 1997 11 January 1999 70 Metin Bostancıoğlu 11 January 1999 10 July 2002 71 Necdet Tekin 10 July 2002 18 November 2002 72 Erkan Mumcu 18 November 2002 14 March 2003 73 Hüseyin Çelik 14 March 2003 1 May 2009 74 Nimet Çubukçu 1 May 2009 6 July 2011 75 Ömer Dinçer 6 July 2011 24 January 2013 76 Nabi Avcı 24 January 2013 24 May 2016 77 İsmet Yılmaz 24 May 2016 10 July 2018 78 Ziya Selçuk 10 July 2018 6 August 2021 79 Mahmut Özer 6 August 2021 4 June 2023 80 Yusuf Tekin 4 June 2023 Incumbent