Minister of State () in the former Turkish governments was a post in the cabinet between 7 August 1946 and 14 June 2011. It was legalized by the Act No. 4951 of 1946.Ankara University page Minister-of-State practice began by the 15th government led by Recep Peker and ended after the 60th government led Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in July 2011. The number of the state ministers was not constant. In the 1940s, there was only one minister of state, namely Abdülhalik Renda, who served in three consecutive governments. Later, the number was increased, and especially during the coalition cabinets, many ministers of state were appointed in the cabinet. The list below shows the number of state ministers in each government.
Government no.No. of seats for the Minister of StateNo. of ministers served in these posts (with replacements)Reference151115th gov161116th gov171117th gov181218th gov191119th gov202520th gov213421st gov224522nd gov233623rd gov242424th gov252425th gov264526th gov273527th gov283428th gov293329th gov305730th gov314431st gov324532nd gov332333rd gov344434th gov354435th gov364436th gov373337th gov383338th gov394539th gov403340th gov414541st gov424442nd gov436643rd gov444444th gov4571245th gov46101446th gov471314147h gov48131448th gov49141549th gov50153250th gov51111151st gov52151552nd gov53141453rd gov54191954th gov55192055th gov565556th gov57173157th gov584458th gov595559th gov60101360th gov
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