Minister of State (Turkey)


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. 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 State
No. of ministers
served in these posts
Reference
1511
1611
1711
1812
1911
2025
2134
2245
2336
2424
2524
2645
2735
2834
2933
3057
3144
3245
3323
3444
3544
3644
3733
3833
3945
4033
4145
4244
4366
4444
45712
461014
471314
481314
491415
501532
511111
521515
531414
541919
551920
3655
571731
5844
5955
601013