Ministry of Construction and Settlement ( tr, İmar ve İskan Bakanlığı) was a government ministry office in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

1923–1925

According to Population exchange agreement between Greece and Turkey, the

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek language, Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the Eastern Orthodox Church, entire body of Orthodox (Chalced ...

population in Turkey and the

Moslem Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham ...

population in

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were exchanged in the 1920s. The refugees would be provided with new possessions totaling the ones they had left behind. Listing the possessions of the Orthodox people who left Turkey and assigning them to the Moslem people from Greece was a formidable task for the bureaucracy of the newly established Turkey and a separate ministry was formed to solve the problems of the exchange and settlement on 30 October 1923. During the 1st and the 2nd government of Turkey the name of the ministry was ''Ministry of Exchange, Construction and Settlement''. During the

3rd government of Turkey The 3rd government of Turkey (22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925) was the third government in the history of the Turkish Republic. It is also known as ''Fethi Okyar's government''. Background The prime minister was Fethi Okyar of the Republi ...

the

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

was also the Minister of Exchange, Construction and Settlement between 22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925. After the 3rd government the ministry was abolished.

1957–1983

However, in the 1950s during the large scale migration from the villages to cities the ministry was reestablished with the name the ''Ministry of Construction and Settlement''. The ministry was established in the 23rd government of Turkey and was merged to the

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in the 45th government Official Page of the Parliament for the 45th government
/ref> i.e., it was effective between 25 November 1957 – 13 December 1983.

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