This is a list of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

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The position of

was established in 1920, during the

Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...

List of ministers of foreign affairs by time in office

This is a list of Turkish ministers of foreign affairs by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Tevfik Rüştü Aras Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883, Çanakkale – 5 January 1972, Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1923–1938). He played a prominent role in the Armenian genocide. E ...

is the only person to have served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for more than ten years.

Living ministers of foreign affairs

As of , there are ten living former ministers of foreign affairs, the oldest being

Hikmet Çetin Hikmet Çetin (born 1937) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin former minister of foreign affairs and was leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) for a short time. He served also as the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. ...

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Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin (born 27 January 1940 in Bursa) is a Turkish mechanical engineer, industrialist and politician belonging to the Motherland Party (Turkey), Motherland Party. He served as minister of finance and customs between 1984–1 ...

(1990-1991)
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(1991-1994)
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Murat Karayalçın Murat Karayalçın (born 1943) is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new SHP. Karayalçın was edu ...

(1994–1995)
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Deniz Baykal Deniz Baykal (born 20 July 1938) is a Turkish politician at the Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP) who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Having served in ...

(1995–1996)
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Emre Gönensay Emre Gönensay (born 1937) is a Turkish people, Turkish politician. He served as List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in 1996 and is a member of the True Path Party. Biography He was born in 1937. ...

(1996–1996)
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Tansu Çiller Tansu Çiller (; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She is Turkey's first and only female prime minister to date. As the leader of the True Path P ...

(1996–1997)
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Yaşar Yakış Yaşar Yakış (born 1938, Akçakoca, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. He is a former Foreign Minister, and a former ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. From 2002 to 2011 he represented Düzce as an MP in the Grand ...

(2002–2003)
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Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both ...

(2003-2007)
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Ali Babacan Ali Babacan (; born 4 April 1967) is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chief ...

(2007-2009)
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Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as M ...

(2009-2014)
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(2015-2015)
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