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.[1] 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.[2]

Government no.	No. of seats for the Minister of State	No. of ministers served in these posts (with replacements)	Reference
15	1	1	[3]
16	1	1	[4]
17	1	1	[5]
18	1	2	[6]
19	1	1	[7]
20	2	5	[8]
21	3	4	[9]
22	4	5	[10]
23	3	6	[11]
24	2	4	[12]
25	2	4	[13]
26	4	5	[14]
27	3	5	[15]
28	3	4	[16]
29	3	3	[17]
30	5	7	[18]
31	4	4	[19]
32	4	5	[20]
33	2	3	[21]
34	4	4	[22]
35	4	4	[23]
36	4	4	[24]
37	3	3	[25]
38	3	3	[26]
39	4	5	[27]
40	3	3	[28]
41	4	5	[29]
42	4	4	[30]
43	6	6	[31]
44	4	4	[32]
45	7	12	[33]
46	10	14	[34]
47	13	14	[35]
48	13	14	[36]
49	14	15	[37]
50	15	32	[38]
51	11	11	[39]
52	15	15	[40]
53	14	14	[41]
54	19	19	[42]
55	19	20	[43]
36	5	5	[44]
57	17	31	[45]
58	4	4	[46]
59	5	5	[47]
60	10	13	[48]

References

1. Ankara University page (in Turkish)
2. "Devlet bakanlıkları tarih oldu!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2011-07-06. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-30.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
3. 15th gov
4. 16th gov
5. 17th gov
6. 18th gov
7. 19th gov
8. 20th gov
9. 21st gov
10. 22nd gov
11. 23rd gov
12. 24th gov
13. 25th gov
14. 26th gov
15. 27th gov
16. 28th gov
17. 29th gov
18. 30th gov
19. 31st gov
20. 32nd gov
21. 33rd gov
22. 34th gov
23. 35th gov
24. 36th gov
25. 37th gov
26. 38th gov
27. 39th gov
28. 40th gov
29. 41st gov
30. 42nd gov
31. 43rd gov
32. 44th gov
33. 45th gov
34. 46th gov
35. 147h gov
36. 48th gov
37. 49th gov
38. 50th gov
39. 51st gov
40. 52nd gov
41. 53rd gov
42. 54th gov
43. 55th gov
44. 56th gov
45. 57th gov
46. 58th gov
47. 59th gov
48. 60th gov