Cabinet Gül

The cabinet of Abdullah Gül took office on November 19, 2002. He succeeded to the fifth government of Bülent Ecevit.

After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) became the biggest party in the general elections of 2002, its leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could not be Prime Minister because of a previous conviction and bar from politics. So the second person in the party, Abdullah Gül, formed the 58th government of Turkey. After the legal and political problems for Erdoğan had been eliminated, Abdullah Gül stepped aside and became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the next government while Erdoğan became Prime Minister.

Functions Holder Start End
English title Turkish title
Prime Minister Başbakan Abdullah Gül November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Deputy Prime Minister Başbakan Yardımcısı Abdüllatif Şener November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Deputy Prime Minister Başbakan Yardımcısı Mehmet Ali Şahin November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Deputy Prime Minister Başbakan Yardımcısı Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of State Devlet Bakanı Mehmet Aydın November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of State Devlet Bakanı Beşir Atalay November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of State Devlet Bakanı Ali Babacan November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of State Devlet Bakanı Kürşad Tüzmen November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Justice Adalet Bakanı Cemil Çiçek November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of National Defense Millî Savunma Bakanı Mehmet Vecdi Gönül November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of the Interior İçişleri Bakanı Abdülkadir Aksu November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dışişleri Bakanlığı Yaşar Yakış November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Finance Maliye Bakanı Kemal Unakıtan November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of National Education Millî Eğitim Bakanı Erkan Mumcu November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Public Works and Settlement Bayındırlık ve İskân Bakanı Zeki Ergezen November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Health Sağlık Bakanı Recep Akdağ November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Transport and Communication Ulaştırma Bakanı Binali Yıldırım November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Agriculture Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanı Sami Güçlü November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Labour and Social Security Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı Murat Başesgioğlu November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Industry and Commerce Sanayi ve Ticaret Bakanı Ali Coşkun November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanı Mehmet Hilmi Güler November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Culture Kültür Bakanı Hüseyin Çelik November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Tourism Turizm Bakanı Güldal Akşit November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Forestry Orman Bakanı Osman Pepe November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003
Minister of Environment Çevre Bakanı İmdat Sütlüoğlu November 19, 2002 March 12, 2003

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