title: 58th cabinet of Turkey
text: # 58th cabinet of Turkey
  
  The cabinet of Abdullah Gül took office on 19 November 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 | Functions | Holder | Start | End |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English title | Turkish title | Holder | Start | End |
  | Prime Minister | Başbakan | Abdullah Gül | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Deputy Prime Minister | Başbakan Yardımcısı | Abdüllatif Şener | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Deputy Prime Minister | Başbakan Yardımcısı | Mehmet Ali Şahin | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Deputy Prime Minister | Başbakan Yardımcısı | Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of State | Devlet Bakanı | Mehmet Aydın | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of State | Devlet Bakanı | Beşir Atalay | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of State | Devlet Bakanı | Ali Babacan | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of State | Devlet Bakanı | Kürşad Tüzmen | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Justice | Adalet Bakanı | Cemil Çiçek | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of National Defense | Millî Savunma Bakanı | Mehmet Vecdi Gönül | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of the Interior | İçişleri Bakanı | Abdülkadir Aksu | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Dışişleri Bakanlığı | Yaşar Yakış | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Finance | Maliye Bakanı | Kemal Unakıtan | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of National Education | Millî Eğitim Bakanı | Erkan Mumcu | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Public Works and Settlement | Bayındırlık ve İskân Bakanı | Zeki Ergezen | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Health | Sağlık Bakanı | Recep Akdağ | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Transport and Communication | Ulaştırma Bakanı | Binali Yıldırım | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Agriculture | Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanı | Sami Güçlü | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Labour and Social Security | Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı | Murat Başesgioğlu | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Industry and Commerce | Sanayi ve Ticaret Bakanı | Ali Coşkun | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanı | Mehmet Hilmi Güler | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Culture | Kültür Bakanı | Hüseyin Çelik | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Tourism | Turizm Bakanı | Güldal Akşit | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Forestry | Orman Bakanı | Osman Pepe | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  | Minister of Environment | Çevre Bakanı | İmdat Sütlüoğlu | 19 November 2002 | 12 March 2003 |
  