Ministry of Customs and Monopolies (Turkey)

Ministry of Customs and Monopolies (Turkish: Gümrük ve Tekel Bakanlığı, prior to 1960: Gümrük ve İnhisarlar Vekaleti) was a former government ministry of Turkey between 1931 and 1983.

The ministry was established during the formation of the 7th government of Turkey on 5 May 1931.

[2] The ministry, as its name implies, had two main sections.

[4] On 5 October 1995 at the end of the 50th government of Turkey, the word "customs" was dropped from the name of the ministry.

[5] In the 66th government of Turkey which was founded on 18 July 2018, the ministry was named as Trade, dropping the Customs.