List of Presidents of Turkey

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The following is a complete list of Presidents of Turkey, consisting of the twelve heads of state since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence.

For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

List of Presidents of Turkey (1923–present)

Political Party

  Independent (5)         Republican People's Party (3)         Democrat Party (1)         Justice Party (2)         Motherland Party (1)         True Path Party (2)         Justice and Development Party (2)

Status
  Denotes Military Rulers
  Denotes Acting President
No. Name
(birth–death)		 Portrait Term of office Political party Previous Office Elected
Elected by parliament (1923-2014)
1 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(1881–1938)		29 October 19231 November 1927Republican People's Party 1st Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 11923
1 November 19274 May 193121927
4 May 19311 March 193531931
1 March 193510 November 1938[1]41935
— Abdülhalik Renda
(1881–1957)		10 November 193811 November 1938Republican People's Party 4th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly ——
2 İsmet İnönü
(1884–1973)		11 November 19383 April 1939Republican People's Party 1st Prime Minister of Turkey 51938
3 April 19398 March 194361939
8 March 19435 August 194671943
5 August 194627 May 195081946
3 Celâl Bayar
(1883–1986)		27 May 195014 May 1954Democrat Party 3rd Prime Minister of Turkey 91950
14 May 19541 November 1957101954
1 November 195727 May 1960[2]111957
4National Unity Committee
Chairman: General Cemal Gürsel		27 May 196010 October 1961Military 10th Commander of the Turkish Army—
Cemal Gürsel
(1895–1966)		10 October 19612 February 1966[3]Independent Chairman of the National Unity Committee121961
— İbrahim Şevki Atasagun
(1899–1984)		2 February 196628 March 1966Independent ——
5 Cevdet Sunay
(1899–1982)		28 March 196628 March 1973Independent 12th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey131966
— Tekin Arıburun
(1903–1993)		28 March 19736 April 1973Justice Party 4th Chairmen of the Senate of Turkey ——
6 Fahri Korutürk
(1903–1987)		6 April 19736 April 1980Independent 3rd Commander of the Turkish Navy 141973
— İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
(1908–1993)		6 April 198012 September 1980[4]Justice Party 6th Chairmen of the Senate of Turkey ——
7National Security Council
Chairman: General Kenan Evren		12 September 19809 November 1982Military 17th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey—
Kenan Evren
(1917–2015)		9 November 19829 November 1989Independent Chairman of the National Security Council151982
8 Turgut Özal
(1927–1993)		9 November 198917 April 1993[1]Motherland Party 19th Prime Minister of Turkey 161989
— Hüsamettin Cindoruk
(1933–)		17 April 199316 May 1993True Path Party 17th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly ——
9 Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)		16 May 199316 May 2000True Path Party 12th Prime Minister of Turkey 171993
10 Ahmet Necdet Sezer
(1941–)		16 May 200028 August 2007Independent 14th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey 182000
11 Abdullah Gül
(1950–)		28 August 200728 August 2014Justice and Development Party 40th Minister of Foreign Affairs 192007
Direct elected (2014-present)
12 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(1954–)		28 August 20149 July 2018Justice and Development Party 25th Prime Minister of Turkey 202014
9 July 2018Incumbent212018

Timeline

Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAbdullah GülAhmet Necdet SezerSüleyman DemirelHüsamettin CindorukTurgut ÖzalKenan Evrenİhsan Sabri ÇağlayangilFahri KorutürkTekin ArıburunCevdet SunayCemal GürselCelal Bayarİsmet İnönüMustafa Abdülhalik RendaMustafa Kemal Atatürk

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Died in office.
  2. ↑ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
  3. ↑ Removed from office due to ill health.
  4. ↑ Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.

See also

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