List of chairmen of the Senate of Turkey

This article lists the chairmen of the Senate of Turkey, which existed as an upper house of the Turkish parliament between 1961 and 1980.

Chairman of the Senate of the Republic
Cumhuriyet Senatosu Başkanı
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, last President of the Senate of the Republic
Appointer	Senate of the Republic
Formation	26 October 1961
First holder	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
Final holder	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
Abolished	12 September 1980

List of chairmen

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903–1981)	26 October 1961	6 November 1963	2 years, 11 days	Justice Party
2		Mehmet Enver Aka [tr] (1901–1988)	6 November 1963	2 December 1965	2 years, 26 days	Justice Party
3		İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899–1984)	2 December 1965	19 November 1970	4 years, 352 days	Justice Party
4		Tekin Arıburun (1905–1993)	19 November 1970	14 June 1977	6 years, 207 days	Justice Party
5		Sırrı Atalay (1919–1985)	16 June 1977	6 November 1979	2 years, 143 days	Republican People's Party
6		İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1905–1993)	6 November 1979	12 September 1980	311 days	Justice Party

See also

• Grand National Assembly of Turkey

• Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

• Senate of the Republic

References

• Turkish ministries, etc – Rulers.org