List of presidents of Turkey

The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been 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 (1923–present)

Political parties

  Republican People's Party (CHP)

  Democrat Party (DP)

  Justice Party (AP)

  True Path Party (DYP)

  Justice and Development Party (AK Party)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Denotes acting president

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Previous office
Parliamentary system (1923–2018)
1		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938)	1923	29 October 1923	10 November 1938 (Died in office)	15 years, 12 days	CHP	1st speaker of the Grand National Assembly
			1927
			1931
			1935
—		Abdülhalik Renda (1881–1957)	—	10 November 1938	11 November 1938	1 day	CHP	4th speaker of the Grand National Assembly
2		İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	1938	11 November 1938	22 May 1950	11 years, 192 days	CHP	1st prime minister of Turkey
			1939
			1943
			1946
3		Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)	1950	22 May 1950	27 May 1960[a]	10 years, 5 days	DP	3rd prime minister of Turkey
			1954
			1957
—		National Unity Committee Milli Birlik Komitesi Chairman: General Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	—	27 May 1960	26 October 1961	1 year, 152 days	Military	10th commander of the Turkish Army
4		Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	1961	26 October 1961	28 March 1966[b]	4 years, 153 days	Independent	Chairman of the National Unity Committee
—		İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899–1984)	—	2 February 1966	28 March 1966	54 days	AP	3rd chairman of the Senate of Turkey
5		Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982)	1966	28 March 1966	28 March 1973	7 years	Independent	12th chief of the Turkish General Staff
—		Tekin Arıburun (1903–1993)	—	28 March 1973	6 April 1973	9 days	AP	4th chairman of the Senate of Turkey
6		Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987)	1973	6 April 1973	6 April 1980	7 years	Independent	3rd commander of the Turkish Navy
—		İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993)	—	6 April 1980	12 September 1980[c]	159 days	AP	6th chairman of the Senate of Turkey
—		National Security Council Milli Güvenlik Kurulu Chairman: General Kenan Evren (1917–2015)	—	12 September 1980	7 December 1983	3 years, 86 days	Military	17th chief of the Turkish General Staff
7		Kenan Evren (1917–2015)	1982	9 November 1982	9 November 1989	7 years	Independent	Chairman of the National Security Council
8		Turgut Özal (1927–1993)	1989	9 November 1989	17 April 1993 (Died in office)	3 years, 159 days	Independent	19th prime minister of Turkey
—		Hüsamettin Cindoruk (born 1933)	—	17 April 1993	16 May 1993	29 days	DYP	17th speaker of the Grand National Assembly
9		Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)	1993	16 May 1993	16 May 2000	7 years	Independent	12th prime minister of Turkey
10		Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born 1941)	2000	16 May 2000	28 August 2007	7 years, 104 days	Independent	14th president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
11		Abdullah Gül (born 1950)	2007	28 August 2007	28 August 2014	7 years	Independent	41th minister of foreign affairs of Turkey
12		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	2014	28 August 2014	2 May 2017	2 years, 247 days	Independent	25th prime minister of Turkey
12				2 May 2017[d]	9 July 2018	1 year, 68 days	AK Party
Presidential system (2018–present)
12		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	2018	9 July 2018	Incumbent	7 years, 44 days	AK Party	25th prime minister of Turkey
			2023

Timeline

See also

• President of Turkey
  • List of burial places of presidents of Turkey
• Vice President of Turkey
• Prime Minister of Turkey
  • List of prime ministers of Turkey
• Çankaya Mansion
• Presidential Complex (Turkey)
  • Nation's Library
• Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey)
• Turkish presidential elections

Notes

1. Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
2. Gürsel was removed from office due to ill health on 2 February 1966 and İbrahim Şevki Atasagun assumed the duties of the President and with it became acting President, although Gürsel officially held the office until 28 March 1966.
3. Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
4. After the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, the president of Turkey obtained the right to join a political party.

External links

• Past presidents, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.