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, 37 days |
AK Party |
25th prime minister of Turkey |
2023 |