List of prime ministers of Turkey
The following is a complete list of prime ministers of Turkey:
List of prime ministers (1920–2018)
Heads of the Government of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923)
No. | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Elected | Speaker (term) | ||
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1 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) |
3 May 1920 | 24 January 1921 | Independent | 1 | Atatürk | 1920 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1920–1923) | |
2 | Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950) |
24 January 1921 | 19 May 1921 | Independent | 2 | Çakmak I | — | ||
19 May 1921 | 9 July 1922 | 3 | Çakmak II | — | |||||
3 | Rauf Orbay (1881–1964) |
12 July 1922 | 4 August 1923 | Independent | 4 | Orbay | — | ||
4 | Fethi Okyar (1880–1943) |
14 August 1923 | 27 October 1923 | Independent | 5 | Okyar | — |
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey (1923–2018)
- Status
Denotes acting prime minister
No. | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Elected | President (term) | ||
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1 | İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
30 October 1923 | 6 March 1924 | Republican People's Party | 1 | İnönü I | 1923 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923–1938) | |
6 March 1924 | 22 November 1924 | 2 | İnönü II | — | |||||
2 | Fethi Okyar (1880–1943) |
22 November 1924 | 6 March 1925 | Republican People's Party | 3 | Okyar | — | ||
(1) | İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
6 March 1925 | 1 November 1927 | Republican People's Party | 4 | İnönü III | — | ||
1 November 1927 | 27 September 1930 | 5 | İnönü IV | — | |||||
27 September 1930 | 4 May 1931 | 6 | İnönü V | 1927 | |||||
4 May 1931 | 1 March 1935 | 7 | İnönü VI | 1931 | |||||
1 March 1935 | 1 November 1937 | 8 | İnönü VII | 1935 | |||||
3 | Celâl Bayar (1883–1986) |
1 November 1937 | 11 November 1938 | Republican People's Party | 9 | Bayar I | — | ||
11 November 1938 | 25 January 1939 | 10 | Bayar II | — | İsmet İnönü (1938–1950) | ||||
4 | Refik Saydam (1881–1942) |
25 January 1939 | 3 April 1939 | Republican People's Party | 11 | Saydam I | — | ||
3 April 1939 | 8 July 1942 (died in office.) |
12 | Saydam II | 1939 | |||||
— | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (1878–1942) |
8 July 1942 | 9 July 1942 | Republican People's Party | — | None | — | ||
5 | Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953) |
9 July 1942 | 9 March 1943 | Republican People's Party | 13 | Saracoğlu I | — | ||
9 March 1943 | 7 August 1946 | 14 | Saracoğlu II | 1943 | |||||
6 | Recep Peker (1889–1950) |
7 August 1946 | 9 September 1947 | Republican People's Party | 15 | Peker | 1946 | ||
7 | Hasan Saka (1885–1960) |
10 September 1947 | 10 June 1948 | Republican People's Party | 16 | Saka I | — | ||
10 June 1948 | 16 January 1949 | 17 | Saka II | — | |||||
8 | Şemsettin Günaltay (1883–1961) |
16 January 1949 | 22 May 1950 | Republican People's Party | 18 | Günaltay | — | ||
9 | Adnan Menderes (1899–1961) |
22 May 1950 | 9 March 1951 | Democrat Party | 19 | Menderes I | 1950 | Celâl Bayar (1950–1960) | |
9 March 1951 | 17 May 1954 | 20 | Menderes II | — | |||||
17 May 1954 | 9 December 1955 | 21 | Menderes III | 1954 | |||||
9 December 1955 | 25 November 1957 | 22 | Menderes IV | — | |||||
25 November 1957 | 27 May 1960[a] | 23 | Menderes V | 1957 | |||||
10 | Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966) |
28 May 1960 | 5 January 1961 | Martial law (sıkıyönetim) by Turkish Armed Forces |
24 | Gürsel I | — | National Unity Committee (1960–1961) | |
5 January 1961 | 27 October 1961 | 25 | Gürsel II | — | |||||
— | Fahrettin Özdilek (1898–1989) |
30 October 1961 | 20 November 1961 | Martial law (sıkıyönetim) by Turkish Armed Forces |
— | None | — | Cemal Gürsel (1961–1966) | |
(1) | İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | Republican People's Party | 26 | İnönü VIII | 1961 | ||
25 June 1962 | 25 December 1963 | 27 | İnönü IX | — | |||||
25 December 1963 | 20 February 1965 | 28 | İnönü X | — | |||||
11 | Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903–1981) |
20 February 1965 | 27 October 1965 | Independent | 29 | Ürgüplü | — | ||
12 | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
27 October 1965 | 3 November 1969 | Justice Party | 30 | Demirel I | 1965 | ||
3 November 1969 | 6 March 1970 | 31 | Demirel II | 1969 | Cevdet Sunay (1966–1973) | ||||
6 March 1970 | 26 March 1971[b] | 32 | Demirel III | — | |||||
13 | Nihat Erim (1912–1980) |
26 March 1971 | 11 December 1971 | Independent | 33 | Erim I | — | ||
11 December 1971 | 17 April 1972 | 34 | Erim II | — | |||||
14 | Ferit Melen (1906–1988) |
17 April 1972 | 15 April 1973 | Republican Reliance Party | 35 | Melen | — | ||
15 | Naim Talu (1919–1998) |
15 April 1973 | 25 January 1974 | Independent | 36 | Talu | 1973 | Fahri Korutürk (1973–1980) | |
16 | Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
25 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | Republican People's Party | 37 | Ecevit I | — | ||
17 | Sadi Irmak (1906–1990) |
17 November 1974 | 31 March 1975 | Independent | 38 | Irmak | — | ||
(12) | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
31 March 1975 | 21 June 1977 | Justice Party | 39 | Demirel IV | — | ||
(16) | Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | Republican People's Party | 40 | Ecevit II | 1977 | ||
(12) | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | Justice Party | 41 | Demirel V | — | ||
(16) | Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | Republican People's Party | 42 | Ecevit III | — | ||
(12) | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980[c] | Justice Party | 43 | Demirel VI | — | ||
— | Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922–1988) |
12 September 1980 | 12 September 1980 | Republican Reliance Party | — | None | — | ||
18 | Bülent Ulusu (1923–2015) |
20 September 1980 | 13 December 1983 | Martial law (sıkıyönetim) by Turkish Armed Forces |
44 | Ulusu | — | National Security Council (1980–1982) | |
Kenan Evren (1982–1989) | |||||||||
19 | Turgut Özal (1927–1993) |
13 December 1983 | 21 December 1987 | Motherland Party | 45 | Özal I | 1983 | ||
21 December 1987 | 31 October 1989 | 46 | Özal II | 1987 | |||||
— | Ali Bozer (1925–2020) |
31 October 1989 | 9 November 1989 | Motherland Party | — | None | — | ||
20 | Yıldırım Akbulut (1935-2021) |
9 November 1989 | 23 June 1991 | Motherland Party | 47 | Akbulut | — | Turgut Özal (1989–1993) | |
21 | Mesut Yılmaz (born 1947) |
23 June 1991 | 20 November 1991 | Motherland Party | 48 | Yılmaz I | 1991 | ||
(12) | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
20 November 1991 | 16 May 1993 | True Path Party | 49 | Demirel VII | — | ||
— | Erdal İnönü (1926–2007) |
16 May 1993 | 25 June 1993 | Social Democratic Populist Party | — | None | — | Süleyman Demirel (1993–2000) | |
22 | Tansu Çiller (born 1946) |
25 June 1993 | 5 October 1995 | True Path Party | 50 | Çiller I | — | ||
5 October 1995 | 30 October 1995 | 51 | Çiller II | — | |||||
30 October 1995 | 6 March 1996 | 52 | Çiller III | 1995 | |||||
(21) | Mesut Yılmaz (1947-2020) |
6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | Motherland Party | 53 | Yılmaz II | — | ||
23 | Necmettin Erbakan (1926–2011) |
28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997[d] | Welfare Party | 54 | Erbakan | — | ||
(21) | Mesut Yılmaz (1947-2020) |
30 June 1997 | 11 January 1999 | Motherland Party | 55 | Yılmaz III | — | ||
(16) | Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
11 January 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Democratic Left Party | 56 | Ecevit IV | — | ||
28 May 1999 | 18 November 2002 | 57 | Ecevit V | 1999 | Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000–2007) | ||||
24 | Abdullah Gül (born 1949) |
18 November 2002 | 14 March 2003 | Justice and Development Party | 58 | Gül | 2002 | ||
25 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954) |
14 March 2003 | 29 August 2007 | Justice and Development Party | 59 | Erdoğan I | — | ||
29 August 2007 | 6 July 2011 | 60 | Erdoğan II | 2007 | Abdullah Gül (2007–2014) | ||||
6 July 2011 | 28 August 2014 | 61 | Erdoğan III | 2011 | |||||
26 | Ahmet Davutoğlu (born 1959) |
28 August 2014 | 29 August 2014 | Justice and Development Party | — | None | — | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2014–2018) | |
29 August 2014 | 28 August 2015 | 62 | Davutoğlu I | — | |||||
28 August 2015 | 17 November 2015 | 63 | Davutoğlu II | Jun.2015 | |||||
17 November 2015 | 24 May 2016 | 64 | Davutoğlu III | Nov.2015 | |||||
27 | Binali Yıldırım (born 1955) |
24 May 2016 | 9 July 2018 | Justice and Development Party | 65 | Yıldırım | — |
- ↑ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
- ↑ Resigned after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum.
- ↑ Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
- ↑ Resigned after the 1997 Turkish military memorandum.