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

Other factions

Status

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Previous office
Parliamentary system (1923–2018)
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Template:Small	1923	29 October 1923	10 November 1938 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	CHP	1st speaker of the Grand National Assembly
1927
1931
1935
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Abdülhalik Renda Template:Small	—	10 November 1938	11 November 1938	Template:Age in years and days	CHP	4th speaker of the Grand National Assembly
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2		İsmet İnönü Template:Small	1938	11 November 1938	22 May 1950	Template:Age in years and days	CHP	1st prime minister of Turkey
1939
1943
1946
3		Celâl Bayar Template:Small	1950	22 May 1950	27 May 1960 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	DP	3rd prime minister of Turkey
			1954
			1957
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —	File:Cemal Gürsel (1960).jpg	National Unity Committee Template:Lang Template:Small	—	27 May 1960	26 October 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Military	10th commander of the Turkish Army
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 4		Cemal Gürsel Template:Small	1961	26 October 1961	28 March 1966Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Chairman of the National Unity Committee
—	File:Turkey politic personality icon.svg	İbrahim Şevki Atasagun Template:Small	—	2 February 1966	28 March 1966	Template:Age in years and days	AP	3rd chairman of the Senate of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 5	File:Turkse chef Generale staf (Generaal Sunay), Bestanddeelnr 916-7535 (cropped).jpg	Cevdet Sunay Template:Small	1966	28 March 1966	28 March 1973	Template:Age in years years	Independent	12th chief of the Turkish General Staff
—	File:Turkey politic personality icon.svg	Tekin Arıburun Template:Small	—	28 March 1973	6 April 1973	Template:Age in years and days	AP	4th chairman of the Senate of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 6	File:Korutürk with cadets (cropped).jpg	Fahri Korutürk Template:Small	1973	6 April 1973	6 April 1980	Template:Age in years years	Independent	3rd commander of the Turkish Navy
—	File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil Template:Small	—	6 April 1980	12 September 1980 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	AP	6th chairman of the Senate of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —	File:Kenan Evren (cropped).png	National Security Council Template:Lang Template:Small	—	12 September 1980	7 December 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Military	17th chief of the Turkish General Staff
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 7		Kenan Evren Template:Small	1982	9 November 1982	9 November 1989	Template:Age in years years	Independent	Chairman of the National Security Council
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 8	File:Turgut Özal as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg	Turgut Özal Template:Small	1989	9 November 1989	17 April 1993 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	19th prime minister of Turkey
—	File:Turkey politic personality icon.svg	Hüsamettin Cindoruk Template:Small	—	17 April 1993	16 May 1993	Template:Age in years and days	DYP	17th speaker of the Grand National Assembly
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 9	File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg	Süleyman Demirel Template:Small	1993	16 May 1993	16 May 2000	Template:Age in years years	Independent	12th prime minister of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 10	File:Ahmet Necdet Sezer 2006.jpg	Ahmet Necdet Sezer Template:Small	2000	16 May 2000	28 August 2007	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	14th president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 11	File:Abdullah Gül (cropped version).jpg	Abdullah Gül Template:Small	2007	28 August 2007	28 August 2014	Template:Age in years years	Independent	41th minister of foreign affairs of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 12	File:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 2018 (cropped).jpg	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Template:Small	2014	28 August 2014	9 July 2018	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	25th prime minister of Turkey
style="background:Template:Party color;" |							AK PartyTemplate:Efn
Presidential system (2018–present)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Turkish President Erdogan (53446072523) (cropped).jpg	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Template:Small	2018	9 July 2018	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	AK Party	25th prime minister of Turkey
2023

Timeline

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 from: 10/11/1938 till: 11/11/1938 color:CHP  text:"Abdülhalik Renda (acting)" 
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 from: 09/11/1982 till: 09/11/1989 color:Ind  text:"Kenan Evren"
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 from: 16/05/2000 till: 28/08/2007 color:Ind  text:"Ahmet Necdet Sezer" 
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 from: 28/08/2007 till: 28/08/2014 color:Ind  text:"Abdullah Gül" 
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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

External links

• Past presidents, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.