Prime Minister of Turkey

Prime Minister of Turkey Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı
Seal of the Prime Minister
Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since March 14, 2003
Residence	Başbakanlık Konutu
Appointer	President of Turkey
Term length	4 years, unlimited
Inaugural holder	Independence War With, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Announcement of the Republic With İsmet İnönü
Formation	May 3, 1920
Website	basbakanlik.gov.tr

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The Prime Minister of Turkey (Turkish: Başbakan) is the head of government in Turkish politics. The prime minister is the leader of a political coalition in the Turkish parliament (Meclis) and the leader of the cabinet.

The current prime minister of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He leads a cabinet of the Justice and Development Party.

The prime minister has the power to dissolve the parliament and thus force a new election, which he is obligated to do within four years of the previous elections.

List of Prime Ministers

Main article: List of Prime Ministers of Turkey

Living former Prime Ministers

Prime Minister	Born
Bülend Ulusu	(1923-04-03) April 3, 1923
Süleyman Demirel	(1924-11-01) November 1, 1924
Yıldırım Akbulut	(1935-05-07) May 7, 1935
Tansu Çiller	(1946-05-24) May 24, 1946
Mesut Yılmaz	(1947-11-06) November 6, 1947
Abdullah Gül	(1950-10-29) October 29, 1950

Turkish prime ministers with the longest track record

Name	Number of days	Remarks
İsmet İnönü	70001000000000000001 year, 700120000000000000020 days + 700112000000000000012 years, 7002205000000000000205 days + 70003000000000000003 years, 700193000000000000093 days = 16 years and 318 days	The first two periods were in the single-party period. He formed 10 cabinets.
Süleyman Demirel	70005000000000000005 years, 7002150000000000000150 days + 70002000000000000002 years, 700182000000000000082 days + 50000000000000000000 years, 7002168000000000000168 days + 50000000000000000000 years, 7002305000000000000305 days + 70001000000000000001 year, 7002177000000000000177 days = 10 years and 152 days	He formed 7 cabinets.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	700110000000000000010 years, 700164000000000000064 days	He formed 3 cabinets.
Adnan Menderes	700110000000000000010 years, 70005000000000000005 days	He formed 5 cabinets.
Turgut Özal	70005000000000000005 years, 7002322000000000000322 days	He formed 2 cabinets.
Bülent Ecevit	50000000000000000000 years, 7002296000000000000296 days + 50000000000000000000 years, 700120000000000000020 days + 70001000000000000001 year, 7002311000000000000311 days + 70003000000000000003 years, 7002311000000000000311 days = 5 years and 208 days	He formed 5 cabinets.
Şükrü Saraçoğlu	70004000000000000004 years, 700129000000000000029 days

Timeline

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Turkey
• President of Turkey
• List of Presidents of Turkey
• Constitution of Turkey

References

• The Prime Minister's Office
• Official Turkish Constitution