List of prime ministers of Turkey

This is a chronological list of every government formed by the Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey. A new number is allocated to each new Prime Minister.

Note: Turkish governments have frequently been formed out of coalitions - in such cases, the Prime Minister's party has been listed.

During the Turkish War of Independence

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Leading Party
1	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	3 May1920	24 January1921	Republican People's Party
2	Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak	24 January1921	9 July1922	Republican People's Party
3	Hüseyin Rauf Orbay	12 July1922	4 August1923	Republican People's Party
4	Ali Fethi Okyar	14 August1923	27 October1923	Republican People's Party

It's better to note that Atatürk, Çakmak, Orbay and Okyar are the Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey, -not Prime Minister - during the years of War of Independence.

List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey

Republic of Turkey

Key:	CHP	DP	AP	ANAP	DYP	RP	DSP	AKP	Other

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Leading Party	Coalition partners
1	İsmet İnönü, 1st government	1 November1923	6 March1924	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 2nd government	6 March1924	22 November1924	Republican People's Party	None
2	Ali Fethi Okyar	22 November1924	3 March1925	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 3rd government	4 March1925	1 November1927	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 4th government	1 November1927	27 September1930	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 5th government	27 September1930	4 May1931	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 6th government	4 May1931	1 March1935	Republican People's Party	None
	İsmet İnönü, 7th government	1 March1935	25 October1937	Republican People's Party	None
3	Celal Bayar, 1st government	25 October1937	11 November1938	Republican People's Party	None
	Celal Bayar, 2nd government	11 November1938	25 January1939	Republican People's Party	None
4	Refik Saydam, 1st government	25 January1939	3 April1939	Republican People's Party	None
	Refik Saydam, 2nd government	3 April1939	9 July1942	Republican People's Party	None
5	Şükrü Saracoğlu, 1st government	9 July1942	9 March1943	Republican People's Party	None
	Şükrü Saracoğlu, 2nd government	9 March1943	7 August1946	Republican People's Party	None
6	Mehmet Recep Peker	7 August1946	10 September1947	Republican People's Party	None
7	Hasan Saka, 1st government	10 September1947	10 June1948	Republican People's Party	None
	Hasan Saka, 2nd government	10 June1948	16 January1949	Republican People's Party	None
8	Şemsettin Günaltay	16 January1949	22 May1950	Republican People's Party	None
9	Adnan Menderes, 1st government	22 May1950	9 March1951	Democratic Party	None
	Adnan Menderes, 2nd government	9 March1951	17 May1954	Democratic Party	None
	Adnan Menderes, 3rd government	17 May1954	9 December1955	Democratic Party	None
	Adnan Menderes, 4th government	9 December1955	25 November1957	Democratic Party	None
	Adnan Menderes, 5th government	25 November1957	27 May1960	Democratic Party	None
10	Cemal Gürsel, 1st government	30 May1960	5 January1961	Non-Civilian gov't	None
	Cemal Gürsel, 2nd government	5 January1961	27 October1961	Non-Civilian gov't	None
11	Emin Fahrettin Özdilek	27 October1961	20 November1961	Non-Civilian gov't	None
	İsmet İnönü, 8th government	20 November1961	25 June1962	Republican People's Party	AP
	İsmet İnönü, 9th government	25 June1962	25 December1963	Republican People's Party	CKMP, YTP
	İsmet İnönü, 10th government	25 December1963	20 February1965	Republican People's Party	None
12	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü	20 February1965	27 October1965	Justice Party	None
13	Süleyman Demirel, 1st government	27 October1965	3 November1969	Justice Party	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 2nd government	3 November1969	6 March1970	Justice Party	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 3rd government	6 March1970	26 March1971	Justice Party	None
14	Nihat Erim, 1st government	26 March1971	11 December1971	National Unity coalition gov't	None
	Nihat Erim, 2nd government	11 December1971	22 May1972	National Unity coalition gov't	None
15	Ferit Melen	22 May1972	15 April1973	Caretaker gov't	None
16	Naim Talu	15 April1973	26 January1974	Caretaker gov't	AP, CGP
17	Bülent Ecevit, 1st government	26 January1974	17 November1974	Republican People's Party	MSP
18	Sadi Irmak	17 November1974	31 March1975	Caretaker gov't	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 4th government	31 March1975	21 June1977	Justice Party	MSP, MHP, CGP
	Bülent Ecevit, 2nd government	21 June1977	21 July1977	Republican People's Party	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 5th government	21 July1977	5 January1978	Justice Party	MSP, MHP
	Bülent Ecevit, 3rd government	5 January1978	12 November1979	Republican People's Party	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 6th government	12 November1979	12 September1980	Justice Party	None
19	Bülent Ulusu	21 September1980	13 December1983	Non-Civilian gov't	None
20	Turgut Özal, 1st government	13 December1983	21 December1987	Motherland Party	None
	Turgut Özal, 2nd government	21 December1987	9 November1989	Motherland Party	None
21	Yıldırım Akbulut	9 November1989	23 June1991	Motherland Party	None
22	Mesut Yılmaz, 1st government	23 June1991	20 November1991	Motherland Party	None
	Süleyman Demirel, 7th government	20 November1991	25 June1993	True Path Party	SHP
23	Tansu Çiller, 1st government	25 June1993	5 October1995	True Path Party	SHP
	Tansu Çiller, 2nd government	5 October1995	30 October1995	True Path Party	None
	Tansu Çiller, 3rd government	30 October1995	6 March1996	True Path Party	CHP
	Mesut Yılmaz, 2nd government	6 March1996	28 June1996	Motherland Party	DYP
24	Necmettin Erbakan	28 June1996	30 June1997	Welfare Party	DYP
	Mesut Yılmaz, 3rd government	30 June1997	11 January1999	Motherland Party	DSP, DTP
	Bülent Ecevit, 4th government	11 January1999	28 May1999	Caretaker gov't	None
	Bülent Ecevit, 5th government	28 May1999	18 November2002	Democratic Left Party	MHP, ANAP
25	Abdullah Gül	18 November2002	14 March2003	Justice and Development	None
26	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 1st government	14 March2003	29 August 2007	Justice and Development	None
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 2nd government	29 August 2007	in office	Justice and Development	None

Key:	CHP	DP	AP	ANAP	DYP	RP	DSP	AKP	Other