List of presidents of Turkey by education

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Republic of Turkey has 12 presidents since the foundation of the republic in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who became the first president. In Turkey presidents must have a tertiary education degree.

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No Portrait Name University Profession Graduate School
1 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College) Army Officer Turkish War Academies
2 İsmet İnönü Imperial School of Military Engineering (Istanbul Technical University) and
Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College)
Army Officer -
3 Celal Bayar İpek Vocational College Sericulture -
4 Cemal Gürsel Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College) Army Officer Turkish War Academies
5 Cevdet Sunay Turkish Military Academy Army Officer Turkish War Academies
6 Fahri Korutürk Turkish Naval Academy Navy Officer Turkish War Academies
7 Kenan Evren Turkish Military Academy Army Officer -
8 Turgut Özal Istanbul Technical University Electrical Engineer Texas Tech University
9 Süleyman Demirel Istanbul Technical University Civil Engineer -
10 Ahmet Necdet Sezer Ankara University Law Ankara University Faculty of Law
11 Abdullah Gül Istanbul University Economics University of Exeter
12 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Marmara University Economics -

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