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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)[edit]

Political parties
Other factions
Status
  Denotes acting president
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Previous office Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
Parliamentary system (1923–2018)
1 Ataturk1930s.jpg Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(1881–1938) 		29 October 1923 1 November 1927 15 years, 12 days Republican People's Party 1st Speaker of the Grand National Assembly 1 1923
1 November 1927 4 May 1931 2 1927
4 May 1931 1 March 1935 3 1931
1 March 1935 10 November 1938
(died in office.)		 4 1935
2 Inonu Ismet.jpg İsmet İnönü
(1884–1973) 		11 November 1938 3 April 1939 11 years, 197 days Republican People's Party 1st Prime Minister of Turkey 5 1938
3 April 1939 8 March 1943 6 1939
8 March 1943 5 August 1946 7 1943
5 August 1946 27 May 1950 8 1946
3 Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg Celâl Bayar
(1883–1986) 		27 May 1950 14 May 1954 10 years Democrat Party 3rd Prime Minister of Turkey 9 1950
14 May 1954 1 November 1957 10 1954
1 November 1957 27 May 1960[a] 11 1957
4 Cemal Gürsel.jpg Cemal Gürsel
(1895–1966) 		10 October 1961 2 February 1966[b] 4 years, 115 days Independent Chairman of the National Unity Committee 12 1961
5 Turkse chef Generale staf (Generaal Sunay),, Bestanddeelnr 916-7535 (cropped).jpg Cevdet Sunay
(1899–1982) 		28 March 1966 28 March 1973 7 years Independent 12th Chief of the Turkish General Staff 13 1966
6 Fahri Korutürk
(1903–1987) 		6 April 1973 6 April 1980 7 years Independent 3rd Commander of the Turkish Navy 14 1973
7 Kenan Evren (cropped).png Kenan Evren
(1917–2015) 		9 November 1982 9 November 1989 7 years Independent Chairman of the National Security Council 15 1982
8 (Turgut Özal) Felipe González ofrece una rueda de prensa con el primer ministro de Turquía. Pool Moncloa. 15 de septiembre de 1989 (cropped).jpeg Turgut Özal
(1927–1993) 		9 November 1989 17 April 1993
(died in office.) 		3 years, 159 days Motherland Party 19th Prime Minister of Turkey 16 1989
9 Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015) 		16 May 1993 16 May 2000 7 years True Path Party 12th Prime Minister of Turkey 17 1993
10 Ahmet Necdet Sezer 2006.jpg Ahmet Necdet Sezer
(born 1941) 		16 May 2000 28 August 2007 7 years, 104 days Independent 14th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey 18 2000
11 Abdullah Gül (cropped version).jpg Abdullah Gül
(born 1950) 		28 August 2007 28 August 2014 7 years Justice and Development Party 40th Minister of Foreign Affairs 19 2007
12 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2019 (cropped).jpg Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(born 1954) 		28 August 2014 Incumbent 7 years, 82 days Justice and Development Party 25th Prime Minister of Turkey 20 2014

Timeline[edit]

Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAbdullah GülAhmet Necdet SezerSüleyman DemirelHüsamettin CindorukTurgut ÖzalKenan Evrenİhsan Sabri ÇağlayangilFahri KorutürkTekin ArıburunCevdet Sunayİbrahim Şevki AtasagunCemal GürselCelal Bayarİsmet İnönüMustafa Abdülhalik RendaMustafa Kemal Atatürk

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
  2. ^ Removed from office due to ill health.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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