List of presidents of Turkey
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The following is a complete list of Presidents of Turkey, consisting of the 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.
Presidents of the Republic of Turkey (1923–present)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Political Party | Elected | ||
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Indirect elections | |||||||
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) |
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29 October 1923 | 1 November 1927 | Republican People's Party | 1 | 1923 |
1 November 1927 | 4 May 1931 | 2 | 1927 | ||||
4 May 1931 | 1 March 1935 | 3 | 1931 | ||||
1 March 1935 | 10 November 1938[1] | 4 | 1935 | ||||
style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|- | Abdülhalik Renda (1881–1957) |
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10 November 1938 | 11 November 1938 | Republican People's Party | — | — |
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|2 | İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
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11 November 1938 | 3 April 1939 | Republican People's Party | 5 | 1938 |
3 April 1939 | 8 March 1943 | 6 | 1939 | ||||
8 March 1943 | 5 August 1946 | 7 | 1943 | ||||
5 August 1946 | 22 May 1950 | 8 | 1946 | ||||
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, historical)/meta/color; color:white;"|3 | Celâl Bayar (1883–1986) |
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22 May 1950 | 14 May 1954 | Democrat Party | 9 | 1950 |
14 May 1954 | 1 November 1957 | 10 | 1954 | ||||
1 November 1957 | 27 May 1960[2] | 11 | 1957 | ||||
4 | National Unity Committee Chairman: General Cemal Gürsel |
File:Cemal Gürsel (1).jpg | 27 May 1960 | 10 October 1961 | Military | — | |
Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966) |
File:Cemal Gürsel (1).jpg | 10 October 1961 | 2 February 1966[3] | Independent | 12 | 1961 | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|- | İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899–1984) |
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2 February 1966 | 28 March 1966 | Independent | — | — |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|5 | Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982) |
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28 March 1966 | 28 March 1973 | Independent | 13 | 1966 |
style="background:Template:Justice Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|- | Tekin Arıburun (1903–1993) |
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28 March 1973 | 6 April 1973 | Justice Party | — | — |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|6 | Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987) |
File:Fahri koruturk.jpg | 6 April 1973 | 6 April 1980 | Independent | 14 | 1973 |
style="background:Template:Justice Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|- | İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993) |
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6 April 1980 | 12 September 1980[4] | Justice Party | — | — |
7 | National Security Council Chairman: General Kenan Evren |
File:Kenan Evren.jpg | 12 September 1980 | 9 November 1982 | Military | — | |
Kenan Evren (1917–2015) |
File:Kenan Evren.jpg | 9 November 1982 | 9 November 1989 | Independent | 15 | 1982 | |
style="background:Template:Motherland Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:black;"|8 | Turgut Özal (1927–1993) |
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9 November 1989 | 17 April 1993[1] | Motherland Party | 16 | 1989 |
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, current)/meta/color; color:white;"|- | Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1933–) |
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17 April 1993 | 16 May 1993 | True Path Party | — | — |
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, current)/meta/color; color:white;"|9 | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
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16 May 1993 | 16 May 2000 | True Path Party | 17 | 1993 |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"|10 | Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941–) |
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16 May 2000 | 28 August 2007 | Independent | 18 | 2000 |
style="background:Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|11 | Abdullah Gül (1949–) |
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28 August 2007 | 28 August 2014 | Justice and Development Party | 19 | 2007 |
Direct elections | |||||||
style="background:Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"|12 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–) |
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28 August 2014 | Incumbent | Justice and Development Party | 20 | 2014 |
Timeline
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Footnotes
- ^ a b Died in office.
- ^ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
- ^ Removed from office due to ill health.
- ^ Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
See also
- President of Turkey
- Prime Minister of Turkey
- List of Prime Ministers of Turkey
- Çankaya Köşkü
- Presidential Complex
- Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey)
- History of Turkish presidential elections
External links
- Past presidents, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.