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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.

List of Presidents of Turkey (1923–present)

Political Party

  Independent (5)         Republican People's Party (3)         Democrat Party (1)         Justice Party (2)         Motherland Party (1)         True Path Party (2)         Justice and Development Party (2)

Status
  Denotes Military Rulers
  Denotes Acting President
No. Name
(birth–death) 		Portrait Term of office Political party Previous Office Elected
Elected by parliament (1923-2014)
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(1881–1938)		 29 October 1923 1 November 1927 Republican People's Party 1st Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 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)		 10 November 1938 11 November 1938 Republican People's Party 4th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly — —
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 İsmet İnönü
(1884–1973)		 11 November 1938 3 April 1939 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
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, historical)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Celâl Bayar
(1883–1986)		 File:Celal Bayar (cropped).jpg 27 May 1950 14 May 1954 Democrat Party 3rd Prime Minister of Turkey 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 10th Commander of the Turkish Army —
Cemal Gürsel
(1895–1966)		 File:Cemal Gürsel (1).jpg 10 October 1961 2 February 1966[3] Independent Chairman of the National Unity Committee 12 1961
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| — İbrahim Şevki Atasagun
(1899–1984)		 2 February 1966 28 March 1966 Independent — —
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 5 Cevdet Sunay
(1899–1982)		 28 March 1966 28 March 1973 Independent 12th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey 13 1966
style="background:Template:Justice Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Tekin Arıburun
(1903–1993)		 28 March 1973 6 April 1973 Justice Party 4th Chairmen of the Senate of Turkey — —
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 6 Fahri Korutürk
(1903–1987)		 6 April 1973 6 April 1980 Independent 3rd Commander of the Turkish Navy 14 1973
style="background:Template:Justice Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| — İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
(1908–1993)		 6 April 1980 12 September 1980[4] Justice Party 6th Chairmen of the Senate of Turkey — —
7 National Security Council
Chairman: General Kenan Evren		 12 September 1980 9 November 1982 Military 17th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey —
Kenan Evren
(1917–2015)		 9 November 1982 9 November 1989 Independent Chairman of the National Security Council 15 1982
style="background:Template:Motherland Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:black;"| 8 Turgut Özal
(1927–1993)		 9 November 1989 17 April 1993[1] Motherland Party 19th Prime Minister of Turkey 16 1989
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, current)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Hüsamettin Cindoruk
(1933–)		 File:Hüsamettin cindoruk.jpg 17 April 1993 16 May 1993 True Path Party 17th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly — —
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, current)/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)		 16 May 1993 16 May 2000 True Path Party 12th Prime Minister of Turkey 17 1993
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 10 Ahmet Necdet Sezer
(1941–)		 16 May 2000 28 August 2007 Independent 14th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey 18 2000
style="background:Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 Abdullah Gül
(1950–)		 28 August 2007 28 August 2014 Justice and Development Party 40th Minister of Foreign Affairs 19 2007
Direct elected (2014-present)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)/meta/color; color:white;"| 12 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(1954–)		 28 August 2014 9 July 2018 Justice and Development Party 25th Prime Minister of Turkey 20 2014
9 July 2018 Incumbent 21 2018

Timeline

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Died in office.
  2. ^ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
  3. ^ Removed from office due to ill health.
  4. ^ Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.

See also

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