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Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı (Turkish)
since 24 May 2016
Member ofCabinet of Turkey
National Security Council
ResidenceÇankaya Mansion
AppointerThe President
In accordance with voting in the Grand National Assembly
Term lengthNone
Constituting instrumentAnayasa
Inaugural holderMustafa Kemal Atatürk (Ankara Government)
İsmet İnönü (Republic)
Formation3 May 1920 (Ankara Government)
1 November 1923 (Republic)
Websitewww.basbakanlik.gov.tr
Politics of Turkey
Constitution
Legislature
Executive
Judiciary
Elections
Foreign relations
See also
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The Prime Minister of Turkey (Turkish: Başbakan) is the head of government of Turkey. The prime minister is the leader of a political coalition in the Turkish parliament (Meclis) and the leader of the cabinet. The current holder of the position is Binali Yıldırım of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who took office on 24 May 2016.

History

In the Ottoman Empire, the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan was called Grand Vizier. After the Tanzimat period in the 19th century, the grand viziers came to assume a role more like that of the prime ministers of contemporary Western European monarchies. Later, with the Ottoman constitution of 1876, a parliament was established to oversee the prime minister, and with the amendments to the constitution during the Second Constitutional Era, the prime minister was made answerable to the parliament rather than the sultan. Finally, with the declaration of republic in 1923, the appointer of the prime minister became the president, instead of the sultan.

List of Prime Ministers

Main article: List of Prime Ministers of Turkey

Living former Prime Ministers

Prime Minister Born
Yıldırım Akbulut (1935-11-15) November 15, 1935 (age 88)
Tansu Çiller (1946-05-24) May 24, 1946 (age 78)
Mesut Yılmaz (1947-11-06) November 6, 1947 (age 76)
Abdullah Gül (1949-10-29) October 29, 1949 (age 74)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-02-26) February 26, 1954 (age 70)
Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959-02-26) February 26, 1959 (age 65)

Longest track records

Name Number of days Remarks
İsmet İnönü 1 year, 20 days +
12 years, 205 days +
3 years, 93 days = 16 years and 318 days		 The first two periods were
in the single-party period;
formed 10 cabinets.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 11 years, 167 days Formed three cabinets.
Süleyman Demirel 5 years, 150 days +
2 years, 82 days +
168 days +
305 days +
1 year, 177 days = 10 years and 152 days		 Formed seven cabinets.
Adnan Menderes 10 years, 5 days Formed five cabinets.
Turgut Özal 5 years, 322 days Formed two cabinets.
Bülent Ecevit 296 days +
20 days +
1 year, 311 days +
3 years, 311 days = 5 years and 208 days		 Formed five cabinets.

Timeline

Binali YıldırımAhmet DavutoğluRecep Tayyip ErdoğanAbdullah GülBülent EcevitMesut YılmazNecmettin ErbakanMesut YılmazTansu ÇillerSüleyman DemirelMesut YılmazYıldırım AkbulutTurgut ÖzalBülend UlusuTurhan FeyzioğluSüleyman DemirelBülent EcevitSüleyman DemirelBülent EcevitSüleyman DemirelSadi IrmakBülent EcevitNaim TaluFerit MelenNihat ErimSüleyman DemirelSuat Hayri Ürgüplüİsmet İnönüCemal GürselAdnan MenderesŞemsettin GünaltayHasan SakaRecep PekerŞükrü SaracoğluRefik SaydamCelal Bayarİsmet İnönüAli Fethi Okyarİsmet İnönüAli Fethi OkyarRauf OrbayFevzi ÇakmakMustafa Kemal Atatürk

See also

References

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