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List of presidents of Turkey
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.
List of presidents Edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) | Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days | Party | Previous post | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) | 29 October 1923 | 10 November 1938 | 1923 | Republican People's Party | 1st Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | ||
| 1927 | ||||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||
| 1935 | ||||||||
| 15 years and 13 days | ||||||||
| 2 | İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) | 10 November 1938 | 27 May 1950 | 1938 | Republican People's Party | 1st Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
| 1939 | ||||||||
| 1943 | ||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||
| 11 years and 198 days | ||||||||
| 3 | Celâl Bayar (1883–1986) | 27 May 1950 | 27 May 1960 | 1950 | Democrat Party | 3rd Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
| 1954 | ||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||
| 10 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 4 | Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966) | 27 May 1960 | 28 March 1966 | — | Independent | Chairman of the National Unity Committee | ||
| 1961 | ||||||||
| 4 years and 170 days | ||||||||
| 5 | Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982) | 28 March 1966 | 28 March 1973 | 1966 | Independent | 12th Chief of the Turkish General Staff | ||
| 7 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 6 | Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987) | 28 March 1973 | 6 April 1980 | 1973 | Independent | 3rd Commander of the Turkish Navy | ||
| 7 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 7 | Kenan Evren (1917–2015) | 6 April 1980 | 9 November 1989 | — | Independent | Chairman of the National Security Council | ||
| 1982 | ||||||||
| 7 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 8 | Turgut Özal (1927–1993) | 9 November 1989 | 17 April 1993 | 1989 | Independent | 19th Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
| 3 years and 160 days | ||||||||
| 9 | Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) | 17 April 1993 | 16 May 2000 | 1993 | Independent | 12th Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
| 7 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 10 | Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born 1942) | 16 May 2000 | 28 August 2007 | 2000 | Independent | 14th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey | ||
| 7 years and 105 days | ||||||||
| 11 | Abdullah Gül (born 1949) | 28 August 2007 | 28 August 2014 | 2007 | Independent | 40th Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
| 7 years and 1 day | ||||||||
| 12 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954) | 28 August 2014 | Incumbent | 2014 | Independent | 25th Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
| 2018 | Justice and Development Party | |||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| 9 years and 47 days | ||||||||
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External links Edit
- Past presidents, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.