List of deputy prime ministers of Turkey

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This is a chronological list of deputy prime ministers of governments of the Republic of Turkey. Deputy Prime Minister was an office under the prime ministry between 1946 and 2018. Not all cabinets had the post of deputy prime minister. The political party of the deputy prime minister is affixed to his name when it differed from the prime minister's party as it was the case in coalition governments. Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey abolished together with the Prime Ministry's in 2018.

Key: CHP DP AP ANAP DYP RP DSP AK Party Other
Cabinet No.Deputy Prime MinisterCabinet ofTook officeLeft office
15 Mümtaz Ökmen Mehmet Recep Peker 7 August 194610 September 1947
16 Faik Ahmet Barutçu Hasan Saka 10 September 194710 June 1948
17 Faik Ahmet Barutçu Hasan Saka 10 June 194816 January 1949
18 Nihat Erim Şemsettin Günaltay 16 January 194922 May 1950
19 Samet Ağaoğlu Adnan Menderes 22 May 19509 March 1951
20 Fethi Çelikbaş,
Samet Ağaoğlu
Adnan Menderes 9 March 195117 May 1954
21 Fatin Rüştü Zorlu,
Fuat Köprülü
Adnan Menderes 17 May 19549 December 1955
23 Medeni Berk,
Ahmet Tevfik İleri
Adnan Menderes 25 November 195727 May 1960
24 Fahri Özdilek Cemal Gürsel 30 May 19605 January 1961
25 Fahri Özdilek
Muharrem İhsan Kızıloğlu
Cemal Gürsel 5 January 196120 November 1961
26 Ali Akif Eyidoğan (AP) İsmet İnönü 20 November 196125 June 1962
27 Hasan Dinçer (CKMP),
Ekrem Alican(YTP),
Turhan Feyzioğlu
İsmet İnönü 25 June 196225 December 1963
28 Kemal Satır İsmet İnönü 25 December 196320 February 1965
29 Süleyman Demirel (AP) Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 20 February 196527 October 1965
33 Sadi Koçaş,
Atilla Karaosmanoğlu
Nihat Erim 26 March 197111 December 1971
36 Kemal Satır (CP),
Nizamettin Erkmen
Naim Talu 15 April 197326 January 1974
37 Necmettin Erbakan (MSP) Bülent Ecevit 26 January 197417 November 1974
38 Zeyyat Baykara Sadi Irmak 17 November 197431 March 1975
39 Alparslan Türkeş (MHP),
Turhan Feyzioğlu (CGP),
Necmettin Erbakan (MSP)
Süleyman Demirel 31 March 197521 June 1977
40 Turan Güneş,
Orhan Eyüpoğlu
Bülent Ecevit 21 June 197721 July 1977
41 Necmettin Erbakan (MSP),
Alparslan Türkeş (MHP)
Süleyman Demirel 21 July 19775 January 1978
42 Orhan Eyüpoğlu,
Hikmet Çetin,
Turhan Feyzioğlu,
Faruk Sükan
Bülent Ecevit 5 January 197812 November 1979
44 Turgut Özal,
Zeyyat Baykara
Bülent Ulusu 21 September 198013 December 1983
45 Kaya Erdem Turgut Özal 13 December 198321 December 1987
46 Kaya Erdem,
Ali Bozer
Turgut Özal 21 December 19879 November 1989
47 Ali Bozer Yıldırım Akbulut 9 November 198923 June 1991
48 Ekrem Pakdemirli Mesut Yılmaz 23 June 199120 November 1991
49 Erdal İnönü (SHP) Süleyman Demirel 20 November 199125 June 1993
50 Erdal İnönü (SHP),
Murat Karayalçın (SHP),
Hikmet Çetin (CHP)
Tansu Çiller 25 June 19935 October 1995
51 Necmettin Cevheri (DYP) Tansu Çiller 5 October 199530 October 1995
52 Deniz Baykal (CHP) Tansu Çiller 30 October 19956 March 1996
53 Nahit Menteşe (DYP) Mesut Yılmaz 6 March 199628 June 1996
54 Tansu Çiller (DYP) Necmettin Erbakan 28 June 199630 June 1997
55 İsmet Sezgin (DTP) Mesut Yılmaz 30 June 199711 January 1999
56 Hüsamettin Özkan,
Hikmet Uluğbay
Bülent Ecevit 11 January 199928 May 1999
57 Cumhur Ersümer,
Hüsamettin Özkan (DSP),
Devlet Bahçeli (MHP),
Mesut Yılmaz (ANAP)
Bülent Ecevit 28 May 199918 November 2002
58 Mehmet Ali Şahin,
Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır,
Abdüllatif Şener
Abdullah Gül 18 November 200214 March 2003
59 Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 14 March 200329 August 2007
60 Cemil Çiçek,
Hayati Yazıcı (→) Bülent Arınç,
Nazım Ekren (→) Ali Babacan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 29 August 2007 (→) 1 May 200914 July 2011
61 Beşir Atalay,
Ali Babacan,
Bülent Arınç,
Bekir Bozdağ (→) Emrullah İşler
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 14 July 2011 (→) 25 December 201329 August 2014
62 Bülent Arınç,
Ali Babacan,
Numan Kurtulmuş,
Yalçın Akdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu 29 August 201428 August 2015
63 Yalçın Akdoğan,
Numan Kurtulmuş,
Cevdet Yılmaz,
Tuğrul Türkeş
Ahmet Davutoğlu 29 August 201517 November 2015
64 Yalçın Akdoğan,
Numan Kurtulmuş,
Lütfi Elvan,
Tuğrul Türkeş,
Mehmet Şimşek
Ahmet Davutoğlu 24 November 201524 May 2016
65 Nurettin Canikli (2016–17),
Numan Kurtulmuş (2016–17),
Veysi Kaynak (2016–17),
Tuğrul Türkeş (2016–17),
Recep Akdağ (2017– 2018)
Mehmet Şimşek (2016-2018),
Bekir Bozdağ (2017– 2018),
Hakan Çavuşoğlu (2017– 2018),
Fikri Işık (2017– 2018)
Binali Yıldırım 24 May 20169 July 2018
Key: CHP DP AP ANAP DYP RP DSP AK Party Other

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