List of prime ministers of Turkey

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  • Top left: İsmet İnönü was Turkey's first prime minister and the longest serving prime minister.
  • Top right: Süleyman Demirel was the prime minister who formed the most governments in Turkey.
  • Bottom left: Tansu Çiller was Turkey's first and only female Prime Minister.
  • Bottom right: Binali Yıldırım was Turkey's last prime minister.

The position of Prime Minister of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. The prime minister was the head of the executive branch of the government along with the Cabinet. Following the 2017 constitutional referendum, the office of prime minister was abolished and the President became the head of the executive branch after the 2018 general election.

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List of grand viziers and prime ministers during the Ottoman sultanate

List of prime ministers (1920–2018)

Heads of the Government of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Election
(Parliament)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinet Speaker
(Term)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Musir Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasa, Balikesir, 1923.png Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(1881–1938)
1920 (1st)3 May 192024 January 1921266 days Association for Defence of National Rights Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Musir Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasa, Balikesir, 1923.png
(1920–1923)
2 Fevzi cakmak.png Fevzi Çakmak
(1876–1950)
— (1st)24 January 192119 May 19211 year, 166 days Association for Defence of National Rights Çakmak I
19 May 19219 July 1922 Çakmak II
3 RAUFORBAY.png Rauf Orbay
(1881–1964)
— (1st)12 July 19224 August 19231 year, 23 days Association for Defence of National Rights Orbay
4 Ali Fethi Okyar.jpg Fethi Okyar
(1880–1943)
— (1st)14 August 192327 October 192374 days Association for Defence of National Rights Okyar

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey (1923–2018)

Status
  Denotes acting prime minister
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Election
(Parliament)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinet President
(Term)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Ismet Inonu portrait.jpg İsmet İnönü
(1886–1973)
1923 (2nd)30 October 19236 March 19241 year, 23 days Republican People's Party İnönü I Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Ataturk1930s.jpg
(1923–1938)
— (2nd)6 March 192422 November 1924 İnönü II
2 Ali fethi okyar prr.jpg Fethi Okyar
(1880–1943)
— (2nd)22 November 19246 March 1925104 days Republican People's Party Okyar
(1) Inonu Ismet.jpg İsmet İnönü
(1886–1973)
— (2nd)6 March 19251 November 192712 years, 240 days Republican People's Party İnönü III
1927 (3rd)1 November 192727 September 1930 İnönü IV
— (3rd)27 September 19304 May 1931 İnönü V
1931 (4th)4 May 19311 March 1935 İnönü VI
1935 (5th)1 March 19351 November 1937 İnönü VII
3 Mahmut Celal Bayar.jpg Celâl Bayar
(1883–1986)
— (5th)1 November 193711 November 19381 year, 85 days Republican People's Party Bayar I
— (5th)11 November 193825 January 1939 Bayar II İsmet İnönü
Inonu Ismet.jpg
(1938–1950)
4 Refik Saydam.jpg Refik Saydam
(1881–1942)
— (5th)25 January 19393 April 19393 years, 164 days Republican People's Party Saydam I
1939 (6th)3 April 19398 July 1942
(Died in office)
Saydam II
5 Mehmet Sukru Saracoglu.jpg Şükrü Saracoğlu
(1887–1953)
— (6th)8 July 19429 March 19434 years, 29 days Republican People's Party Saracoğlu I
1943 (7th)9 March 19437 August 1946 Saracoğlu II
6 Mehmet Recep Bey Peker.jpg Recep Peker
(1889–1950)
1946 (8th)7 August 19469 September 19471 year, 33 days Republican People's Party Peker
7 Hasan Husnu Saka.jpg Hasan Saka
(1885–1960)
— (8th)9 September 194710 June 19481 year, 128 days Republican People's Party Saka I
— (8th)10 June 194816 January 1949 Saka II
8 Mehmet Semsettin Bey Gunaltay.jpg Şemsettin Günaltay
(1883–1961)
— (8th)16 January 194922 May 19501 year, 126 days Republican People's Party Günaltay
9 Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Donemi.jpg Adnan Menderes
(1899–1961)
1950 (9th)22 May 19509 March 195110 years, 5 days Democrat Party Menderes I Celâl Bayar
Mahmut Celal Bayar.jpg
(1950–1960)
— (9th)9 March 195117 May 1954 Menderes II
1954 (10th)17 May 19549 December 1955 Menderes III
(10th)9 December 195525 November 1957 Menderes IV
1957 (11th)25 November 195727 May 1960 [lower-alpha 1] Menderes V
10 Cemal Gursel (1960).jpg Cemal Gürsel
(1894–1966)
27 May 19605 January 19611 year, 152 days Military Gürsel I National Unity Committee
(1960–1961)
5 January 196127 October 1961 Gürsel II
(1) Ismet Inonu 1964 (cropped).jpg İsmet İnönü
(1886–1973)
1961 (12th)27 October 196125 June 19623 years, 92 days Republican People's Party İnönü VIII Cemal Gürsel
Cemal Gursel (1960).jpg
(1961–1966)
— (12th)25 June 196225 December 1963 İnönü IX
— (12th)25 December 196320 February 1965 İnönü X
11 Suat Urguplu.jpg Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
(1903–1981)
— (12th)20 February 196527 October 1965249 days Independent Ürgüplü
12 Demirel 1962 cropped.jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)
1965 (13th)27 October 19653 November 19695 years, 150 days Justice Party Demirel I
1969 (14th)3 November 19696 March 1970 Demirel II Cevdet Sunay
Turkse chef Generale staf (Generaal Sunay),, Bestanddeelnr 916-7535 (cropped).jpg
(1966–1973)
— (14th)6 March 197026 March 1971 [lower-alpha 2] Demirel III
13 Nihat Erim in Washington D.C (cropped).jpg Nihat Erim
(1912–1980)
— (14th)26 March 197111 December 19711 year, 22 days Independent Erim I
— (14th)11 December 197117 April 1972 Erim II
14 President John F. Kennedy with Ferit Melen (cropped).jpg Ferit Melen
(1906–1988)
— (14th)17 April 197215 April 1973363 days Republican Reliance Party Melen
15 Turkey politic personality icon.svg Naim Talu
(1919–1998)
1973 (15th)15 April 197325 January 1974285 days Independent Talu Fahri Korutürk
(1973–1980)
16 Bulent Ecevit Cropped.jpg Bülent Ecevit
(1925–2006)
— (15th)25 January 197417 November 1974296 days Republican People's Party Ecevit I
17 Turkey politic personality icon.svg Sadi Irmak
(1906–1990)
— (15th)17 November 197431 March 1975134 days Independent Irmak
(12) Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)
— (15th)31 March 197521 June 19772 years, 82 days Justice Party Demirel IV
(16) Bulent Ecevit Cropped.jpg Bülent Ecevit
(1925–2006)
1977 (16th)21 June 197721 July 197730 days Republican People's Party Ecevit II
(12) Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)
— (16th)21 July 19775 January 1978168 days Justice Party Demirel V
(16) Bulent Ecevit Cropped.jpg Bülent Ecevit
(1925–2006)
— (16th)5 January 197812 November 19791 year, 311 days Republican People's Party Ecevit III
(12) Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)
— (16th)12 November 197912 September 1980 [lower-alpha 3] 305 days Justice Party Demirel VI
18 Turkey politic personality icon.svg Bülend Ulusu
(1922–2015)
21 September 198013 December 19833 years, 83 days Military Ulusu National Security Council
(1980–1982)
Kenan Evren
Kenan Evren (cropped).png
(1982–1989)
19 Turgut Ozal as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg Turgut Özal
(1927–1993)
1983 (17th)13 December 198321 December 19875 years, 322 days Motherland Party Özal I
1987 (18th)21 December 19879 November 1989 Özal II
20 Yildirim Akbulut (1988).jpg Yıldırım Akbulut
(1935–2021)
— (18th)9 November 198923 June 19911 year, 226 days Motherland Party Akbulut Turgut Özal
Turgut Ozal as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg
(1989–1993)
21 Mesut Yilmaz as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg Mesut Yılmaz
(1947–2020)
— (18th)23 June 199120 November 1991150 days Motherland Party Yılmaz I
(12) Suleyman Demirel 1998 (cropped).jpg Süleyman Demirel
(1924–2015)
1991 (19th)20 November 199116 May 19931 year, 177 days True Path Party Demirel VII
22 Turkish prime minister Tansu Ciller in Brussels.jpg Tansu Çiller
(born 1946)
— (19th)25 June 19935 October 19952 years, 255 days True Path Party Çiller I Süleyman Demirel
Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg
(1993–2000)
— (19th)5 October 199530 October 1995 Çiller II
— (19th)30 October 19956 March 1996 Çiller III
(21) Mesut Yilmaz as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg Mesut Yılmaz
(1947–2020)
1995 (20th)6 March 199628 June 1996114 days Motherland Party Yılmaz II
23 Necmettin Erbakan.jpg Necmettin Erbakan
(1926–2011)
— (20th)28 June 199630 June 1997 [lower-alpha 4] 1 year, 2 days Welfare Party Erbakan
(21) Mesut Yilmaz as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg Mesut Yılmaz
(1947–2020)
— (20th)30 June 199711 January 19991 year, 195 days Motherland Party Yılmaz III
(16) Bulent Ecevit-Davos 2000 cropped.jpg Bülent Ecevit
(1925–2006)
— (20th)11 January 199928 May 19993 years, 311 days Democratic Left Party Ecevit IV
1999 (21st)28 May 199918 November 2002 Ecevit V Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Ahmet Necdet Sezer 2006.jpg
(2000–2007)
24 Abdullah Gul 2011-06-07.jpg Abdullah Gül
(born 1949)
2002 (22nd)18 November 200214 March 2003116 days Justice and Development Party Gül
25 Recep Tayyip Erdogan.PNG Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(born 1954)
— (22nd)14 March 200329 August 200711 years, 167 days Justice and Development Party Erdoğan I
2007 (23nd)29 August 20076 July 2011 Erdoğan II Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gul (cropped version).jpg
(2007–2014)
2011 (24th)6 July 201129 August 2014 Erdoğan III
26 Secretary Kerry Meets With Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (2) (cropped).jpg Ahmet Davutoğlu
(born 1959)
— (24th)29 August 201428 August 20151 year, 269 days Justice and Development Party Davutoğlu I Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine.jpg
(2014–2018)
Jun. 2015 (25th)28 August 201517 November 2015 Davutoğlu II
Nov. 2015 (26th)17 November 201524 May 2016 Davutoğlu III
27 Portrait of Binali Yildirim (cropped).jpg Binali Yıldırım
(born 1955)
— (26th)24 May 20169 July 20182 years, 46 days Justice and Development Party Yıldırım

Notes

Timeline

Binali YıldırımAhmet DavutoğluRecep Tayyip ErdoğanAbdullah GülNecmettin ErbakanTansu ÇillerMesut YılmazYıldırım AkbulutTurgut ÖzalBülend UlusuSadi IrmakBülent EcevitNaim TaluFerit MelenNihat ErimSüleyman DemirelSuat Hayri ÜrgüplüCemal GürselAdnan MenderesŞemsettin GünaltayHasan SakaRecep PekerŞükrü SaracoğluRefik SaydamCelal Bayarİsmet İnönüAli Fethi OkyarRauf OrbayFevzi ÇakmakMustafa Kemal AtatürkList of prime ministers of Turkey

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