Turkish order of precedence

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The Turkish order of precedence, the following is the list of Turkish order of precedence approved by the President of Turkey and administered by the Directorate of Protocols of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [1]

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This is a hierarchy of officials in the Turkish Republic used to direct protocol for domestic ceremonies, hence it does not involve any foreign dignitaries. It also does not contain the President of Turkey, since he is the head of the state and assumed to be at the top of the list naturally.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Turkey
since 28 August 2014

Turkish order of precedence list

  1. Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
  2. Vice President of Turkey
  3. Leader of the political party group with the most members in the Grand National Assembly
  4. Leader of the Main Opposition Party
  5. President of the Constitutional Court
  6. Former presidents
  7. First President of the Court of Cassation
  8. President of the Council of State
  9. Ministers of the Government (in alphabetical order of ministry names)
  10. Chief of the Turkish General Staff
  11. Commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces
  12. Generals/Admirals
  13. President of the Council of Higher Education
  14. Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
  15. Leaders of the political parties that have groups in the Parliament
  16. Clerk members and administrative members of the Parliament
  17. Leaders of the political parties that are represented in the Parliament
  18. Chairperson and Deputy Chairman's of the political party groups in the Parliament
  19. Deputy Chairpersons of the political parties that have groups in the Parliament
  20. General Secretaries of the political parties that have groups in the Parliament
  21. Members of the Parliament
  22. President of the Court of Accounts
  23. Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation
  24. President of the Turkish Bars Association
  25. Chief Prosecutor of the Council of State
  26. Deputy Presidents of the Constitutional Court
  27. President of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes
  28. Justices of the Constitutional Court
  29. Deputy First Presidents of the Court of Cassation
  30. Deputy President of the Council of State
  31. Deputy President of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors
  32. Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation
  33. President of the Supreme Electoral Council
  34. President of the High Council of Arbitrators
  35. General secretary of the National Security Council
  36. President of the National Intelligence Organization
  37. President of the State Supervisory Council
  38. President of Strategy and Budget
  39. President of the Defense Industries
  40. President of the Directorate of Communications
  41. President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs
  42. President of the Directorate of State Archives
  43. President of the Directorate of National Palaces
  44. President of the Directorate of Presidential Administrative Affairs
  45. General Secretary of the Parliament
  46. Presidents of the Office of the Presidency
  47. Deputy ministers
  48. Chief Auditor of the Ombudsman Institution
  49. Governor of Ankara
  50. Rectors of universities in Ankara
  51. Commander of the Garrison of Ankara
  52. Mayor of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
  53. Deputy Presidents of the Policy Boards under the Presidency
  54. Members of the Council of Higher Education
  55. Lieutenant generals/Vice admirals
  56. President of the Atatürk High Institution of Culture, Language and History
  57. President of the Radio and Television Supreme Council
  58. President of the Turkish Academy of Sciences
  59. Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
  60. President of the Competition Authority
  61. President of the Privatization Administration
  62. Chairperson of the Capital Markets Board
  63. Deputy General Secretaries of the Parliament
  64. Major generals/Rear admirals
  65. Court of Cassation of Department Heads and members
  66. Council of State of Department Heads and members
  67. Court of Accounts of Department Heads and members
  68. President of the Turkey Energy, Nuclear and Mining Research Institute
  69. President of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
  70. Deputy Rectors of Universities in Ankara
  71. Members of the Supreme Electoral Council
  72. Members of the State Supervisory Council
  73. Auditors of the Ombudsman Institution
  74. Brigadier generals/Commodores
  75. General secretary of the Council of Higher Education
  76. President of the Turkish Statistical Institute
  77. General manager of the Anadolu Agency
  78. General manager of the Turkish Radio Television Corporation
  79. General manager of the Meteorology
  80. Director General of Foundations
  81. General Director of Land Deeds and Cadastral
  82. General Managers of the Ministry
  83. Deans and Deputy Deans of the faculties of the universities in Ankara
  84. Heads of Professional Organizations in the nature of public institutions in Ankara
  85. Heads of Civil and Military Associations

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  4. The President of the Chamber of Deputies
  5. The President of the Council of Ministers (Prime-Minister)
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  7. Former President of the Republic
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  14. Presidents of Regions
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  16. The President of the National Council for Economics and Labour
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  18. Quaestors of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in order of seniority
  19. Presidents of Parliamentary Commissions
  20. The President of the Council of State
  21. The President of the Court of Accounts
  22. The Governor of the Central Bank of Italy
  23. The General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Cassation
  24. The Attorney General of the Republic
  25. The Chief of the Defence Staff
  26. Senators and Deputies, in order of appointment
  27. The President of the Accademia dei Lincei
  28. The President of the National Research Council
  29. The President of the Superior Court of Public Waters
  30. The Vice President of the Council of Military Courts
  31. The Vice President of the High Council of the Judiciary
  32. The Presidents of the Autonomous Provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol
  33. The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Cassation
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  35. Mayors, in their cities
  36. Presidents and General Prosecutors of the Court of Appeals
  37. Presidents of Provinces, in their cities
  38. Catholic Bishops, in their dioceses
  39. The Chief of the Army Staff
  40. The Chief of the Navy Staff
  41. The Chief of the Air Staff
  42. The President of the Permanent conference of Rectors
  43. Ambassadors, in order of establishment of diplomatic relations with their countries
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  3. The Prime Minister
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  22. Members of the Assembly of the Republic
  23. Members of the European Parliament
  24. Marshals and Admirals of the fleet
  25. Chiefs of the Civilian House and Military House of the President of the Republic
  26. Presidents of the Economic and Social Council, of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities and of the National Association of Freguesias
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  28. Chancellors of Honorific Orders of Portugal
  29. Vice-presidents of the Supreme Judges Council
  30. Judges of the Constitutional Court
  31. Judges of the Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, and Court of Audits
  32. Regional secretaries and under-secretaries of the Governments of the Autonomous Regions
  33. Members of the Legislative Assemblies of Autonomous Regions
  34. The Commandant-general of the National Republican Guard and the National Director of the Public Security Police
  35. Secretaries-general of the Presidency of the Republic, of the Assembly of the Republic, of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  36. The Chief of Protocol
  37. Presidents of intermediate level courts (Relação), Presidents of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities and of the Coordinator Council of the Polytechnics, leaders of the Bar Associations and Presidents of professional associations of public law
  38. Presidents of the Portuguese Academy of History and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Rectors of universities and Presidents of Polytechnics
  39. Members of the councils of the Honorific Orders of Portugal
  40. Judges of intermediate level courts and deputies attorneys-general, vice-rectors of universities and vice-presidents of polytechnics
  41. Presidents of the municipal councils (Mayors)
  42. Presidents of the municipal assemblies
  43. Civil governors of districts
  44. Chiefs of Staff of the President of the Republic, President of the Assembly of the Republic, and Prime Minister
  45. Presidents, members and secretaries-general of councils, national councils, superior councils, oversight councils, national commissions, high authorities, high commissioners, oversight committees, by order of seniority of the respective institution, directors-general and presidents of public institutions, by order of their respective ministries, the head of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia, and the President of the Portuguese Red Cross
  46. Admirals and general officers with command functions, by order of military rank, operational commanders and commanders of military zone, maritime zone, and air zone, of the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira
  47. Directors of the National Defense Institute and the Joint Command and Staff College, commanders of the Military Academy, Naval School, and Air Force Academy, admirals and general officers of 3 and 2 stars
  48. Chiefs of staff of members of government
  49. Deputies directors-general and regional directors
  50. Judges and attorneys-general
  51. Aldermans (vereadores) of municipal councils
  52. Aides of the President of the Republic, of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, and of the Prime Minister
  53. Presidents of Civil Parishes
  54. Members of municipal assemblies
  55. Presidents of parish assemblies and members of civil parishes and parish assemblies
  56. Directors of service
  57. Chiefs of division
  58. Aides of members of government
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  2. the Speaker of the National Assembly, as leader of legislature
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References

  1. ↑ Başkent Protokolü Öndegelim Listesi (in Turkish), Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Dışişleri Bakanlığı, 2008-05-08, archived from the original on 2009-02-07, retrieved 2009-07-30
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