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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.

For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

List of presidents (1923–present)[]

Political parties

•   Republican People's Party
•   Democrat Party
•   Justice Party
•   Motherland Party
•   True Path Party
•   Justice and Development Party

Other factions

•   Military
•   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Previous office	Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Parliamentary system (1923–2018)
1		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938)	29 October 1923	1 November 1927	15 years, 12 days	Republican People's Party	1st Speaker of the Grand National Assembly	1	1923
			1 November 1927	4 May 1931				2	1927
			4 May 1931	1 March 1935				3	1931
			1 March 1935	10 November 1938 (died in office.)				4	1935
2		İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	11 November 1938	3 April 1939	11 years, 197 days	Republican People's Party	1st Prime Minister of Turkey	5	1938
			3 April 1939	8 March 1943				6	1939
			8 March 1943	5 August 1946				7	1943
			5 August 1946	27 May 1950				8	1946
3		Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)	27 May 1950	14 May 1954	10 years	Democrat Party	3rd Prime Minister of Turkey	9	1950
			14 May 1954	1 November 1957				10	1954
			1 November 1957	27 May 1960[a]				11	1957
After the coup d'état on 27 May 1960, the National Unity Committee took the power over country and ruled through a military junta under Martial law. General Cemal Gürsel served as acting President from 27 May 1960 to 10 October 1961.
4		General Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	10 October 1961	2 February 1966[b]	4 years, 115 days	Independent	Chairman of the National Unity Committee	12	1961
İbrahim Şevki Atasagun served as acting President from 2 February to 28 March 1966.
5		Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982)	28 March 1966	28 March 1973	7 years	Independent	12th Chief of the Turkish General Staff	13	1966
Tekin Arıburun served as acting President from 28 March to 6 April 1973.
6		Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987)	6 April 1973	6 April 1980	7 years	Independent	3rd Commander of the Turkish Navy	14	1973
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil served as acting President from 6 April to 12 September 1980[c]
After the coup d'état on 12 September 1980, the National Security Council took the power over country and ruled through a military junta under Martial law. General Kenan Evren served as acting President from 12 September 1980 to 9 November 1982.
7		General Kenan Evren (1917–2015)	9 November 1982	9 November 1989	7 years	Independent	Chairman of the National Security Council	15	1982
8		Turgut Özal (1927–1993)	9 November 1989	17 April 1993 (died in office)	3 years, 159 days	Motherland Party	19th Prime Minister of Turkey	16	1989
Hüsamettin Cindoruk served as acting President from 17 April to 16 May 1993.
9		Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)	16 May 1993	16 May 2000	7 years	True Path Party	12th Prime Minister of Turkey	17	1993
10		Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born 1941)	16 May 2000	28 August 2007	7 years, 104 days	Independent	14th President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey	18	2000
11		Abdullah Gül (born 1950)	28 August 2007	28 August 2014	7 years	Justice and Development Party	40th Minister of Foreign Affairs	19	2007
12		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	28 August 2014	9 July 2018	3 years, 315 days	Justice and Development Party	25th Prime Minister of Turkey	20	2014
Presidential system (2018–present)
12		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	9 July 2018	Incumbent	3 years, 214 days	Justice and Development Party	25th Prime Minister of Turkey	21	2018

Timeline[]

See also[]

• President of Turkey
• Vice President of Turkey
• Prime Minister of Turkey
  • List of prime ministers of Turkey
• Çankaya Mansion
• Presidential Complex
• Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey)
• History of Turkish presidential elections

Notes[]

External links[]

• Past presidents, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.