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The following is a complete list of prime ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position 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.

For a list of grand viziers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of Ottoman Grand Viziers.

List of prime ministers (1920–2018)[]

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

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office			Party	Cabinet		Elected	Speaker (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938)		3 May 1920	24 January 1921	266 days	Independent	1	Atatürk	1920		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1920–1923)
2	Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)		24 January 1921	19 May 1921	1 year, 166 days	Independent	2	Çakmak I	–
			19 May 1921	9 July 1922			3	Çakmak II	–
3	Rauf Orbay (1881–1964)		12 July 1922	4 August 1923	1 year, 23 days	Independent	4	Orbay	–
4	Fethi Okyar (1880–1943)		14 August 1923	27 October 1923	74 days	Independent	5	Okyar	–

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

Status

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office			Party	Cabinet		Elected	President (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)		30 October 1923	6 March 1924	1 year, 23 days	Republican People's Party	1	İnönü I	1923		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923–1938)
			6 March 1924	22 November 1924			2	İnönü II	–
2	Fethi Okyar (1880–1943)		22 November 1924	6 March 1925	104 days	Republican People's Party	3	Okyar	–
(1)	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)		6 March 1925	1 November 1927	12 years, 240 days	Republican People's Party	4	İnönü III	–
			1 November 1927	27 September 1930			5	İnönü IV	1927
			27 September 1930	4 May 1931			6	İnönü V	–
			4 May 1931	1 March 1935			7	İnönü VI	1931
			1 March 1935	1 November 1937			8	İnönü VII	1935
3	Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)		1 November 1937	11 November 1938	1 year, 85 days	Republican People's Party	9	Bayar I	–
			11 November 1938	25 January 1939			10	Bayar II	–		İsmet İnönü (1938–1950)
4	Refik Saydam (1881–1942)		25 January 1939	3 April 1939	3 years, 164 days	Republican People's Party	11	Saydam I	–
			3 April 1939	8 July 1942 (died in office.)			12	Saydam II	1939
5	Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953)		9 July 1942	9 March 1943	4 years, 29 days	Republican People's Party	13	Saracoğlu I	–
			9 March 1943	7 August 1946			14	Saracoğlu II	1943
6	Recep Peker (1889–1950)		7 August 1946	9 September 1947	1 year, 33 days	Republican People's Party	15	Peker	1946
7	Hasan Saka (1885–1960)		10 September 1947	10 June 1948	1 year, 128 days	Republican People's Party	16	Saka I	–
			10 June 1948	16 January 1949			17	Saka II	–
8	Şemsettin Günaltay (1883–1961)		16 January 1949	22 May 1950	1 year, 126 days	Republican People's Party	18	Günaltay	–
9	Adnan Menderes (1899–1961)		22 May 1950	9 March 1951	10 years, 5 days	Democrat Party	19	Menderes I	1950		Celâl Bayar (1950–1960)
			9 March 1951	17 May 1954			20	Menderes II	–
			17 May 1954	9 December 1955			21	Menderes III	1954
			9 December 1955	25 November 1957			22	Menderes IV	–
			25 November 1957	27 May 1960[a]			23	Menderes V	1957
10	Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)		28 May 1960	5 January 1961	1 year, 152 days	Martial law (sıkıyönetim) by Turkish Armed Forces	24	Gürsel I	–		National Unity Committee (1960–1961)
			5 January 1961	27 October 1961			25	Gürsel II	–
(1)	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)		20 November 1961	25 June 1962	3 years, 92 days	Republican People's Party	26	İnönü VIII	1961		Cemal Gürsel (1961–1966)
			25 June 1962	25 December 1963			27	İnönü IX	–
			25 December 1963	20 February 1965			28	İnönü X	–
11	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903–1981)		20 February 1965	27 October 1965	249 days	Independent	29	Ürgüplü	–
12	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		27 October 1965	3 November 1969	5 years, 150 days	Justice Party	30	Demirel I	1965
			3 November 1969	6 March 1970			31	Demirel II	1969		Cevdet Sunay (1966–1973)
			6 March 1970	26 March 1971[b]			32	Demirel III	–
13	Nihat Erim (1912–1980)		26 March 1971	11 December 1971	1 year, 22 days	Independent	33	Erim I	–
			11 December 1971	17 April 1972			34	Erim II	–
14	Ferit Melen (1906–1988)		17 April 1972	15 April 1973	363 days	Republican Reliance Party	35	Melen	–
15	Naim Talu (1919–1998)		15 April 1973	25 January 1974	285 days	Independent	36	Talu	1973		Fahri Korutürk (1973–1980)
16	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		25 January 1974	17 November 1974	296 days	Republican People's Party	37	Ecevit I	–
17	Sadi Irmak (1906–1990)		17 November 1974	31 March 1975	134 days	Independent	38	Irmak	–
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		31 March 1975	21 June 1977	2 years, 82 days	Justice Party	39	Demirel IV	–
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		21 June 1977	21 July 1977	30 days	Republican People's Party	40	Ecevit II	1977
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		21 July 1977	5 January 1978	168 days	Justice Party	41	Demirel V	–
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		5 January 1978	12 November 1979	1 year, 311 days	Republican People's Party	42	Ecevit III	–
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		12 November 1979	12 September 1980[c]	305 days	Justice Party	43	Demirel VI	–
18	Bülend Ulusu (1923–2015)		20 September 1980	13 December 1983	3 years, 84 days	Martial law (sıkıyönetim) by Turkish Armed Forces	44	Ulusu	–		National Security Council (1980–1982)
											Kenan Evren (1982–1989)
19	Turgut Özal (1927–1993)		13 December 1983	21 December 1987	5 years, 322 days	Motherland Party	45	Özal I	1983
			21 December 1987	31 October 1989			46	Özal II	1987
20	Yıldırım Akbulut (1935–2021)		9 November 1989	23 June 1991	1 year, 226 days	Motherland Party	47	Akbulut	–		Turgut Özal (1989–1993)
21	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)		23 June 1991	20 November 1991	150 days	Motherland Party	48	Yılmaz I	–
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		20 November 1991	16 May 1993	1 year, 177 days	True Path Party	49	Demirel VII	1991
22	Tansu Çiller (born 1946)		25 June 1993	5 October 1995	2 years, 255 days	True Path Party	50	Çiller I	–		Süleyman Demirel (1993–2000)
			5 October 1995	30 October 1995			51	Çiller II	–
			30 October 1995	6 March 1996			52	Çiller III	–
(21)	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)		6 March 1996	28 June 1996	114 days	Motherland Party	53	Yılmaz II	1995
23	Necmettin Erbakan (1926–2011)		28 June 1996	30 June 1997[d]	1 year, 2 days	Welfare Party	54	Erbakan	–
(21)	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)		30 June 1997	11 January 1999	1 year, 195 days	Motherland Party	55	Yılmaz III	–
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		11 January 1999	28 May 1999	3 years, 311 days	Democratic Left Party	56	Ecevit IV	–
			28 May 1999	18 November 2002			57	Ecevit V	1999		Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000–2007)
24	Abdullah Gül (born 1950)		18 November 2002	14 March 2003	116 days	Justice and Development Party	58	Gül	2002
25	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)		14 March 2003	29 August 2007	11 years, 167 days	Justice and Development Party	59	Erdoğan I	–
			29 August 2007	6 July 2011			60	Erdoğan II	2007		Abdullah Gül (2007–2014)
			6 July 2011	28 August 2014			61	Erdoğan III	2011
26	Ahmet Davutoğlu (born 1959)		28 August 2014	29 August 2014	1 year, 269 days	Justice and Development Party	–	None	–		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2014–2018)
			29 August 2014	28 August 2015			62	Davutoğlu I	–
			28 August 2015	17 November 2015			63	Davutoğlu II	Jun.2015
			17 November 2015	24 May 2016			64	Davutoğlu III	Nov.2015
27	Binali Yıldırım (born 1955)		24 May 2016	9 July 2018	2 years, 46 days	Justice and Development Party	65	Yıldırım	–

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See also[]

• Prime Minister of Turkey
• President of Turkey
  • List of presidents of Turkey
• Vice President of Turkey
• Coalition governments in Turkey
• List of cabinets of Turkey
• List of Ottoman Grand Viziers for heads of government prior to the 1922 abolition of the Ottoman sultanate