Turkish Presidents and Prime Ministers
This list is comprised of Presidents and Prime Ministers of Turkey. The President (Turkish Cumhurbaşkanı) is the ceremonial head of state, while the Prime Minister (Başbakan) is the head of government. The modern republic of Turkey came into being in 1923 following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.
| Name | Years | Type | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Gül | 2002-2003; 2007-2014 | prime minister; president |  | |
| Adnan Menderes | 1950-1960 | prime minister | | |
| Ahmet Davutoğlu | 2014-2016 | prime minister | | |
| Ahmet Necdet Sezer | 2000-2007 | president | | |
| Binali Yıldırım | 2016-2018 | prime minister | | |
| Bülend Ulusu | 1980-1983 | prime minister | (Saim) | |
| Bülent Ecevit | 1974; 1977; 1978-1979; 1999-2002 | prime minister | (Mustafa) | |
| Celâl Bayar | 1937-1939; 1950-1960 | prime minister; president | (Mahmut) | |
| Cemal Gürsel | 1960-1961; 1960-1966 | prime minister; president | | |
| Cevdet Sunay | 1966-1973 | president | | |
| Emin Fahrettin Özdilek | 1961 | prime minister | | |
| Fahri Korutürk | 1976-1980 | president | (Sabit) | |
| Ferit Melen | 1972-1973 | prime minister | (Sadi) | |
| Fethi Okyar | 1923; 1924-1925 | prime minister | (Ali) | |
| Hasan Saka | 1947-1949 | prime minister | | |
| İsmet İnönü | 1923-1924; 1925-1937; 1938-1950; 1961-1965 | president; prime minister | (Mustafa) | |
| Kenan Evren | 1980-1989 | president | | |
| Mesut Yılmaz | 1991; 1996; 1997-1999 | prime minister | (Ahmet) | |
| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 1920-1921; 1923-1938 | prime minister; president | | |
| Naim Talu | 1973-1974 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Necmettin Erbakan | 1996-1997 | prime minister | | |
| Nihat Erim | 1971-1972 | prime minister | (Ismail) | |
| Rauf Orbay | 1922-1923 | prime minister | (Hüseyin) | |
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2003-2014; 2014- | prime minister; president | | |
| Recep Peker | 1946-1947 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Refik Saydam | 1939-1942 | prime minister | (Ibrahim) | |
| Sadi Irmak | 1974-1975 | prime minister | (Mahmut) | |
| Şemsettin Günaltay | 1949-1950 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | 1965 | prime minister | (Ali) | |
| Şükrü Saracoğlu | 1942-1946 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Süleyman Demirel | 1965-1971; 1975-1977; 1977-1978; 1979-1980; 1991-1993; 1993-2000 | prime minister; president | | |
| Tansu Çiller | 1993-1996 | prime minister | | |
| Turgut Özal | 1983-1989; 1989-1993 | prime minister; president | (Halil) | |
| Yıldırım Akbulut | 1989-1991 | prime minister | |