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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 1920-1921; 1923-1938 | prime minister; president |  | |
| Rauf Orbay | 1922-1923 | prime minister | (Hüseyin) | |
| Fethi Okyar | 1923; 1924-1925 | prime minister | (Ali) | |
| İsmet İnönü | 1923-1924; 1925-1937; 1938-1950; 1961-1965 | president; prime minister | (Mustafa) | |
| Celâl Bayar | 1937-1939; 1950-1960 | prime minister; president | (Mahmut) | |
| Refik Saydam | 1939-1942 | prime minister | (Ibrahim) | |
| Şükrü Saracoğlu | 1942-1946 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Recep Peker | 1946-1947 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Hasan Saka | 1947-1949 | prime minister | | |
| Şemsettin Günaltay | 1949-1950 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Adnan Menderes | 1950-1960 | prime minister | | |
| Cemal Gürsel | 1960-1961; 1960-1966 | prime minister; president | | |
| Emin Fahrettin Özdilek | 1961 | prime minister | | |
| Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | 1965 | prime minister | (Ali) | |
| Süleyman Demirel | 1965-1971; 1975-1977; 1977-1978; 1979-1980; 1991-1993; 1993-2000 | prime minister; president | | |
| Cevdet Sunay | 1966-1973 | president | | |
| Nihat Erim | 1971-1972 | prime minister | (Ismail) | |
| Ferit Melen | 1972-1973 | prime minister | (Sadi) | |
| Naim Talu | 1973-1974 | prime minister | (Mehmet) | |
| Bülent Ecevit | 1974; 1977; 1978-1979; 1999-2002 | prime minister | (Mustafa) | |
| Sadi Irmak | 1974-1975 | prime minister | (Mahmut) | |
| Fahri Korutürk | 1976-1980 | president | (Sabit) | |
| Kenan Evren | 1980-1989 | president | | |
| Bülend Ulusu | 1980-1983 | prime minister | (Saim) | |
| Turgut Özal | 1983-1989; 1989-1993 | prime minister; president | (Halil) | |
| Yıldırım Akbulut | 1989-1991 | prime minister | | |
| Mesut Yılmaz | 1991; 1996; 1997-1999 | prime minister | (Ahmet) | |
| Tansu Çiller | 1993-1996 | prime minister | | |
| Necmettin Erbakan | 1996-1997 | prime minister | | |
| Ahmet Necdet Sezer | 2000-2007 | president | | |
| Abdullah Gül | 2002-2003; 2007-2014 | prime minister; president | | |
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2003-2014; 2014- | prime minister; president | | |
| Ahmet Davutoğlu | 2014-2016 | prime minister | | |
| Binali Yıldırım | 2016-2018 | prime minister | |