List of prime ministers of Turkey

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• Top left: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was Turkey's first Prime Minister and later first president.
• Top right: İsmet İnönü was Turkey's longest serving Prime Minister.
• Bottom left: Tansu Çiller is the first female Prime Minister.
• Bottom right: Before becoming president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was Prime Minister for more than ten years.

The position of Prime Minister of Turkey was established 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)	60px	3 May 1920	24 January 1921			Independent	1	Atatürk	I (1920)		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 60px (1920–1923)
2	Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)	60px	24 January 1921	19 May 1921			Independent	2	Çakmak I
			19 May 1921	9 July 1922				3	Çakmak II
3	Rauf Orbay (1881–1964)	60px	12 July 1922	4 August 1923			Independent	4	Orbay
4	Fethi Okyar (1880–1943)		14 August 1923	27 October 1923			Independent	5	Okyar

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

Status

  Denotes acting prime minister

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)	60px	30 October 1923	6 March 1924			Republican People's Party	1	İnönü I	II (1923)		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 60px (1923–1938)
			6 March 1924	22 November 1924				2	İnönü II
2	Fethi Okyar (1880–1943)	60px	22 November 1924	6 March 1925			Republican People's Party	3	Okyar
(1)	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)		6 March 1925	1 November 1927			Republican People's Party	4	İnönü III
			1 November 1927	27 September 1930				5	İnönü IV	III (1927)
			27 September 1930	4 May 1931				6	İnönü V
			4 May 1931	1 March 1935				7	İnönü VI	IV(1931)
			1 March 1935	1 November 1937				8	İnönü VII	V (1935)
3	Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)		1 November 1937	11 November 1938			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			Republican People's Party	11	Saydam I
			3 April 1939	8 July 1942 (died in office.)				12	Saydam II	VI (1939)
5	Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953)		8 July 1942	9 March 1943			Republican People's Party	13	Saracoğlu I
			9 March 1943	7 August 1946				14	Saracoğlu II	VII (1943)
6	Recep Peker (1889–1950)		7 August 1946	9 September 1947			Republican People's Party	15	Peker	VIII (1946)
7	Hasan Saka (1885–1960)		9 September 1947	10 June 1948			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			Republican People's Party	18	Günaltay
9	Adnan Menderes (1899–1961)		22 May 1950	9 March 1951			Democrat Party	19	Menderes I	IX (1950)		Celâl Bayar (1950–1960)
			9 March 1951	17 May 1954				20	Menderes II
			17 May 1954	9 December 1955				21	Menderes III	X (1954)
			9 December 1955	25 November 1957				22	Menderes IV
			25 November 1957	27 May 1960				23	Menderes V	XI (1957)
10	Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	60px	27 May 1960	5 January 1961			Martial law 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)	60px	27 October 1961	25 June 1962			Republican People's Party	26	İnönü VIII	XII (1961)		Cemal Gürsel 60px (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			Independent	29	Ürgüplü
12	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		27 October 1965	3 November 1969			Justice Party	30	Demirel I	XIII (1965)
			3 November 1969	6 March 1970				31	Demirel II	XIV (1969)		Cevdet Sunay 60px (1966–1973)
			6 March 1970	26 March 1971				32	Demirel III
13	Nihat Erim (1912–1980)	60px	26 March 1971	11 December 1971			Independent	33	Erim I
			11 December 1971	17 April 1972				34	Erim II
14	Ferit Melen (1906–1988)	60px	17 April 1972	15 April 1973			Republican Reliance Party	35	Melen
15	Naim Talu (1919–1998)		15 April 1973	25 January 1974			Independent	36	Talu	XV (1973)		Fahri Korutürk (1973–1980)
16	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		25 January 1974	17 November 1974			Republican People's Party	37	Ecevit I
17	Sadi Irmak (1906–1990)		17 November 1974	31 March 1975			Independent	38	Irmak
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		31 March 1975	21 June 1977			Justice Party	39	Demirel IV
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		21 June 1977	21 July 1977			Republican People's Party	40	Ecevit II	XVI (1977)
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		21 July 1977	5 January 1978			Justice Party	41	Demirel V
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		5 January 1978	12 November 1979			Republican People's Party	42	Ecevit III
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)		12 November 1979	12 September 1980			Justice Party	43	Demirel VI
18	Bülend Ulusu (1923–2015)		20 September 1980	13 December 1983			Martial law by Turkish Armed Forces	44	Ulusu	–		National Security Council (1980–1982)
												Kenan Evren 60px (1982–1989)
19	Turgut Özal (1927–1993)	60px	13 December 1983	21 December 1987			Motherland Party	45	Özal I	XVII (1983)
			21 December 1987	9 November 1989				46	Özal II	XVIII (1987)
20	Yıldırım Akbulut (1935–2021)		9 November 1989	23 June 1991			Motherland Party	47	Akbulut			Turgut Özal 60px (1989–1993)
21	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)	60px	23 June 1991	20 November 1991			Motherland Party	48	Yılmaz I
(12)	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)	60px	20 November 1991	16 May 1993			True Path Party	49	Demirel VII	XIX (1991)
22	Tansu Çiller (born 1946)	60px	25 June 1993	5 October 1995			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)	60px	6 March 1996	28 June 1996			Motherland Party	53	Yılmaz II	XX (1995)
23	Necmettin Erbakan (1926–2011)		28 June 1996	30 June 1997			Welfare Party	54	Erbakan
(21)	Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020)	60px	30 June 1997	11 January 1999			Motherland Party	55	Yılmaz III
(16)	Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006)		11 January 1999	28 May 1999			Democratic Left Party	56	Ecevit IV
			28 May 1999	18 November 2002				57	Ecevit V	XXI (1999)		Ahmet Necdet Sezer 60px (2000–2007)
24	Abdullah Gül (born 1950)		18 November 2002	14 March 2003			Justice and Development Party	58	Gül	XXII (2002)
25	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	60px	14 March 2003	29 August 2007			Justice and Development Party	59	Erdoğan I
			29 August 2007	6 July 2011				60	Erdoğan II	XXIII (2007)		Abdullah Gül (2007–2014)
			6 July 2011	29 August 2014				61	Erdoğan III	XXIV (2011)
26	Ahmet Davutoğlu (born 1959)		29 August 2014	28 August 2015			Justice and Development Party	62	Davutoğlu I			Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 60px (2014–2018)
			28 August 2015	17 November 2015				63	Davutoğlu II	XXV (Jun.2015)
			17 November 2015	24 May 2016				64	Davutoğlu III	XXVI (Nov.2015)
27	Binali Yıldırım (born 1955)	60px	24 May 2016	9 July 2018			Justice and Development Party	65	Yıldırım

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See also

• Prime Minister of Turkey
  • List of prime ministers of Turkey by time in office
• President of Turkey
  • List of presidents of Turkey
• Vice President of Turkey
• Coalition governments in Turkey
• List of cabinets of Turkey