This article lists each prime minister of Turkey in order of term length. The list starts with heads of the Government of the Grand National Assembly on May 3, 1920, and the first prime minister, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[1] It includes all prime ministers since then, up to the last prime minister. The list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days, figures would be one day greater for each term served.
Of the 30 prime ministers, 4 served more than 10 years while seven served less than a year. İsmet İnönü is the longest-serving Turkish Prime Ministers with 16 years accumulated in total. The prime minister with the longest single term was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, lasting 11 years from 2003 until 2014.[2]
In this table, "Term of office" is the number of separate, discontiguous periods served as Prime Minister.
| Rank | Prime Minister | Length served | Terms in office | Cabinets | Party | Start | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | İsmet İnönü | 3 | 10 | 1923 | |||
| 2 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 1 | 3 | 2003 | |||
| 3 | Süleyman Demirel | 5 | 7 | 1965 | |||
| 4 | Adnan Menderes | 1 | 5 | 1950 | |||
| 5 | Turgut Özal | 1 | 2 | 1983 | |||
| 6 | Bülent Ecevit | 4 | 5 | 1974 | |||
| 7 | Şükrü Saracoğlu | 1 | 2 | 1942 | |||
| 8 | Refik Saydam | 1 | 2 | 1939 | |||
| 9 | Bülend Ulusu | 1 | 1 | Martial law | 1980 | ||
| 10 | Tansu Çiller | 1 | 3 | 1993 | |||
| 11 | Mesut Yılmaz | 3 | 3 | 1991 | |||
| 12 | Binali Yıldırım | 1 | 1 | 2016 | |||
| 13 | Ahmet Davutoğlu | 1 | 3 | 2014 | |||
| 14 | Yıldırım Akbulut | 1 | 1 | 1989 | |||
| 15 | Fevzi Çakmak | 1 | 2 | 1921 | |||
| 16 | Cemal Gürsel | 1 | 2 | Martial law | 1960 | ||
| 17 | Hasan Saka | 1 | 2 | 1947 | |||
| 18 | Şemsettin Günaltay | 1 | 1 | 1949 | |||
| 19 | Celâl Bayar | 1 | 2 | 1937 | |||
| 20 | Recep Peker | 1 | 1 | 1946 | |||
| 21 | Rauf Orbay | 1 | 1 | 1922 | |||
| 22 | Nihat Erim | 1 | 2 | 1971 | |||
| 23 | Necmettin Erbakan | 1 | 1 | 1996 | |||
| 24 | Ferit Melen | 1 | 1 | 1973 | |||
| 25 | Naim Talu | 1 | 1 | 1974 | |||
| 26 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 1 | 1 | 1920 | |||
| 27 | Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | 1 | 1 | 1965 | |||
| 28 | Fethi Okyar | 2 | 2 | 1923 | |||
| 29 | Sadi Irmak | 1 | 1 | 1975 | |||
| 30 | Abdullah Gül | 1 | 1 | 2002 |
| Rank | Party | Length by time served | Prime ministers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Martial law | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 4 | |||
| 10 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 1 |