Parliamentary terms of Turkey explained

Below is the list of the Parliamentary terms of Turkey from 1920 to onwards.[1] The duration of each term is marked by the corresponding election, except for the ending of the 11th and 16th parliamentary terms which ended as a result of the coups of 1960 and 1980 respectively.

No From To Cabinets Speaker of the Parliament
1 23 April 1920 28 June 1923 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
11 August 1923 1 November 1927 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ali Fethi Okyar, Kazım Özalp[2]
1 November 1927 4 May 1931 Kazım Özalp
4 May 1931 1 May 1935 Kazım Özalp
1 May 1935 3 April 1939 Abdülhalik Renda
3 April 1939 8 March 1943 Abdülhalik Renda
8 March 1943 5 August 1946 Abdülhalik Renda
5 August 1946 14 May 1950 Kazım Karabekir, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Şükrü Saracoğlu
14 May 1950 2 May 1954 Refik Koraltan
2 May 1954 27 October 1957 Refik Koraltan
27 October 1957 27 May 1960 Refik Koraltan
6 January 1961 15 October 1961 Kâzım Orbay
15 October 1961 10 October 1965 Fuat Sirmen
10 October 1965 12 October 1969 Ferruh Bozbeyli
12 October 1969 14 October 1973 Ferruh Bozbeyli, Sabit Osman Avcı
14 October 1973 5 June 1977 Kemal Güven
5 June 1977 12 September 1980 Cahit Karakaş
15 October 1981 6 November 1983 Sadi Irmak
6 November 1983 29 November 1987 Necmettin Karaduman
29 December 1987 20 October 1991 Yıldırım Akbulut, Kaya Erdem
20 October 1991 24 December 1995 Hüsamettin Cindoruk, İsmet Sezgin
24 December 1995 18 April 1999 Mustafa Kalemli, Hikmet Çetin
18 April 1999 3 November 2002 Yıldırım Akbulut, Ömer İzgi
14 November 2002 22 July 2007 Bülent Arınç
4 August 2007 12 June 2011 Köksal Toptan, Mehmet Ali Şahin
28 June 2011 7 June 2015 Cemil Çiçek
7 June 2015 17 November 2015 İsmet Yılmaz
17 November 2015 7 July 2018 İsmail Kahraman
7 July 2018 7 April 2023 Binali Yıldırım, Mustafa Şentop
2 June 2023 Incumbent Numan Kurtulmuş

References

  1. http://www.551vekil.com/2015/06/turkiyede-secimler.html Election date page
  2. Republic was proclaimed on 29 October 1923. Mustafa Kemal's term as the speaker ended on this date