Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye |
Native Name: | Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Başkanı |
Insignia: | TBMM.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Grand National Assembly |
Incumbent: | Numan Kurtulmuş |
Incumbentsince: | 7 June 2023 |
Style: | The Right Honourable |
Appointer: | Grand National Assembly of Turkey |
Termlength: | Three years, renewable |
Inaugural: | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
Deputy: | Deputy Speakers |
Department: | Grand National Assembly of Turkey |
This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) since its establishment on 23 April 1920, has for short periods been changed.
A Senate also existed besides the National Assembly between 1960 and 1980.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Grand National Assembly | |||||||
1 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 24 April 1920 | 29 October 1923 | ||||
2 | Fethi Okyar | 1 November 1923 | 22 November 1924 | Republican People's Party | |||
3 | Kâzım Özalp | 26 November 1924 | 1 March 1935 | Republican People's Party | |||
4 | Abdülhalik Renda | 1 March 1935 | 5 August 1946 | Republican People's Party | |||
5 | Kâzım Karabekir | 5 August 1946 | 26 January 1948 | Republican People's Party | |||
6 | Ali Fuat Cebesoy | 30 January 1948 | 1 November 1948 | Republican People's Party | |||
7 | Şükrü Saracoğlu | 1 November 1948 | 22 May 1950 | Republican People's Party | |||
8 | Refik Koraltan | 22 May 1950 | 27 May 1960 | Democrat Party | |||
Constituent Assembly | |||||||
– | Kâzım Orbay | 9 January 1961 | 26 October 1961 | Independent | |||
National Assembly | |||||||
9 | Fuat Sirmen | 1 November 1961 | 10 October 1965 | Republican People's Party | |||
10 | Ferruh Bozbeyli | 22 October 1965 | 1 November 1970 | Justice Party | |||
11 | Sabit Osman Avcı | 26 November 1970 | 14 October 1973 | Justice Party | |||
12 | Kemal Güven | 18 December 1973 | 5 June 1977 | Republican People's Party | |||
13 | Cahit Karakaş | 17 November 1977 | 12 September 1980 | Republican People's Party | |||
Consultative Assembly | |||||||
– | Sadi Irmak | 27 October 1981 | 4 December 1983 | Independent | |||
Grand National Assembly | |||||||
14 | Necmettin Karaduman | 4 December 1983 | 29 November 1987 | Motherland Party | |||
15 | Yıldırım Akbulut | 24 December 1987 | 9 November 1989 | Motherland Party | |||
16 | Kaya Erdem | 21 November 1989 | 20 October 1991 | Motherland Party | |||
17 | Hüsamettin Cindoruk | 16 November 1991 | 1 October 1995 | True Path Party | |||
18 | İsmet Sezgin | 18 October 1995 | 24 December 1995 | True Path Party | |||
19 | Mustafa Kalemli | 25 January 1996 | 30 September 1997 | Motherland Party | |||
20 | Hikmet Çetin | 16 October 1997 | 18 April 1999 | Republican People's Party | |||
Yıldırım Akbulut | 20 May 1999 | 30 September 2000 | Motherland Party | ||||
21 | Ömer İzgi | 18 October 2000 | 3 November 2002 | Nationalist Movement Party | |||
22 | Bülent Arınç | 19 November 2002 | 9 August 2007 | Justice and Development Party | |||
23 | Köksal Toptan | 9 August 2007 | 9 August 2009 | years | Justice and Development Party | ||
24 | Mehmet Ali Şahin | 9 August 2009 | 4 July 2011 | Justice and Development Party | |||
25 | Cemil Çiçek | 4 July 2011 | 7 June 2015 | Justice and Development Party | |||
26 | İsmet Yılmaz | 1 July 2015 | 1 November 2015 | Justice and Development Party | |||
27 | İsmail Kahraman | 22 November 2015 | 9 July 2018 | Justice and Development Party | |||
28 | Binali Yıldırım | 12 July 2018 | 18 February 2019 | Justice and Development Party | |||
29 | Mustafa Şentop | 24 February 2019 | 2 June 2023 | Justice and Development Party | |||
30 | Numan Kurtulmuş | 7 June 2023 | Incumbent | Justice and Development Party |
When a new session of the Grand National Assembly meets, the oldest parliament member temporarily acts as the speaker until a new speaker is elected.