List of prime ministers of Turkey explained

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)

PortraitName
Election
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetSpeaker
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
1920 (1st)3 May 1920 24 January 1921Association for Defence of National RightsAtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk

2Fevzi Çakmak
— (1st)24 January 1921 19 May 1921Association for Defence of National RightsÇakmak I
19 May 1921 9 July 1922Çakmak II
3Rauf Orbay
— (1st)12 July 1922 4 August 1923Association for Defence of National RightsOrbay
4Fethi Okyar
— (1st)14 August 1923 27 October 1923Association for Defence of National RightsOkyar

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

Status
PortraitName
Election
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetPresident
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1İsmet İnönü
1923 (2nd)30 October 1923 6 March 1924Republican People's Partyİnönü IMustafa Kemal Atatürk

— (2nd)6 March 1924 22 November 1924İnönü II
2Fethi Okyar
— (2nd)22 November 1924 6 March 1925Republican People's PartyOkyar
(1)İsmet İnönü
— (2nd)6 March 1925 1 November 1927Republican People's Partyİnönü III
1927 (3rd)1 November 1927 27 September 1930İnönü IV
— (3rd)27 September 1930 4 May 1931İnönü V
1931 (4th)4 May 1931 1 March 1935İnönü VI
1935 (5th)1 March 1935 1 November 1937İnönü VII
3Celâl Bayar
— (5th)1 November 1937 11 November 1938Republican People's PartyBayar I
— (5th)11 November 1938 25 January 1939Bayar IIİsmet İnönü

4Refik Saydam
— (5th)25 January 1939 3 April 1939Republican People's PartySaydam I
1939 (6th)3 April 1939 8 July 1942
Saydam II
5Şükrü Saracoğlu
— (6th)8 July 1942 9 March 1943Republican People's PartySaracoğlu I
1943 (7th)9 March 1943 7 August 1946Saracoğlu II
6Recep Peker
1946 (8th)7 August 1946 9 September 1947Republican People's PartyPeker
7Hasan Saka
— (8th)9 September 1947 10 June 1948Republican People's PartySaka I
— (8th)10 June 1948 16 January 1949Saka II
8Şemsettin Günaltay
— (8th)16 January 1949 22 May 1950Republican People's PartyGünaltay
9Adnan Menderes
1950 (9th)22 May 1950 9 March 1951Democrat PartyMenderes ICelâl Bayar

— (9th)9 March 1951 17 May 1954Menderes II
1954 (10th)17 May 1954 9 December 1955Menderes III
(10th)9 December 1955 25 November 1957Menderes IV
1957 (11th)25 November 1957 27 May 1960Menderes V
10Cemal Gürsel
27 May 1960 5 January 1961MilitaryGürsel INational Unity Committee
5 January 1961 27 October 1961Gürsel II
(1)İsmet İnönü
1961 (12th)27 October 1961 25 June 1962Republican People's Partyİnönü VIIICemal Gürsel

— (12th)25 June 1962 25 December 1963İnönü IX
— (12th)25 December 1963 20 February 1965İnönü X
11Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
— (12th)20 February 1965 27 October 1965IndependentÜrgüplü
12Süleyman Demirel
1965 (13th)27 October 1965 3 November 1969Justice PartyDemirel I
1969 (14th)3 November 1969 6 March 1970Demirel IICevdet Sunay

— (14th)6 March 1970 26 March 1971Demirel III
13Nihat Erim
— (14th)26 March 1971 11 December 1971IndependentErim I
— (14th)11 December 1971 17 April 1972Erim II
14Ferit Melen
— (14th)17 April 1972 15 April 1973Republican Reliance PartyMelen
15Naim Talu
1973 (15th)15 April 1973 25 January 1974IndependentTaluFahri Korutürk
16Bülent Ecevit
— (15th)25 January 1974 17 November 1974Republican People's PartyEcevit I
17Sadi Irmak
— (15th)17 November 1974 31 March 1975IndependentIrmak
(12)Süleyman Demirel
— (15th)31 March 1975 21 June 1977Justice PartyDemirel IV
(16)Bülent Ecevit
1977 (16th)21 June 1977 21 July 1977Republican People's PartyEcevit II
(12)Süleyman Demirel
— (16th)21 July 1977 5 January 1978Justice PartyDemirel V
(16)Bülent Ecevit
— (16th)5 January 1978 12 November 1979Republican People's PartyEcevit III
(12)Süleyman Demirel
— (16th)12 November 1979 12 September 1980Justice PartyDemirel VI
18Bülend Ulusu
21 September 1980 13 December 1983MilitaryUlusuNational Security Council
Kenan Evren

19Turgut Özal
1983 (17th)13 December 1983 21 December 1987Motherland PartyÖzal I
1987 (18th)21 December 1987 9 November 1989Özal II
20Yıldırım Akbulut
— (18th)9 November 1989 23 June 1991Motherland PartyTurgut Özal

21Mesut Yılmaz
— (18th)23 June 1991 20 November 1991Motherland PartyYılmaz I
(12)Süleyman Demirel
1991 (19th)20 November 1991 16 May 1993True Path PartyDemirel VII
22Tansu Çiller
— (19th)25 June 1993 5 October 1995True Path PartyÇiller ISüleyman Demirel

— (19th)5 October 1995 30 October 1995Çiller II
— (19th)30 October 1995 6 March 1996Çiller III
(21)Mesut Yılmaz
1995 (20th)6 March 1996 28 June 1996Motherland PartyYılmaz II
23Necmettin Erbakan
— (20th)28 June 1996 30 June 1997Welfare PartyErbakan
(21)Mesut Yılmaz
— (20th)30 June 1997 11 January 1999Motherland PartyYılmaz III
(16)Bülent Ecevit
— (20th)11 January 1999 28 May 1999Democratic Left PartyEcevit IV
1999 (21st)28 May 1999 18 November 2002Ecevit VAhmet Necdet Sezer

24Abdullah Gül
2002 (22nd)18 November 2002 14 March 2003Justice and Development PartyGül
25Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
— (22nd)14 March 2003 29 August 2007Justice and Development PartyErdoğan I
2007 (23nd)29 August 2007 6 July 2011Erdoğan IIAbdullah Gül

2011 (24th)6 July 2011 29 August 2014Erdoğan III
26Ahmet Davutoğlu
— (24th)29 August 2014 28 August 2015Justice and Development PartyDavutoğlu IRecep Tayyip Erdoğan

2015 (25th)28 August 2015 17 November 2015Davutoğlu II
2015 (26th)17 November 2015 24 May 2016Davutoğlu III
27Binali Yıldırım
— (26th)24 May 2016 9 July 2018Justice and Development PartyYıldırım

See also