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) PortraitNameElectionTerm of officePolitical partyCabinetSpeaker Took office Left office Time in office 1 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1920 (1st) 3 May 1920 24 January 1921 Association for Defence of National Rights AtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk 2Fevzi Çakmak 24 January 1921 9 July 1922Association for Defence of National Rights Çakmak I Çakmak II 3 Rauf Orbay 12 July 1922 4 August 1923 Association for Defence of National Rights Orbay 4 Fethi Okyar 14 August 1923 27 October 1923 Association for Defence of National Rights Okyar
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey (1923–2018) Status
PortraitNameElectionTerm of officePolitical partyCabinetPresident Took office Left office Time in office 1İsmet İnönü1923 (2nd) 30 October 1923 22 November 1924Republican People's Party İnönü IMustafa Kemal Atatürk İnönü II 2 Fethi Okyar 22 November 1924 6 March 1925 Republican People's Party Okyar (1)İsmet İnönü 6 March 1925 1 November 1937Republican People's Party İnönü III1927 (3rd) İnönü IV İnönü V 1931 (4th) İnönü VI1935 (5th) İnönü VII 3Celâl Bayar 1 November 1937 25 January 1939Republican People's Party Bayar I Bayar IIİsmet İnönü 4Refik Saydam 25 January 1939 8 July 1942Republican People's Party Saydam I1939 (6th) Saydam II 5Şükrü Saracoğlu 8 July 1942 7 August 1946Republican People's Party Saracoğlu I 1943 (7th) Saracoğlu II 6 Recep Peker1946 (8th) 7 August 1946 9 September 1947 Republican People's Party Peker 7Hasan Saka 9 September 1947 16 January 1949Republican People's Party Saka I Saka II 8 Şemsettin Günaltay 16 January 1949 22 May 1950 Republican People's Party Günaltay 9Adnan Menderes1950 (9th) 22 May 1950 27 May 1960Democrat Party Menderes ICelâl Bayar Menderes II1954 (10th) Menderes III Menderes IV 1957 (11th) Menderes V 10Cemal Gürsel— 27 May 1960 27 October 1961Military Gürsel INational Unity Committee Gürsel II (1)İsmet İnönü1961 (12th) 27 October 1961 20 February 1965Republican People's Party İnönü VIIICemal Gürsel İnönü IX İnönü X 11 Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 20 February 1965 27 October 1965 Justice Party Ürgüplü 12Süleyman Demirel 1965 (13th) 27 October 1965 26 March 1971Justice Party Demirel I1969 (14th) Demirel IICevdet Sunay Demirel III 13Nihat Erim 26 March 1971 17 April 1972Independent Erim I Erim II 14 Ferit Melen 17 April 1972 15 April 1973 Republican Reliance Party Melen 15 Naim Talu1973 (15th) 15 April 1973 25 January 1974 Independent TaluFahri Korutürk 16 Bülent Ecevit 25 January 1974 17 November 1974 Republican People's Party Ecevit I 17 Sadi Irmak 17 November 1974 31 March 1975 Independent Irmak (12) Süleyman Demirel 31 March 1975 21 June 1977 Justice Party Demirel IV (16) Bülent Ecevit1977 (16th) 21 June 1977 21 July 1977 Republican People's Party Ecevit II (12) Süleyman Demirel 21 July 1977 5 January 1978 Justice Party Demirel V (16) Bülent Ecevit 5 January 1978 12 November 1979 Republican People's Party Ecevit III (12) Süleyman Demirel 12 November 1979 12 September 1980 Justice Party Demirel VI 18Bülend Ulusu— 21 September 1980 13 December 1983MilitaryUlusu National Security CouncilKenan Evren 19Turgut Özal 1983 (17th) 13 December 1983 9 November 1989Motherland Party Özal I1987 (18th) Özal II 20 Yıldırım Akbulut 9 November 1989 23 June 1991 Motherland Party Akbulut Turgut Özal 21 Mesut Yılmaz 23 June 1991 20 November 1991 Motherland Party Yılmaz I (12) Süleyman Demirel1991 (19th) 20 November 1991 16 May 1993 True Path Party Demirel VII 22Tansu Çiller 25 June 1993 6 March 1996True Path Party Çiller ISüleyman Demirel Çiller II Çiller III (21) Mesut Yılmaz1995 (20th) 6 March 1996 28 June 1996 Motherland Party Yılmaz II 23 Necmettin Erbakan 28 June 1996 30 June 1997 Welfare Party Erbakan (21) Mesut Yılmaz 30 June 1997 11 January 1999 Motherland Party Yılmaz III (16)Bülent Ecevit 11 January 1999 18 November 2002Democratic Left Party Ecevit IV 1999 (21st) Ecevit VAhmet Necdet Sezer 24 Abdullah Gül2002 (22nd) 18 November 2002 14 March 2003 Justice and Development Party Gül 25Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 14 March 2003 29 August 2014Justice and Development Party Erdoğan I 2007 (23nd) Erdoğan IIAbdullah Gül2011 (24th) Erdoğan III 26Ahmet Davutoğlu 29 August 2014 24 May 2016Justice and Development Party Davutoğlu IRecep Tayyip Erdoğan 2015 (25th) Davutoğlu II 2015 (26th) Davutoğlu III 27 Binali Yıldırım 24 May 2016 9 July 2018 Justice and Development Party 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 List of female ministers of Turkey List of Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire