Below is the list of party leaders (former and present) in Turkey. Only the leaders of parties which were present in the parliament or received a considerable percentage of votes are shown.
The list
Start NameParties1923Mustafa Kemal AtatürkCHP 1924Kâzım KarabekirTCF 1930Fethi OkyarSCF 1938İsmet İnönüCHP 1946Nuri DemirağMKP 1946Celâl BayarDP 1948Hikmet BayurMP 1950Adnan MenderesDP 1954Osman BölükbaşıCMP-CKMP-MP2 1955Ekrem Hayri ÜstündağHURP 1955Fevzi Lütfi KaraosmanoğluHURP 1961Ekrem AlicanYTP 1961Ragıp GümüşpalaAP 1962Ahmet OğuzCKMP1962Mehmet Ali AybarTİP 1964Süleyman DemirelAP-DYP1965Alparslan TürkeşCKMP-MHP 1967Turhan FeyzioğluGP-CGP1967Hüseyin BalanTBP 1969Mustafa TimisiTBP 1970Ferruh BozbeyliDP2 1970Behice BoranTİP 1970Necmettin ErbakanMNP-MSP-RP-SP1972Bülent EcevitCHP-DSP 1972Kemal SatırCP 1983Turgut SunalpMDP1983Turgut ÖzalANAP1983Necdet CalpHP 1983Erdal İnönüSODEP-SHP1983Ahmet Nusret TunaDYP 1983Cezmi KartaySODEP 1983Yıldırım AvcıDYP1983Ahmet TekdalRP1995Hüsamettin CindorukDYP-DTRP 1985Aydın Güven GürkanHP-SHP 1985Ülkü SöylemezoğluMDP 1985Rahşan EcevitDSP 1986Mehmet YazarHDP 1988Necdet KarababaDSP 1989Yıldırım AkbulutANAP 1991Mesut YılmazANAP 1992Doğu PerinçekİP-VP 1993Muhsin YazıcıoğluBBP 1993Tansu ÇillerDYP 1993Murat KarayalçınSHP 1994Deniz BaykalCHP 1994Besim TibukLDP1995Hikmet ÇetinCHP 1997Devlet BahçeliMHP1998Yıldırım Tuğrul TürkeşATP 1998Recai KutanFP 1999Altan ÖymenCHP 2000Ahmet TürkDTP 2001Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAKP 2002İsmail CemYTP22004Zeki SezerDSP2005 Cem Toker LDP2005Yaşar Nuri ÖztürkHYP2008Numan KurtulmuşFP2009Masum TürkerDSP2010 Kemal KılıçdaroğluCHP 2012Selahattin DemirtaşHDP2014Ahmet DavutoğluAKP2016Binali YıldırımAKP2016Temel KaramollaoğluSP2017Meral AkşenerİYİ2017Erkan BaşTİP2018Fatih ErbakanYRP2019Ahmet DavutoğluGP2020Ali BabacanDEVA2020Öztürk YılmazYP2020Mustafa SarıgülTDP2021Muharrem İnceMP2021Ümit ÖzdağZP2023Özgür ÖzelCHP
Key
| CHP: TCF: SCF: MKP: DP: CMP: CMP: HURP: CKMP: MP2: YTP: AP: MHP: GP: CGP: DP2: TİP: CP: MNP: MSP: RP: FP: SP: TBP: DSP: MDP: ANAP: HP: SODEP: DYP: İP: LDP: VP: BBP: ATP: SHP: DTRP DTP: AKP: YTP2: HYP: HDP: YRP: İYİ: TİP: GP: DEVA: YP: TDP: MP: ZP: | Republican People's Party Progressive Republican Party (Turkey) Liberal Republican Party (Turkey) National Development Party (Turkey) Democrat Party (Turkey, historical) Nation Party (Turkey, 1948) Republican Nation Party Liberty Party (Turkey) Republican Peasants' Nation Party Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) New Turkey Party (1961) Justice Party (Turkey) Nationalist Movement Party Reliance Party Republican Reliance Party Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) Workers Party of Turkey Republican Party (Turkey) National Order Party National Salvation Party Welfare Party Virtue Party Felicity Party Turkey Unity Party Democratic Left Party (Turkey) Nationalist Democracy Party (Turkey) Motherland Party (Turkey) People's Party (Turkey) Social Democracy Party (Turkey) True Path Party Workers' Party (Turkey) Patriotic Party (Turkey) Great Unity Party Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey) Bright Turkey Party Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) Democrat Turkey Party Democratic Society Party Justice and Development Party (Turkey) New Turkey Party (2002) People's Ascent Party People's Democracy Party (Turkey) New Welfare Party Good Party Workers' Party of Turkey (2017) Future Party (Turkey) Democracy and Progress Party Innovation Party (Turkey) Movement for Change in Turkey Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021) Victory Party
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See also List of political parties in Turkey