This article lists each prime minister of Turkey in order of term length. The list starts with heads of the Government of the Grand National Assembly on May 3, 1920, and the first prime minister, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It includes all prime ministers since then, up to the last prime minister. The list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days, figures would be one day greater for each term served.
Of the 30 prime ministers, 4 served more than 10 years while seven served less than a year. İsmet İnönü is the longest-serving Turkish Prime Ministers with 16 years accumulated in total. The prime minister with the longest single term was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, lasting 11 years from 2003 until 2014.
Ordered by tenure In this table, "Term of office" is the number of separate, discontiguous periods served as Prime Minister.
Rank Prime Minister Length served Terms in office Cabinets Party Start 1 İsmet İnönü 3 10 Republican People's Party 1923 2 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 1 3 Justice and Development Party 2003 3 Süleyman Demirel 5 7 Justice Party 1965 4 Adnan Menderes 1 5 Democrat Party 1950 5 Turgut Özal 1 2 Motherland Party 1983 6 Bülent Ecevit 4 5 Republican People's Party 1974 7 Şükrü Saracoğlu 1 2 Republican People's Party 1942 8 Refik Saydam 1 2 Republican People's Party 1939 9 Bülend Ulusu 1 1 Martial law 1980 10 Tansu Çiller 1 3 True Path Party 1993 11 Mesut Yılmaz 3 3 Motherland Party 1991 12 Binali Yıldırım 1 1 Justice and Development Party 2016 13 Ahmet Davutoğlu 1 3 Justice and Development Party 2014 14 Yıldırım Akbulut 1 1 Motherland Party 1989 15 Fevzi Çakmak 1 2 Republican People's Party 1921 16 Cemal Gürsel 1 2 Martial law 1960 17 Hasan Saka 1 2 Republican People's Party 1947 18 Şemsettin Günaltay 1 1 Republican People's Party 1949 19 Celâl Bayar 1 2 Republican People's Party 1937 20 Recep Peker 1 1 Republican People's Party 1946 21 Rauf Orbay 1 1 Republican People's Party 1922 22 Nihat Erim 1 2 Independent 1971 23 Necmettin Erbakan 1 1 Welfare Party 1996 24 Ferit Melen 1 1 Republican Reliance Party 1973 25 Naim Talu 1 1 Independent 1974 26 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1 1 Republican People's Party 1920 27 Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 1 1 Independent 1965 28Fethi Okyar 2 2 Republican People's Party 1923 29 Sadi Irmak 1 1 Independent 1975 30 Abdullah Gül 1 1 Justice and Development Party 2002
By party Rank Party Length by time served Prime ministers 1 Republican People's Party 13 2 Justice and Development Party 4 3 Democrat Party 1 4 Motherland Party 3 5 Justice Party 1 6 Martial law 2 7 True Path Party 2 8 Democratic Left Party 1 9 Independent 4 10 Welfare Party 1 11 Republican Reliance Party 1
See also List of prime ministers of Turkey List of prime ministers of Canada by time in office List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
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