Heads of State of Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed II the Conqueror
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1432; d. May 3 1481.
House of Osman
1444 – 1446
Mehmed II the Conqueror
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1432; d. May 3 1481.
House of Osman
1451 – 1481
Suleiman I the Magnificent
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1494; d. September 6 1566.
House of Osman
1520 – 1566
Mahmud II
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1785; d. July 1 1839.
House of Osman
1808 – 1839
Abdulaziz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1830; d. June 4 1876.
House of Osman
1861 – 1876
Republic of Turkey
President of the Republic of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1881; d. November 10 1938.
Republican People’s Party
1923 – 1938
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1941.
Independent
2000 – 2007
Abdullah Gül
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1950.
Independent
2007 – 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1954.
Other prominent offices: Prime Minister of Turkey (2003 – 2014); Mayor of Istanbul (1994 – 1998); Leader of the Justice and Development Party (2001 – 2014; 2017 – present).
Justice and Development Party
2014 – present
Vice President of the Republic of Turkey
Fuat Oktay
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1964.
Justice and Development Party
2018 – 2023
Cevdet Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1967.
Justice and Development Party
2023 – present
Heads of Government of Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Esad Saffet Pasha
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1814; d. 1883.
Non-Partisan
1878
Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1881; d. November 10 1938.
Association for the Defence of Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia
1920 – 1921
Republic of Turkey
Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1925; d. November 5 2006.
Republican People’s Party
1974
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1925; d. November 5 2006.
Republican People’s Party
1977
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1925; d. November 5 2006.
Republican People’s Party
1978 – 1979
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1947; d. October 30 2020.
Motherland Party
1991
Tansu Çiller
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1946.
True Path Party
1993 – 1996
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1947; d. October 30 2020.
Motherland Party
1996
Necmettin Erbakan
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1926; d. February 27 2011.
Welfare Party
1996 – 1997
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1947; d. October 30 2020.
Motherland Party
1997 – 1999
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1925; d. November 5 2006.
Democratic Left Party
1999 – 2002
Abdullah Gül
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1950.
Justice and Development Party
2002 – 2003
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1954.
Justice and Development Party
2003 – 2014
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1959.
Justice and Development Party
2014 – 2016
Binali Yıldırım
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1955.
Justice and Development Party
2016 – 2018
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Necmettin Erbakan
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1926; d. February 27 2011.
National Salvation Party
1974
Necmettin Erbakan
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1926; d. February 27 2011.
National Salvation Party
1975 – 1977
Necmettin Erbakan
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1926; d. February 27 2011.
National Salvation Party
1977 – 1978
Deniz Baykal
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1938; d. February 11 2023.
Republican People’s Party
1995 – 1996
Tansu Çiller
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1946.
True Path Party
1996 – 1997
Devlet Bahçeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1948.
Nationalist Movement Party
1999 – 2002
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1947; d. October 30 2020.
Motherland Party
2000 – 2002
Mehmet Ali Şahin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1950.
Justice and Development Party
2002 – 2003
Abdullah Gül
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1950.
Justice and Development Party
2003 – 2007
Ali Babacan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1967.
Justice and Development Party
2009 – 2015
Cevdet Yılmaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1967.
Justice and Development Party
2015
Numan Kurtulmuş
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1959.
Justice and Development Party
2016 – 2017
Main Opposition Leader
Deniz Baykal
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1938; d. February 11 2023.
Republican People’s Party
2002 – 2010
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1948.
Republican People’s Party
2010 – 2023
Özgür Özel
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1974.
Republican People’s Party
2023 – present