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
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
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