List of prime ministers of Turkey

Top left: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was Turkey's first Prime Minister and later first President.
Top right: İsmet İnönü was Turkey's longest-serving Prime Minister.
Bottom left: Tansu Çiller was Turkey's first female Prime Minister.
Bottom right: Before becoming President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was Prime Minister for more than ten years.

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)

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey (1923–2018)

Status

Denotes acting prime minister

Notes

^ Deposed in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
^ Resigned after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum.
^ Deposed in the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
^ Resigned after the 1997 Turkish military memorandum.

Timeline

See also