List of presidents of Turkey
The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been twelve heads of state since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence.
For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.;Political parties
;Other factions
;StatusTimeline
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20
AlignBars = late
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:1923 till:2020
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1923
Colors =
id:president value:red legend: Ceremonial_President
id:acting value:blue legend: Acting_President
id:military value:green legend: Military_Head_of_State
id:executive value:yellow legend: Executive_President
Legend = columns:1 left:100 top:24 columnwidth:100
TextData =
pos: textcolor:black fontsize:M
text:"Legend:"
BarData =
barset:PM
bar:mka
bar:mar
bar:ii
bar:cb
bar:cg
bar:isa
bar:cs
bar:ta
bar:fk
bar:isc
bar:ke
bar:to
bar:hc
bar:sd
bar:ans
bar:ag
bar:rte
PlotData=
align:left fontsize:S shift: anchor:from width:15
barset:PM
bar:mka from: 29/10/1923 till: 10/11/1938 color:president text:"Mustafa Kemal Atatürk"
bar:mar from: 10/11/1938 till: 11/11/1938 color:acting text:"Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda"
bar:ii from: 11/11/1938 till: 22/05/1950 color:president text:"İsmet İnönü"
bar:cb from: 22/05/1950 till: 27/05/1960 color:president text:"Celal Bayar"
bar:cg from: 27/05/1960 till: 10/10/1961 color:military text:"Cemal Gürsel"
bar:cg from: 10/10/1961 till: 02/02/1966 color:president
bar:isa from: 02/02/1966 till: 28/03/1966 color:acting text:"İbrahim Şevki Atasagun"
bar:cs from: 28/03/1966 till: 28/03/1973 color:president text:"Cevdet Sunay"
bar:ta from: 28/03/1973 till: 06/04/1973 color:acting text:"Tekin Arıburun"
bar:fk from: 06/04/1973 till: 07/04/1980 color:president text:"Fahri Korutürk"
bar:isc from: 07/04/1980 till: 12/09/1980 color:acting text:"İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil"
bar:ke from: 12/09/1980 till: 09/11/1982 color:military text:"Kenan Evren"
bar:ke from: 09/11/1982 till: 09/11/1989 color:president
bar:to from: 09/11/1989 till: 17/04/1993 color:president text:"Turgut Özal"
bar:hc from: 17/04/1993 till: 16/05/1993 color:acting text:"Hüsamettin Cindoruk"
bar:sd from: 16/05/1993 till: 16/05/2000 color:president text:"Süleyman Demirel"
bar:ans from: 16/05/2000 till: 28/08/2007 color:president text:"Ahmet Necdet Sezer"
bar:ag from: 28/08/2007 till: 28/08/2014 color:president text:"Abdullah Gül"
bar:rte from: 28/08/2014 till: 09/07/2018 color:president text:"Recep Tayyip Erdoğan"
bar:rte from: 09/07/2018 till: 09/07/2020 color:executive
