Prime Minister of Turkey

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Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı  (Turkish)
Seal of Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey.svg
Member of Cabinet of Turkey
National Security Council
Residence Çankaya Mansion
Appointer The President
In accordance with voting in the Grand National Assembly
Term length 4 years (same as the term of Grand National Assembly)
Constituting instrument Anayasa
Inaugural holder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Ankara Government)
İsmet İnönü (Republic)
Formation 3 May 1920 (Ankara Government)
1 November 1923 (Republic)
Final holder Binali Yıldırım
Abolished 9 July 2018
Succession President of Turkey (presidential system)
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The Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı) was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018. The prime minister was the leader of a political coalition in the Turkish parliament (Meclis) and the leader of the cabinet. The last holder of the position is Binali Yıldırım of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who took office on 24 May 2016. The vote to transform the nation to a presidential system in the constitutional referendum of 2017 means the office was abolished after the general election of 2018.


In the Ottoman Empire, the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan held the title of Grand Vizier (Turkish: Sadrazam). After the Tanzimat period in the 19th century, the grand viziers came to assume a role more like that of the prime ministers of contemporary Western European monarchies. Later, with the Ottoman constitution of 1876, a parliament was established to oversee the prime minister, and the prime minister formed a cabinet. With the amendments to the constitution during the Second Constitutional Era, the prime minister was made answerable to the parliament rather than the sultan. Finally, with the declaration of the republic in 1923, the appointer of the prime minister became the president, instead of the sultan.

List of Prime Ministers[edit]

Living former Prime Ministers[edit]

Prime Minister Born
Yıldırım Akbulut (1935-11-15) November 15, 1935 (age 82)
Tansu Çiller (1946-05-24) May 24, 1946 (age 72)
Mesut Yılmaz (1947-11-06) November 6, 1947 (age 70)
Abdullah Gül (1949-10-29) October 29, 1949 (age 68)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-02-26) February 26, 1954 (age 64)
Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959-02-26) February 26, 1959 (age 59)
Binali Yıldırım (1955-12-20) December 20, 1955 (age 62)

Longest track records[edit]

Name Number of days Remarks
İsmet İnönü 1 year, 20 days +
12 years, 205 days +
3 years, 93 days = 16 years and 318 days
The first two periods were
in the single-party period;
formed 10 cabinets.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 11 years, 167 days Formed three cabinets.
Süleyman Demirel 5 years, 150 days +
2 years, 82 days +
168 days +
305 days +
1 year, 177 days = 10 years and 152 days
Formed seven cabinets.
Adnan Menderes 10 years, 5 days Formed five cabinets.
Turgut Özal 5 years, 322 days Formed two cabinets.
Bülent Ecevit 296 days +
20 days +
1 year, 311 days +
3 years, 311 days = 5 years and 208 days
Formed five cabinets.


Binali YıldırımAhmet DavutoğluRecep Tayyip ErdoğanAbdullah GülBülent EcevitMesut YılmazNecmettin ErbakanMesut YılmazTansu ÇillerSüleyman DemirelMesut YılmazYıldırım AkbulutTurgut ÖzalBülend UlusuTurhan FeyzioğluSüleyman DemirelBülent EcevitSüleyman DemirelBülent EcevitSüleyman DemirelSadi IrmakBülent EcevitNaim TaluFerit MelenNihat ErimSüleyman DemirelSuat Hayri Ürgüplüİsmet İnönüCemal GürselAdnan MenderesŞemsettin GünaltayHasan SakaRecep PekerŞükrü SaracoğluRefik SaydamCelal Bayarİsmet İnönüAli Fethi Okyarİsmet İnönüAli Fethi OkyarRauf OrbayFevzi ÇakmakMustafa Kemal Atatürk

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