Prime Ministers of Turkey

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The Single-Party Era
No Name Dates Term
1 Ismet Inonu October 1923 - March 1924 1st
2 Ismet Inonu March 1924 - November 1924 2nd
3 Ali Fethi Okyar November 1924 - March 1925  
4 Ismet Inonu March 1925 - November 1927 3rd
5 Ismet Inonu November 1927 - September 1930 4th
6 Ismet Inonu September 1930 - May 1931 5th
7 Ismet Inonu May 1931 - March 1935 6th
8 Ismet Inonu March 1935 - November 1937 7th
9 Celal Bayar November 1937 - November 1938 1st
10 Celal Bayar November 1938 - January 1939 2nd
11 Dr. Refik Saydam January 1939 - April 1939 1st
12 Dr. Refik Saydam April 1939 - July 1942 2nd
13 Sukru Saracoglu July 1942 - March 1943 1st
14 Sukru Saracoglu March 1943 - August 1946 2nd
The Multi-Party Era
15 Recep Peker August 1946 - September 1947  
16 Hasan Saka September 1947 - June 1948 1st
17 Hasan Saka June 1948 - January 1949 2nd
18 Semsettin Gunaltay January 1949 - May 1950  
19 Adnan Menderes May 1950 - March 1951 1st
20 Adnan Menderes March 1951 - May 1954 2nd
21 Adnan Menderes May 1954 - December 1955 3rd
22 Adnan Menderes December 1955 - November 1957 4th
23 Adnan Menderes November 1957 - May 1960 5th
24 Cemal Gursel May 1960 - January 1961 1st
25 Cemal Gursel January 1961 - November 1961 2nd
26 Ismet Inonu November 1961 - June 1962 8th
27 Ismet Inonu June 1962 - December 1963 9th
28 Ismet Inonu December 1963 - February 1965 10th
29 S. Hayri Urguplu February 1965 - October 1965  
30 Suleyman Demirel October 1965 - November 1969 1st
31 Suleyman Demirel November 1969 - March 1970 2nd
32 Süleyman Demirel March 1970 - March 1971 3rd
33 Nihat Erim March 1971 - December 1971 1st
34 Nihat Erim December 1971 - May 1972 2nd
35 Ferit Melen May 1972 - April 1973  
36 Naim Talu April 1973 - January 1974  
37 Bulent Ecevit January 1974 - November 1974 1st
38 Sadi Irmak November 1974 - March 1975  
39 Suleyman Demirel March 1975 - June 1977 4th
40 Bulent Ecevit June 1977 - January 1978 2nd
41 Suleyman Demirel July 1977 - January 1978 5th
42 Bulent Ecevit January 1978 - November 1979 3rd
43 Suleyman Demirel November 1979 - September 1980 6th
44 Bulent Ulusu September 1980 - December 1983  
45 Turgut Ozal December 1983 - December 1987 1st
46 Turgut Ozal December 1987 - November 1989 2nd
47 Yildirim Akbulut November 1989 - June 1991  
48 Mesut Yilmaz June 1991 - November 1991 1st
49 Suleyman Demirel November 1991 - May 1993 7th
50 Tansu Ciller July 1993 - October 1995 1st
51 Tansu Ciller October 1995 - November 1995 2nd
52 Tansu Ciller November 1995 - March 1996 3rd
53 Mesut Yilmaz March 1996 - June 1996 2nd
54 Necmettin Erbakan June 1996 - June 1997  
55 Mesut Yilmaz June 1997 - January 1999 3rd
56 Bulent Ecevit 11 January 1999 - 28 May 1999 4th
57 Bulent Ecevit 28 May 1999 - 18 November 2002 5th
58 Abdullah Gul 18 November 2002 - 14 March 2003  
59 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 14 March 2003 - 29 August 2007 1st
60 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 29 August 2007 - 6 July 2011 2nd
61 Recep Tayyip Erdogan 6 July 2011 - 29 August 2014 3rd
62 Ahmet Davutoglu 29 August 2014 - 28 August 2015 1st
63 Ahmet Davutoglu 29 August 2015 - November 2015 2nd (temporary)
64 Ahmet Davutoglu 17 November 2015 - 22 May 2016 3rd
65 Binali Yildirim 22 May 2016 - 19 July 2017 1st
66 Binali Yildirim 19 July 2017 - 24 June 2018 (END OF PREMIERE) 2nd

NOTE: With the referandum on 16th of April 2017 the Constitution of the Republic was modified and Turkey adopted a new presidential system, where the President holds the Executive power. This means there is no more need of a prime minister since the president is ruling the country and choose his own cabinet of ministers.

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