List of prime ministers of Turkey by time in office
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İsmet İnönü (1923-1924, 1925-1937 and 1961-1965)
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Süleyman Demirel (1965-1971, 1975-1977, 1977-1978, 1979-1980 and 1991-1993)
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Abdullah Gül (2002-2003)
This article lists each prime minister of Turkey in order of term length. The list starts with heads of the Government of the Grand National Assembly on May 3, 1920, and the first prime minister, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[1] It includes all prime ministers since then, up to the last prime minister. The list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days, figures would be one day greater for each term served.
Of the 30 prime ministers, 4 served more than 10 years while seven served less than a year. İsmet İnönü is the longest-serving Turkish Prime Ministers with 16 years accumulated in total. The prime minister with the longest single term was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, lasting 11 years from 2003 until 2014.[2]
Ordered by tenure
In this table, "Term of office" is the number of separate, discontiguous periods served as Prime Minister.
Rank | Prime Minister | Length served | Terms in office | Cabinets | Party | Start |
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1 | İsmet İnönü | 16 years, 318 days | 3 | 10 | Republican People's Party | 1923 |
2 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 11 years, 167 days | 1 | 3 | Justice and Development Party | 2003 |
3 | Süleyman Demirel | 10 years, 152 days | 5 | 7 | Justice Party | 1965 |
4 | Adnan Menderes | 10 years, 5 days | 1 | 5 | Democrat Party | 1950 |
5 | Turgut Özal | 5 years, 322 days | 1 | 2 | Motherland Party | 1983 |
6 | Bülent Ecevit | 5 years, 208 days | 4 | 5 | Republican People's Party | 1974 |
7 | Şükrü Saracoğlu | 4 years, 29 days | 1 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1942 |
8 | Refik Saydam | 3 years, 164 days | 1 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1939 |
9 | Bülend Ulusu | 3 years, 84 days | 1 | 1 | Martial law | 1980 |
10 | Tansu Çiller | 2 years, 255 days | 1 | 3 | True Path Party | 1993 |
11 | Mesut Yılmaz | 2 years, 94 days | 3 | 3 | Motherland Party | 1991 |
12 | Binali Yıldırım | 2 years, 46 days | 1 | 1 | Justice and Development Party | 2016 |
13 | Ahmet Davutoğlu | 1 year, 269 days | 1 | 3 | Justice and Development Party | 2014 |
14 | Yıldırım Akbulut | 1 year, 226 days | 1 | 1 | Motherland Party | 1989 |
15 | Fevzi Çakmak | 1 year, 166 days | 1 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1921 |
16 | Cemal Gürsel | 1 year, 152 days | 1 | 2 | Martial law | 1960 |
17 | Hasan Saka | 1 year, 128 days | 1 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1947 |
18 | Şemsettin Günaltay | 1 year, 126 days | 1 | 1 | Republican People's Party | 1949 |
19 | Celâl Bayar | 1 year, 85 days | 1 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1937 |
20 | Recep Peker | 1 year, 33 days | 1 | 1 | Republican People's Party | 1946 |
21 | Rauf Orbay | 1 year, 23 days | 1 | 1 | Republican People's Party | 1922 |
22 | Nihat Erim | 1 year, 22 days | 1 | 2 | Independent | 1971 |
23 | Necmettin Erbakan | 1 year, 2 days | 1 | 1 | Welfare Party | 1996 |
24 | Ferit Melen | 363 days | 1 | 1 | Republican Reliance Party | 1973 |
25 | Naim Talu | 285 days | 1 | 1 | Independent | 1974 |
26 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 266 days | 1 | 1 | Republican People's Party | 1920 |
27 | Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | 249 days | 1 | 1 | Independent | 1965 |
28 | Fethi Okyar | 178 days | 2 | 2 | Republican People's Party | 1923 |
29 | Sadi Irmak | 134 days | 1 | 1 | Independent | 1975 |
30 | Abdullah Gül | 116 days | 1 | 1 | Justice and Development Party | 2002 |
By party
Rank | Party | Length by time served | Prime ministers |
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1 | Republican People's Party | 34 years, 318 days | 13 |
2 | Justice and Development Party | 15 years, 233 days | 4 |
3 | Democrat Party | 10 years, 5 days | 1 |
4 | Motherland Party | 9 years, 277 days | 3 |
5 | Justice Party | 8 years, 340 days | 1 |
6 | Martial law | 4 years, 236 days | 2 |
7 | True Path Party | 4 years, 67 days | 2 |
8 | Democratic Left Party | 3 years, 311 days | 1 |
9 | Independent | 2 years, 325 days | 4 |
10 | Welfare Party | 1 year, 2 days | 1 |
11 | Republican Reliance Party | 363 days | 1 |
See also
- List of prime ministers of Turkey
- List of prime ministers of Canada by time in office
- List of prime ministers of New Zealand by time in office
- List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
References
- ^ "Erdoğan en uzun görev yapan 7'nci Başbakan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 March 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Uslu, Sinan (13 July 2018). "İnönü'den Yıldırım'a 94 yılda 27 Başbakan". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
External links
- "Past Prime Ministers". basbakanlik.gov.tr. Government of Turkey. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018.
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- İsmet İnönü
- Fethi Okyar
- İsmet İnönü
- Celâl Bayar
- Refik Saydam
- Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
- Şükrü Saracoğlu
- Recep Peker
- Hasan Saka
- Şemsettin Günaltay
- Adnan Menderes
- Cemal Gürsel
- Fahri Özdilek
- İsmet İnönü
- Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
- Süleyman Demirel
- Nihat Erim
- Ferit Melen
- Naim Talu
- Bülent Ecevit
- Sadi Irmak
- Süleyman Demirel
- Bülent Ecevit
- Süleyman Demirel
- Bülent Ecevit
- Süleyman Demirel
- Bülent Ulusu
- Turgut Özal
- Ali Bozer
- Yıldırım Akbulut
- Mesut Yılmaz
- Süleyman Demirel
- Erdal İnönü
- Tansu Çiller
- Mesut Yılmaz
- Necmettin Erbakan
- Mesut Yılmaz
- Bülent Ecevit
- Abdullah Gül
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Ahmet Davutoğlu
- Binali Yıldırım