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Turkish Presidents and Prime Ministers

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	İsmet İnonü	Celal Bayar
Cemal Gürsel	Cevdet Sunay	Fahri Korutürk
Kenan Evren	Turgut Özal	Süleyman Demirel
Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Presidents, Chronological

1. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk October, 1923-November, 1938
2. İsmet İnonü November, 1938-May, 1950
3. Celal Bayar May 1950-May, 1960
4. Cemal Gürsel October, 1961-March, 1966
5. Cevdet Sunay March 1966-March, 1973
6. Fahri S. Korutürk April 1973-April, 1980
7. Kenan Evren December 1982-November, 1989
8. Turgut Özal November 1989-April, 1993
9. Süleyman Demirel May 1993 - May, 2000
10. Ahmet Necdet Sezer May 2000 - Present

Prime Ministers

1. İsmet İnonü (1st Term) Oct 1923 - March 1924
2. İsmet İnonü (2nd) March 1924 - Nov 1924
3. Ali Fethi Okyar Nov 1924 - March 1925
4. İsmet İnonü (3rd) March 1925 - Nov 1927
5. İsmet İnonü (4th) Nov 1927 - Sep 1930
6. İsmet İnonü (5th) Sep 1930 - May 1931
7. İsmet İnonü (6th) May 1931 - March 1935
8. İsmet İnonü (7th) March 1935 - Nov 1937
9. Celal Bayar (1st) Nov 1937 - Nov 1938
10. Celal Bayar (2nd) Nov 1938 - Jan 1939
11. Dr. Refik Saydam (1st) Jan 1939 - April 1939
12. Dr. Refik Saydam (2nd) April 193 - July 1942
13. Sukru Saracoglu (1st) July 1942 - March 1943
14. Sukru Saracoglu (2nd) March 1943 - Aug 1946

The Multi-Party Era

1. Recep Peker Aug 1946 - Sep 1947
2. Hasan Saka (1st) Sep 1947 - June 1948
3. Hasan Saka (2nd) June 1948 - Jan 1949
4. Semsettin Gunaltay Jan 1949 - May 1950
5. Adnan Menderes (1st) May 1950 - March 1951
6. Adnan Menderes (2nd) March 1951 - May 1954
7. Adnan Menderes (3rd) May 1954 - Dec 1955
8. Adnan Menderes (4th) Dec 1955 - Nov 1957
9. Adnan Menderes (5th) Nov 1957 May 1960
10. Cemal Gursel (1st) May 1960 - Jan 1961
11. Cemal Gursel (2nd) Jan 1961 - Nov 1961
12. İsmet İnonü (8th) Nov 1961 - June 1962
13. İsmet İnonü (9th) June 1962 - Dec 1963
14. İsmet İnonü (10th) Dec 1963 - Feb 1965
15. S. Hayri Urguplu Feb 1965 - Oct 1965
16. Suleyman Demirel (1st) Oct 1965 - Nov 1969
17. Suleyman Demirel (2nd) Nov 1969 - March 1970
18. Suleyman Demirel (3rd) March 1970 - March 1971
19. Nihat Erim (1st)
20. Nihat Erim (2nd) Dec 1971 - May 1972
21. Ferit Melen May 1972 - April 1973
22. Naim Talu April 1973 - Jan 1974
23. Bulent Ecevit (1st) Jan 1974 - Nov 1974
24. Said Irmak Nov 1974 - March 1975
25. Suleyman Demirel (4th) March 1975 - June 1977
26. Bulent Ecevit (2nd) June 1977 - Jan 1978
27. Suleyman Demirel (5th) July 1977 - Jan 1978
28. Bulent Ecevit (3rd) Jan 1978 - Nov 1979
29. Suleyman Demirel (6th) Nov 1979 - Sep 1980
30. Bulent Ulusu Sep 1980 - Dec 1983
31. Turgut Ozal (1st) Dec 1983 - Dec 1987
32. Turgut Ozal (2nd) Dec 1987 - Nov 1989
33. Yildirm Akbulut Nov 1989 - June 1991
34. Mesut Yilmaz June 1991 - Nov 1991
35. Suleyman Demirel (7th) Nov 1991 - May 1993
36. Tansu Ciller July 1993 -March 1996
37. Mesut Yilmaz March 1996 -June 1996
38. Necmettin Erbakan June 1996 - June 1997
39. Mesut Yilmaz June 1997 - March 1999
40. Bulent Ecevit March 1999- November 2002
41. Abdullah Gül November 2002 - March 2003
42. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan March 2003 - Present

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