List of Presidents of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

The following list lists the presidents of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey . The office has been carried out by Mustafa Şentop ( AKP ) since February 2019 .

The Parliament of Turkey is the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( Turkish : Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi ). Since it was founded in 1920, the parliament has been renamed several times after military coups.

Duties of the President of Parliament

If the President of Turkey is abroad or cannot carry out his business for health reasons, the President of Parliament takes over his functions. He does this until the president can take over his business again. If the President dies or resigns, the President of Parliament also takes over his functions.

List of Presidents of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

	image	Surname	Start of office	End of office	Political party
Great National Assembly
1		Mustafa Kemal Ataturk	April 24, 1920	October 29, 1923	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
2		Ali Fethi Okyar	November 1, 1923	November 22, 1924	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
3		Kâzım Özalp	November 26, 1924	March 1, 1935	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
4th		Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda	March 1, 1935	August 5, 1946	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
5		Kâzım Karabekir	August 5, 1946	January 26, 1948	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
6th		Ali Fuat Cebesoy	January 30, 1948	November 1, 1948	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
7th		Şükrü Saracoğlu	November 1, 1948	May 22, 1950	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
8th		Refik Koraltan	May 22, 1950	May 27, 1960	Democrat Parti
House of Representatives
9		Kâzım Orbay	January 9, 1961	October 26, 1961	independent
National Assembly
10		Fuat Sirmen	November 1, 1961	October 10, 1965	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
11		Ferruh Bozbeyli	October 22, 1965	November 1, 1970	Adalet Partisi
12		Sabit Osman Avcı	November 26, 1970	October 14, 1973	Adalet Partisi
13		Kemal Güven	18th December 1973	5th June 1977	independent
14th		Cahit Karakaş	17th November 1977	September 12, 1980	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
Consultative meeting
15th		Sadi Irmak	October 27, 1981	4th December 1983	independent
Great National Assembly
16		Necmettin Karaduman	4th December 1983	November 29, 1987	Anavatan Partisi
17th		Yıldırım Akbulut	December 24, 1987	November 9, 1989	Anavatan Partisi
18th		İsmet Kaya Erdem	November 21, 1989	October 20, 1991	Anavatan Partisi
19th		Husamettin Cindoruk	November 16, 1991	October 1, 1995	Dogru Yol Partisi
20th		İsmet Sezgin	October 18, 1995	December 24, 1995	Dogru Yol Partisi
21st		Mustafa Kalemli	January 25, 1996	September 30, 1997	Anavatan Partisi
22nd		Hikmet Çetin	October 16, 1997	April 18, 1999	Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
23		Yıldırım Akbulut	May 20, 1999	September 30, 2000	Anavatan Partisi
24		Ömer İzgi	October 18, 2000	November 3, 2002	Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
25th		Bülent Arınç	November 19, 2002	July 22, 2007	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
26th		Köksal Toptan	August 9, 2007	August 2009	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
27		Mehmet Ali Şahin	August 5, 2009	July 7, 2011	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
28		Cemil Çiçek	July 7, 2011	July 1, 2015	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
29		İsmet Yılmaz	July 1, 2015	November 1, 2015	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
30th		İsmail Kahraman	November 22, 2015	7th July 2018	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
31		Binali Yıldırım	July 12, 2018	February 18, 2019	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
32		Mustafa Şentop	February 24, 2019	currently in office	Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi