List of presidents of Turkey

This is a list of the presidents of Turkey since the establishment of the state.

#	Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Political party
1	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881–1938)	October 29, 1923	November 10, 1938	HF / CHF / CHP
2	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	November 11, 1938	May 22, 1950	CHP
3	Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)	May 22, 1950	May 27, 1960	DP
Military coup
4th	Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	May 27, 1960	March 28, 1966	independent
5	Cevdet Sunay (1899-1982)	March 28, 1966	March 28, 1973	independent
6th	Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987)	April 6, 1973	April 6, 1980	independent
Military coup
7th	Kenan Evren (1917-2015)	November 9, 1982	November 9, 1989	independent
8th	Turgut Özal (1927–1993)	November 9, 1989	April 17, 1993	ANAP
9	Süleyman Demirel (1924-2015)	May 16, 1993	May 16, 2000	DYP
10	Ahmet Necdet Sezer (* 1941)	May 16, 2000	August 28, 2007	independent
11	Abdullah Gül (* 1950)	August 28, 2007	August 28, 2014	ACP
12	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (* 1954)	August 28, 2014	officiating	ACP