List of prime ministers of Turkey by time in office

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16 year and 318 days:
İsmet İnönü (1923-1924, 1925-1937 and 1961-1965)
11 years and 167 days:
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(2003–2014)
10 years and 152 days:
Süleyman Demirel (1965-1971, 1975-1977, 1977-1978, 1979-1980 and 1991-1993)
116 days:
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

Rank Party Length by time served Prime ministers
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Erdoğan en uzun görev yapan 7'nci Başbakan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 March 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ Uslu, Sinan (13 July 2018). "İnönü'den Yıldırım'a 94 yılda 27 Başbakan". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

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