List of Presidents of Türkiye (1923-2023)

The earthquake in Turkey has covered the country in rubble and rubble with few survivors and thousands of people waiting to be rescued.

While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday acknowledged “shortcomings,” he criticized his government’s response to the massive earthquake that killed more than 15,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

The vast scale of the disaster led to a number of relief operations in the country’s cold weather.

Survivors are desperately searching for food and shelter in these harsh weather conditions, with many remaining silent under the rubble while calling for help.

As online criticism mounted against the Turkish government’s response to one of the deadliest earthquakes of the century with a magnitude of 7.8, Turkish President Erdogan visited one of the deadliest earthquakes of the century. the worst-affected spots, the Kahramanmaras epicenter, and acknowledged problems in the response.

“Of course there are shortcomings,” he said. The conditions are clear. It is impossible to be ready for a disaster like this.”

Twitter is also not active on Turkish mobile networks, according to reports and web monitoring group NetBlocks

President Erdoğan during the Hatay earthquake https://t.co/0cWFAf5dkV pic.twitter.com/Rg03gqkfdy

— President of the Republic of Türkiye (@trpresidency)
February 9, 2023

The President of Türkiye is the highest authority in the Republic of Türkiye.

They serve as heads of state and heads of government and to date there have been 12 heads of state since 1923, the beginning of the republican period following the Turkish War of Independence .

Learn about all Turkish presidents through this list, including tenure, party affiliation, longevity, etc.

List of Turkish presidents (1923-2023)

ARE NOT.	Name (Longevity)	Term and duties Time measured in years and days			Party
first	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881–1938)	October 29 1923	November 10 1938	1923	Republican People’s Party
				1927
				1931
				1935
		15 years 13 days
2	İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)	November 10 1938	May 27 1950	1938	Republican People’s Party
				1939
				1943
				1946
		11 years 198 days
3	Celâl Bayar (1883–1986)	May 27 1950	May 27 1960	1950	Democratic Party
				1954
				1957
		10 years 1 day
4	Cemal Gürsel (1895–1966)	May 27 1960	March 28 1966	—	Independence
				1961
		4 years 170 days
5	Cevdet Sunay (1899–1982)	March 28 1966	March 28 1973	1966	Independence
		7 years 1 day
6	Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987)	March 28 1973	April 6 1980	1973	Independence
		7 years 1 day
–	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908-1993)	April 6, 1980	September 12, 1980
		160 days
7	Kenan Evren (1917–2015)	September 12 1980	November 9 1989	—	Independence
				1982
		7 years 1 day
8	Turgut Özal (1927–1993)	November 9 1989	April 17 1993	1989	Independence
		3 years 160 days
–	Hüsamettin Cindoruk (born 1933)	April 17, 1993	May 16, 1993
		30 days
9	Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015)	May 16 1993	May 16 2000	1993	Independence
		7 years 1 day
ten	Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born in 1941)	May 16 2000	August 28 2007	2000	Independence
		7 years 105 days
11	Abdullah Gul (born 1950)	August 28 2007	August 28 2014	2007	Independence
		7 years 1 day
twelfth	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954)	August 28 2014	incumbent	2014	Independence
				2018	Justice and Development Party
		8 years 166 days

The average age at the inauguration of Türkiye’s incoming presidents is 63.5 years old.

The youngest person to receive the presidency of Türkiye is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was the founder of the newly established Republic of Turkey at only 42 years old.

Fahri Korutürk is the oldest person to become president through election. He was inaugurated at the age of 69.

Abdullah Gül is the youngest person to become a former president at the age of 63.

Celâl Bayar was the oldest president at the end of his term at the age of 77.

At the age of 103, Celâl Bayar is also the country’s longest-lived president.

He is one of three Turkish presidents (along with Süleyman Demirel and Kenan Evren) to live to the age of 90.

As of 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 68 years old, is the youngest living president.

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