All the presidents of Turkey throughout history

Since the beginning of the Republic in 1923, after the Turkish War of Independence, twelve people have held the position of President of the State of Turkey, starting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, until the last president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Below are all the presidents of Turkey throughout history.

President of the State of Turkey

The President of Turkey is the head of state and head of government. He takes office after the general elections, and usually the person who wins the office gets the name “the people’s head.” The first president in Turkey's history was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who is known as the founder of the modern state.

Mustafa Ataturk remained in office from 1927 until his death in 1937. This man of state transformed from the Islamic regime that ruled the region during the Ottoman Empire to a secular one, the same system that still operates in Turkey, but somewhat less strict.

Turkey's current president

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a Turkish politician, born on February 26, 1954. He served in 2014 as the twelfth president of the country, and before that he served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014, and the mayor of Istanbul, the most important political city in Turkey, from 1994 to 1998.

Erdogan’s most important political achievements before he became head of state were the establishment of the Justice and Development Party in 2001, and although it was a newcomer, it was able to achieve record results shortly after its founding, and it became the first party in Turkey since 2007 until today, with members numbering about 10 million members.