# List of prime ministers of Turkey by time in office

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. 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.

## Ordered by tenure

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

| 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 |