# List of Turkish politicians

This is a list of notable politicians in the Republic of Turkey.

## A

* Meral Akşener - vice speaker of parliament, leader of İyi Party
* Yıldırım Akbulut - prime minister
* İsmail Rüştü Aksal - CHP secretary general
* Ekrem Alican- YTP leader
* Oya Araslı- politician (CHP)
* Hamdi Apaydın - First term MP
* Saffet Arıkan - Government minister
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - Founder and first President of the Turkish Republic
* Mehmet Ali Aybar - leader of TİP

## B

* Ali Babacan – vice prime minister
* Devlet Bahçeli - leader of MHP - vice prime minister
* Cemil Sait Barlas - Government minister
* Faik Ahmet Barutçu - Government minister
* Celal Bayar - president - leader of DP
* Deniz Baykal – leader CHP
* Hikmet Bayur - Government minister
* Behice Boran - leader of TİP
* Ferruh Bozbeyli - Parliament speaker
* Mahmut Esat Bozkurt - Government minister
* Osman Bölükbaşı -leader of MP

## C

* Necdet Calp -leader of HP
* İsmail Cem - leader of YTP, foreign minister

## Ç

* İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil - senate chairman, acting president
* Fevzi Çakmak – leader of MP
* Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu - foreign minister
* Hikmet Çetin - leader of CHP
* Vasıf Çınar - Government minister
* Hatı Çırpan - first female villager parliament member
* Tansu Çiller - leader of DYP, female prime minister

## D

* Süleyman Demirel - leader of AP, leader of DYP, prime minister, president
* Ali Dinçer - mayor of Ankara, deputy chairman of the assembly

## E

* Bülent Ecevit - leader of DSP, prime minister
* Rahşan Ecevit -leader of DSP
* Necmettin Erbakan, prime minister
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - leader of AK Party, prime minister, president
* Nihat Erim - prime minister
* Kenan Evren - president

## F

* Turhan Feyzioğlu- leader of CGP

## G

* Reşit Galip - Minister of National Education
* Mübeccel Göktuna -leader of the first women's party
* Şemsettin Günaltay-prime minister
* Abdullah Gül - prime minister, president
* Kasım Gülek -secretary general of CHP
* Birgül Ayman Güler- vice president of CHP
* Cemal Gürsel- president and prime minister
* Gencay Gürün - MP, dramatist, diplomat
* Kemal Güven - parliament speaker
* Aydın Güven Gürkan - leader of HP, SHP

## I

* Sadi Irmak - prime minister

## İ

* Tevfik İleri - Government minister
* Müfide İlhan - first female mayor (Mersin)
* Erdal İnönü – leader of SODEP, SHP, vice prime minister
* İsmet İnönü - leader of CHP, prime minister, president

## K

* Atilla Karaosmanoğlu
* Murat Karayalçın -leader of SHP
* Cahit Karakaş - Parliament speaker
* Cezmi Kartay - leader of SODEP
* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu - leader of CHP
* Refik Koraltan - chairman of the parliament
* Fahri Korutürk - president
* Numan Kurtulmuş - deputy prime minister, parliament speaker
* Sadık Kutlay - minister of settlement

## M

* Ferit Melen - prime minister
* Adnan Menderes - prime minister
* Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu -Government minister
* Güldal Mumcu - Parliament vice speaker
* Mustafa Hamarat - AK Party Deputy General Secretary

## N

* Mustafa Necati (Uğural) - Three times government minister
* Fatma Esma Nayman - one of the earliest female MPs

## O

* Ali Fethi Okyar - prime minister
* Rauf Orbay - chairman of the government - opposition leader (in early parliament)

## Ö

* Huriye Öniz - one of the first female MPs
* Turgut Özal - leader of ANAP; prime minister, president
* Fahrettin Özdilek - vice prime minister
* Altan Öymen - leader of CHP
* Özgür Özel - leader of CHP

## P

* Recep Peker - prime minister

## S

* Hasan Saka - prime minister
* Şükrü Saracoğlu- prime minister
* Kemal Satır -secretary general of CHP
* Refik Saydam- prime minister
* Gün Sazak - government minister
* Nur Serter - CHP MP
* Ahmet Necdet Sezer - president
* Zeki Sezer - leader of DSP
* Fuat Sirmen -Parliament speaker
* Cevdet Sunay - president
* Faruk Sükan - Government minister

## Ş

* Mustafa Şentop - Parliament speaker

## T

* Naim Talu - prime minister
* Ali Rana Tarhan - Government minister
* Emine Ülker Tarhan - group chair women of CHP
* Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk - Government minister
* Alparslan Türkeş – leader of MHP
* Ahmet Fikri Tüzer - acting prime minister

## U

* Necdet Uğur - Government minister
* Bülent Ulusu - prime minister
* Hilmi Uran - Government minister
* Behçet Uz - Government minister

## Ü

* Gülkız Ürbül - first female villagehead
* Suat Hayri Ürgüplü - prime minister
* Mustafa Üstündağ - Government minister
* Besim Üstünel -Government minister

## Y

* Binali Yıldırım - prime minister
* Dilek Akagün Yılmaz - CHP MP
* Mesut Yılmaz - leader of ANAP, prime minister
* Lebit Yurdoğlu - minister of Settlement

## Turkish politicians serving in other countries

* Lale Akgün - German politician
* Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician
* Osman "Oz" Bengür, Maryland Democratic Party Congressional Candidate
* Sevim Dağdelen - German politician
* Ekin Deligöz - German politician
* Rauf Denktaş - Politician, Former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
* Ahmed Djemal - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
* Ahmed Doğan - Human rights activist and politician, leader of Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
* Fatma Ekenoğlu - Politician
* John Eren, politician brother of Tayfun Eren.
* Tayfun Eren, Politician, He was the first person of Turkish birth to be elected to a Parliament in Australia
* Hakkı Keskin - German politician
* Fazıl Küçük - Politician, Vice President of Cyprus
* Vural Öger - German politician
* Cem Özdemir - German Politician
* Ferdi Sabit Soyer – Politician
* Mehmet Ali Talat - Politician, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
* Zeki Velidi Togan - Politician, Historian
* Emel Etem Toshkova - Bulgarian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria (current)
* Ziya Gökalp - Politician, Poet
* Fatin Rüştü Zorlu - Politician, Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey