Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

This article lists the **speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey**. The name of the parliament of the Republic of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

## List of speakers

||width=150|Name|Portrait|colspan=2|Term of office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk||24 April 1920|29 October 1923|Republican People's Party|||
|Fethi Okyar||1 November 1923|22 November 1924|Republican People's Party|||
|Kâzım Özalp||26 November 1924|1 March 1935|Republican People's Party|||
|Abdülhalik Renda||1 March 1935|5 August 1946|Republican People's Party|||
|Kâzım Karabekir||5 August 1946|26 January 1948|Republican People's Party|||
|Ali Fuat Cebesoy||30 January 1948|1 November 1948|Republican People's Party|||
|Şükrü Saracoğlu||1 November 1948|22 May 1950|Republican People's Party|||
|Refik Koraltan||22 May 1950|27 May 1960|Democrat Party|||
|Kâzım Orbay||9 January 1961|26 October 1961|Independent|||
|Fuat Sirmen||1 November 1961|10 October 1965|Republican People's Party|||
|Ferruh Bozbeyli||22 October 1965|1 November 1970|Justice Party|||
|Sabit Osman Avcı||26 November 1970|14 October 1973|Justice Party|||
|Kemal Güven||18 December 1973|5 June 1977|Republican People's Party|||
|Cahit Karakaş||17 November 1977|12 September 1980|Republican People's Party|||
|Sadi Irmak||27 October 1981|4 December 1983|Independent|||
|Necmettin Karaduman||4 December 1983|29 November 1987|Motherland Party|||
|Yıldırım Akbulut||24 December 1987|9 November 1989|Motherland Party|||
|İsmet Kaya Erdem||21 November 1989|20 October 1991|Motherland Party|||
|Hüsamettin Cindoruk||16 November 1991|1 October 1995|True Path Party|||
|İsmet Sezgin||18 October 1995|24 December 1995|True Path Party|||
|Mustafa Kalemli||25 January 1996|30 September 1997|Motherland Party|||
|Hikmet Çetin||16 October 1997|18 April 1999|Republican People's Party|||
|Yıldırım Akbulut||20 May 1999|30 September 2000|Motherland Party|||
|Ömer İzgi||18 October 2000|3 November 2002|Nationalist Movement Party|||
|Bülent Arınç||19 November 2002|9 August 2007|Justice and Development Party|||
|Köksal Toptan||9 August 2007|9 August 2009|Justice and Development Party|||
|Mehmet Ali Şahin||9 August 2009|4 July 2011|Justice and Development Party|||
|Cemil Çiçek||4 July 2011|7 June 2015|Justice and Development Party|||
|İsmet Yılmaz||1 July 2015|1 November 2015|Justice and Development Party|||
|İsmail Kahraman||22 November 2015|7 July 2018|Justice and Development Party|||
|Binali Yıldırım||12 July 2018|18 February 2019|Justice and Development Party|||
|Mustafa Şentop||24 February 2019|7 June 2023|Justice and Development Party|||
|Numan Kurtulmuş||7 June 2023|_Incumbent_|Justice and Development Party|||

## Other websites

- Grand National Assembly of Turkey official website
- Turkish ministries, etc – Rulers.org

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Speaker
- **body**: the Grand National Assembly
- **native name**: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Başkanı
- **insignia**: TBMM.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Grand National Assembly
- **image**: Numan Kurtulmuş Foto Balıkesir.jpg
- **incumbent**: Numan Kurtulmuş
- **incumbentsince**: 7 June 2023
- **style**: The Right Honourable
- **appointer**: Grand National Assembly of Turkey
- **termlength**: 3, then 2 years, renewable
- **formation**: 23 April 1920
- **inaugural**: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk