Prime Minister of Turkey

Prime Minister of Turkey Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı
Seal of the Prime Minister
Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since March 14, 2003
Residence	Başbakanlık Konutu
Appointer	President of Turkey
Term length	4 years, unlimited
Inaugural holder	Independence War With, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Announcement of the Republic With İsmet İnönü
Formation	May 3, 1920
Website	basbakanlik.gov.tr

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The Prime Minister of the Turkey (Turkish: Başbakan) is the head of government in Turkish politics. The prime minister is the leader of a political coalition in the Turkish parliament (Meclis) and the leader of the cabinet.

The current prime minister of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He leads a cabinet of the Justice and Development Party.

The prime minister has the power to dissolve the parliament and thus force a new election, which he is obligated to do within four years of the previous elections.

List of Prime Ministers

Main article: List of Prime Ministers of Turkey

Living former Prime Ministers

Prime Minister	Born
Bülend Ulusu	(1923-04-03) April 3, 1923
Süleyman Demirel	(1924-11-01) November 1, 1924
Yıldırım Akbulut	(1935-05-07) May 7, 1935
Tansu Çiller	(1946-05-24) May 24, 1946
Mesut Yılmaz	(1947-11-06) November 6, 1947
Abdullah Gül	(1950-10-29) October 29, 1950

Turkish prime ministers with the longest track record

Name	Number of days	Remarks
İsmet İnönü	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002000000020 days + &1000000000000001200000012 years, &10000000000000205000000205 days + &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000009300000093 days = 16 years and 318 days	The first two periods were in the single-party period. He has formed 10 cabinets.
Süleyman Demirel	&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000150000000150 days + &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000008200000082 days + &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000168000000168 days + &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000305000000305 days + &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000177000000177 days = 10 years and 152 days	He has formed 7 cabinets.
Adnan Menderes	&1000000000000001000000010 years, &100000000000000050000005 days	He has formed 5 cabinets.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	&100000000000000090000009 years, &1000000000000007100000071 days	He has formed 3 cabinets.
Turgut Özal	&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000322000000322 days	He has formed 2 cabinets.
Bülent Ecevit	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000296000000296 days + &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002000000020 days + &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000311000000311 days + &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000311000000311 days = 5 years and 208 days	He has formed 5 cabinets.
Şükrü Saraçoğlu	&100000000000000040000004 years, &1000000000000002900000029 days

Timeline

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Turkey
• President of Turkey
• List of Presidents of Turkey
• Constitution of Turkey

References

• The Prime Minister's Office
• Official Turkish Constitution