List of Turkish politicians

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

Contents: A B C Ç D E F G H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z

A

• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - Founder and first President of the Turkish Republic
• Lale Akgün - German politician
• Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician
• Abdulvahit Aslan - Politician, a statesman and an English teacher

• Mehmet Ali Aybar - Politician

B

• Ali Babacan – Politician
• Behice Boran - Politician
• Celal Bayar - Politician, President of Turkey
• Deniz Baykal – Politician
• Osman "Oz" Bengür, Maryland Democratic Party Congressional Candidate

C

• İsmail Cem - Politician, Turkish Foreign Minister
• Dzhevdet Chakarov (Cevdet Çakarov) - Minister
• Ozan Ceyhun, former MEP (Green 1999-2000, SPD 2000-2004)
• Cenk Sidar, Founder and Leader, the Political Vision Movement

Ç

• Fevzi Çakmak – Politician
• Tansu Çiller - Politician, Turkey's first female Prime Minister

D

• Sevim Dağdelen - German politician
• Ekin Deligöz - German politician
• Süleyman Demirel - Politician, 5 time Prime Minister and later, President of Turkey
• Rauf Denktaş - Politician, Former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Ali Dinçer - Former mayor of Ankara, Turkish National Assembly Deputy Chairman, OICC founding chairman
• Ahmed Djemal - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
• Ahmed Doğan - Human rights activist and politician, leader of Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

E

• Bülent Ecevit - Politician, 4 time Prime Minister of Turkey
• Fatma Ekenoğlu - Politician
• İsmail Enver - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Politician, Turkish Prime Minister
• John Eren, politician
• Necmettin Erbakan, politician, Turkish Prime Minister

F

G

H

I

İ

• Müfide İlhan - First woman mayor of Turkey (1950–1951, Mersin)
• Erdal İnönü – Politician
• İsmet İnönü - Politician, Second President of Turkey

J

K

• Nihat Kabil - Minister
• Hakkı Keskin - German politician
• Fazıl Küçük - Politician, Vice President of Cyprus
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu - Politician

L

M

• Adnan Menderes - Politician, Prime Minister of Turkey

N

• Necmettin Erbakan

O

• Leyla Onur, former SPD MEP (1989–1994), former member of the Bundestag (1994–2002)

Ö

• Vural Öger - German politician
• Turgut Özal - Politician, President of Turkey
• Cem Özdemir, Green MEP since 2004, former member of the Bundestag

P

• Sokollu Mehmet Paşa - Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Mehmed Talat Pasha - Politician, Member of the Young Turks

R

S

• Ahmet Necdet Sezer - Chief Justice, President of Turkey
• Zeki Sezer - Politician
• Ferdi Sabit Soyer – Politician

Ş

• Bedri Şefik - Party leader

T

• 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)

• Alparslan Türkeş – Politician

U

V

Y

Z

• Ziya Gökalp - Politician, Poet
• Fatin Rüştü Zorlu - Politician, Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey