List of Turkish politicians

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

A

• Meral Akşener - vice speaker of parliament
• Yıldırım Akbulut - prime minister
• İsmail Rüştü Aksal - CHP secretary general
• Ekrem Alican- YTP leader
• Oya Araslı- politician (CHP)
• 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
• Deniz Baykal – leder CHP
• Celal Bayar - president - leader of DP
• Behice Boran - leader of TİP
• 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
• Hikmet Çetin - leader of CHP
• Hatı Çırpan - first female villager parliamnet member
• Tansu Çiller - leader of DYP, female prime minister

D

• Süleyman Demirel - leader of AP, 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 - prime minister
• 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
• Aydın Güven Gürkan - leader of HP, SHP
• Cemal Gürsel- president and prime minister

H

• Haydar Baş - leader of BTP

I

• Sadi Irmak - prime minister

İ

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

K

• Murat Karayalçın -leader of SHP
• Cezmi Kartay - leader of SODEP
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu - leader of CHP
• Refik Koraltan - chairman of the parliament
• Fahri Korutürk - president

M

• Ferit Melen - prime minister
• Adnan Menderes - prime minister

N

• Mustafa Necati (Uğural) - Three times government minister

O

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

Ö

• Turgut Özal - leader of ANAP; prime minister, president
• Fahrettin Özdilek - vice prime minister
• Altan Öymen - 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
• Ahmet Necdet Sezer - president
• Zeki Sezer - leader of DSP
• Cevdet Sunay - president
• Selin Deniz Bozkurt

T

• Naim Talu - prime minister
• Emine Ülker Tarhan - group chair women of CHP
• Alparslan Türkeş – leader of MHP
• Ahmet Fikri Tüzer - acting prime minister

U

• Bülent Ulusu - prime minister

Ü

• Gülkız Ürbül - first female villagehead
• Suat Hayri Ürgüplü - prime minister

Y

• Mesut Yılmaz - leader of ANAP, prime minister

Turkish politicians serving in other countries

• Lale Akgün - German politician
• Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician
• Abdulvahit Aslan - Politician, a statesman and an English teacher
• Osman "Oz" Bengür, Maryland Democratic Party Congressional Candidate
• Dzhevdet Chakarov (Cevdet Çakarov) - Minister
• Ozan Ceyhun, former MEP (Green 1999-2000, SPD 2000-2004)
• Cenk Sidar, Founder and Leader, the Political Vision Movement
• 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
• Nihat Kabil - Minister
• Hakkı Keskin - German politician
• Fazıl Küçük - Politician, Vice President of Cyprus
• Leyla Onur, former SPD MEP (1989–1994), former member of the Bundestag (1994–2002)
• Vural Öger - German politician
• Ferdi Sabit Soyer – Politician
• Bedri Şefik - Party leader
• 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

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