Turkey: Rulers

Updated February 28, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

Sultans

• Mustafa II (1695?1703)
• Ahmed III (1703?1730)
• Mahmud I (1730?1754)
• Osman III (1754?1757)
• Mustafa III (1757?1774)
• Abdlhamit I (1774?1789)
• Selim III (1789?1807)
• Mustafa IV (1807?1808)
• Mahmut II (1808?1839)
• Abdlmecit I (1839?1861)
• Abdlaziz I (1861?1876)
• Murad V (1876)
• Abdlhamit II (1876?1909)
• Mehmet V (1909?1918)
• Mehmet VI (1918?1923)

Presidents

• Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatrk), chairman of the presidium of the Grand National Assembly (1922?1923), president (1923?1938)
• Mustafa Abdlhalik Renda (1938)
• Ismet Inn (1938?1950)
• Mahmud Celal Bayar (1950?1960)
• Cemal Grsel (1960?1966)
• Cevdet Sunay (1966?1973)
• Fahri Korutrk (1973?1980)
• Kenan Evren (1980?1989)
• Turgut zal (1989?1993)
• Sleyman Demirel (1993?2000)
• Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000?2007)
• Abdullah Gl (2007?2014)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoan (2014? )