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)
• Abdülhamit I (1774–1789)
• Selim III (1789–1807)
• Mustafa IV (1807–1808)
• Mahmut II (1808–1839)
• Abdülmecit I (1839–1861)
• Abdülaziz I (1861–1876)
• Murad V (1876)
• Abdülhamit II (1876–1909)
• Mehmet V (1909–1918)
• Mehmet VI (1918–1923)

Presidents

• Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatürk), chairman of the presidium of the Grand National Assembly (1922–1923), president (1923–1938)
• Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda (1938)
• Ismet Inönü (1938–1950)
• Mahmud Celal Bayar (1950–1960)
• Cemal Gürsel (1960–1966)
• Cevdet Sunay (1966–1973)
• Fahri Korutürk (1973–1980)
• Kenan Evren (1980–1989)
• Turgut Özal (1989–1993)
• Süleyman Demirel (1993–2000)
• Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000–2007)
• Abdullah Gül (2007–2014)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2014– )