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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

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* Meral Akşener \- vice speaker of parliament, leader of İyi Party
* Yıldırım Akbulut \- prime minister
* İsmail Rüştü Aksal \- CHP secretary general
* Ekrem Alican\- YTP leader
* Oya Araslı\- politician (CHP)
* Hamdi Apaydın \- First term MP
* Saffet Arıkan \- Government minister
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk \- Founder and first President of the Turkish Republic
* Mehmet Ali Aybar \- leader of TİP

## B

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* Ali Babacan – vice prime minister
* Devlet Bahçeli \- leader of MHP - vice prime minister
* Cemil Sait Barlas \- Government minister
* Faik Ahmet Barutçu \- Government minister
* Celal Bayar \- president - leader of DP
* Deniz Baykal – leader CHP
* Hikmet Bayur \- Government minister
* Behice Boran \- leader of TİP
* Ferruh Bozbeyli \- Parliament speaker
* Mahmut Esat Bozkurt \- Government minister
* Osman Bölükbaşı -leader of MP

## C

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* Necdet Calp -leader of HP
* İsmail Cem \- leader of YTP, foreign minister

## Ç

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* İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil \- senate chairman, acting president
* Fevzi Çakmak – leader of MP
* Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu \- foreign minister
* Hikmet Çetin \- leader of CHP
* Vasıf Çınar \- Government minister
* Hatı Çırpan \- first female villager parliament member
* Tansu Çiller \- leader of DYP, female prime minister

## D

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* Süleyman Demirel \- leader of AP, leader of DYP, prime minister, president
* Ali Dinçer \- mayor of Ankara, deputy chairman of the assembly

## E

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* Bülent Ecevit \- leader of DSP, prime minister
* Rahşan Ecevit -leader of DSP
* Necmettin Erbakan, prime minister
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan \- leader of AK Party, prime minister, president
* Nihat Erim \- prime minister
* Kenan Evren \- president

## F

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* Turhan Feyzioğlu\- leader of CGP

## G

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* 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
* Birgül Ayman Güler\- vice president of CHP
* Cemal Gürsel\- president and prime minister
* Gencay Gürün \- MP, dramatist, diplomat
* Kemal Güven \- parliament speaker
* Aydın Güven Gürkan \- leader of HP, SHP

## I

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* Sadi Irmak \- prime minister

## İ

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* Tevfik İleri \- Government minister
* Müfide İlhan \- first female mayor (Mersin)
* Erdal İnönü – leader of SODEP, SHP, vice prime minister
* İsmet İnönü \- leader of CHP, prime minister, president

## K

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* Atilla Karaosmanoğlu
* Murat Karayalçın -leader of SHP
* Cahit Karakaş \- Parliament speaker
* Cezmi Kartay \- leader of SODEP
* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu \- leader of CHP
* Refik Koraltan \- chairman of the parliament
* Fahri Korutürk \- president
* Numan Kurtulmuş \- deputy prime minister, parliament speaker
* Sadık Kutlay \- minister of settlement

## M

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* Ferit Melen \- prime minister
* Adnan Menderes \- prime minister
* Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu -Government minister
* Güldal Mumcu \- Parliament vice speaker
* Mustafa Hamarat \- AK Party Deputy General Secretary

## N

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* Mustafa Necati (Uğural) - Three times government minister
* Fatma Esma Nayman \- one of the earliest female MPs

## O

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

## Ö

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* Huriye Öniz \- one of the first female MPs
* Turgut Özal \- leader of ANAP; prime minister, president
* Fahrettin Özdilek \- vice prime minister
* Altan Öymen \- leader of CHP
* Özgür Özel \- leader of CHP

## P

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* Recep Peker \- prime minister

## S

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* Hasan Saka \- prime minister
* Şükrü Saracoğlu\- prime minister
* Kemal Satır -secretary general of CHP
* Refik Saydam\- prime minister
* Gün Sazak \- government minister
* Nur Serter \- CHP MP
* Ahmet Necdet Sezer \- president
* Zeki Sezer \- leader of DSP
* Fuat Sirmen -Parliament speaker
* Cevdet Sunay \- president
* Faruk Sükan \- Government minister

## Ş

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* Mustafa Şentop \- Parliament speaker

## T

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* Naim Talu \- prime minister
* Ali Rana Tarhan \- Government minister
* Emine Ülker Tarhan \- group chair women of CHP
* Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk \- Government minister
* Alparslan Türkeş – leader of MHP
* Ahmet Fikri Tüzer \- acting prime minister

## U

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* Necdet Uğur \- Government minister
* Bülent Ulusu \- prime minister
* Hilmi Uran \- Government minister
* Behçet Uz \- Government minister

## Ü

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* Gülkız Ürbül \- first female villagehead
* Suat Hayri Ürgüplü \- prime minister
* Mustafa Üstündağ \- Government minister
* Besim Üstünel -Government minister

## Y

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* Binali Yıldırım \- prime minister
* Dilek Akagün Yılmaz \- CHP MP
* Mesut Yılmaz \- leader of ANAP, prime minister
* Lebit Yurdoğlu \- minister of Settlement

## Turkish politicians serving in other countries

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* Lale Akgün \- German politician
* Nebahat Albayrak \- Dutch politician
* Osman "Oz" Bengür, Maryland Democratic Party Congressional Candidate
* 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
* Hakkı Keskin \- German politician
* Fazıl Küçük \- Politician, Vice President of Cyprus
* Vural Öger \- German politician
* Cem Özdemir \- German Politician
* Ferdi Sabit Soyer – Politician
* 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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