Parliamentary terms of Turkey

Below is the list of the Parliamentary terms of Turkey from 1920 to onwards.[1] The duration of each term is marked by the corresponding election, except for the ending of the 11th and 16th parliamentary terms which ended as a result of the coups of 1960 and 1980 respectively.

No From To Cabinets Speaker of the Parliament
1 23 April 1920 28 June 1923 I, II, III, IV, V Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
2 11 August 1923 1 November 1927 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ali Fethi Okyar, Kazım Özalp[Note 1]
3 1 November 1927 4 May 1931 5th, 6th Kazım Özalp
4 4 May 1931 1 May 1935 7th Kazım Özalp
5 1 May 1935 3 April 1939 8th, 9th, 10th Abdülhalik Renda
6 3 April 1939 8 March 1943 11th, 12th, 13th Abdülhalik Renda
7 8 March 1943 5 August 1946 14th Abdülhalik Renda
8 5 August 1946 14 May 1950 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Kazım Karabekir, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Şükrü Saracoğlu
9 14 May 1950 2 May 1954 19th, 20th Refik Koraltan
10 2 May 1954 27 October 1957 21st, 22nd Refik Koraltan
11 27 October 1957 27 May 1960 23rd Refik Koraltan
— 6 January 1961 15 October 1961 24th, 25th Kâzım Orbay
12 15 October 1961 10 October 1965 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th Fuat Sirmen
13 10 October 1965 12 October 1969 30th Ferruh Bozbeyli
14 12 October 1969 14 October 1973 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th Ferruh Bozbeyli, Sabit Osman Avcı
15 14 October 1973 5 June 1977 37th, 38th, 39th Kemal Güven
16 5 June 1977 12 September 1980 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd Cahit Karakaş
— 15 October 1981 6 November 1983 44th Sadi Irmak
17 6 November 1983 29 November 1987 45th Necmettin Karaduman
18 29 December 1987 20 October 1991 46th, 47th, 48th Yıldırım Akbulut, Kaya Erdem
19 20 October 1991 24 December 1995 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd Hüsamettin Cindoruk, İsmet Sezgin
20 24 December 1995 18 April 1999 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th Mustafa Kalemli, Hikmet Çetin
21 18 April 1999 3 November 2002 57th Yıldırım Akbulut, Ömer İzgi
22 14 November 2002 22 July 2007 58th, 59th Bülent Arınç
23 4 August 2007 12 June 2011 60th Köksal Toptan, Mehmet Ali Şahin
24 28 June 2011 7 June 2015 61st, 62nd Cemil Çiçek
25 7 June 2015 17 November 2015 63rd İsmet Yılmaz
26 17 November 2015 7 July 2018 64th, 65th İsmail Kahraman
27 7 July 2018 7 April 2023 66th Binali Yıldırım, Mustafa Şentop
28 2 June 2023 Incumbent 67th Numan Kurtulmuş

Notes

  1. ^ Republic was proclaimed on 29 October 1923. Mustafa Kemal's term as the speaker ended on this date

References

  1. ^ Election date page (in Turkish)