List of the main opposition leaders of Turkey

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The following is a list of the main opposition leaders of Turkey since the inception of the republican period in 1923. Except for two brief periods in 1924–25 and in 1930, there were no opposition leaders in the single-party period. Furthermore, there were no opposition leaders during the terms of technocratic governments in the multi-party period. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Term of Office	Leader	Portrait	Party
17 October 1924 – 3 June 1925	Kâzım Karabekir			Progressive Republican Party (TCF)
12 August 1930 – 17 November 1930	Fethi Okyar			Liberal Republican Party (SCF)
7 January 1946 – 14 May 1950	Celal Bayar			Democrat Party (DP)
2 June 1950 – 27 May 1960	İsmet İnönü			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
20 November 1961 – 25 June 1962	Ekrem Alican			New Turkey Party (YTP)
25 June 1962 – 6 June 1964	Ragıp Gümüşpala			Justice Party (AP)
6 June 1964 – 20 February 1965	Süleyman Demirel			Justice Party (AP)
20 February 1965 – 26 March 1971	İsmet İnönü			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974	Süleyman Demirel			Justice Party (AP)
31 March 1975 – 21 June 1977	Bülent Ecevit			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977	Süleyman Demirel			Justice Party (AP)
21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978	Bülent Ecevit			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979	Süleyman Demirel			Justice Party (AP)
12 November 1979 – 12 September 1980	Bülent Ecevit			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
13 December 1983 – 27 June 1985	Necdet Calp			Populist Party (HP)
27 June 1985 – 30 May 1986	Aydın Güven Gürkan			Populist Party (HP) (until 3 November 1985)
				Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP)
30 May 1986 – 20 November 1991	Erdal İnönü			Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP)
21 November 1991 – 6 March 1996	Mesut Yılmaz			Motherland Party (ANAP)
6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996	Necmettin Erbakan			Welfare Party (RF)
28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997	Mesut Yılmaz			Motherland Party (ANAP)
30 June 1997 – 17 December 1997	Necmettin Erbakan			Welfare Party (RP)
17 December 1997 – 14 May 1998	İsmail Alptekin			Virtue Party (FP)
14 May 1998 – 22 June 2001	Recai Kutan			Virtue Party (FP)
22 June 2001 – 19 November 2002	Tansu Çiller			True Path Party (DYP)
19 November 2002 – 22 May 2010	Deniz Baykal			Republican People’s Party (CHP)
22 May 2010 – present	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu			Republican People’s Party (CHP)

See also

• Politics of Turkey
• Grand National Assembly of Turkey

• Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

References

1. ↑ Türkiye’nin 75 yılı, Tempo , ;İstanbul, 1998
2. ↑ Official page of prime minister
3. ↑ Official page of the parliament