List of the Main Opposition Leaders of Turkey: Difference between revisions

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Except for two brief periods (1924–25 and 1930), there were no opposition leaders in the [[One-party period of the Republic of Turkey|one-party period]]. Furthermore, there were no opposition leaders during the periods of [[military dictatorship]]s in the [[Multi-party period of the Republic of Turkey|multi-party period]] ([[National Unity Committee|1960–61]] and [[National Security Council (Turkey, 1980)|1980–83]]).<ref>Türkiye’nin 75 yılı, Tempo, ;İstanbul, 1998</ref><ref>[http://www.basbakanlik.gov.tr/Forms/pCabinets.aspx Official page of prime minister] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515000801/http://www.basbakanlik.gov.tr/Forms/pCabinets.aspx |date=2013-05-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/hukumetler/HB52.htm Official page of the parliament]</ref>

! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Party

! colspan=3 | Term of office

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! Took office

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! 1

| [[Kâzım Karabekir]]<br />{{small|(1882–1948)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Republican Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 2

| [[Fethi Okyar]]<br />{{small|(1880–1943)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Republican Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 3

| [[Celâl Bayar]]<br />{{small|(1883–1986)}}

! 4

| [[İsmet İnönü]]<br />{{small|(1884–1973)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

! 5

| [[Ekrem Alican]]<br />{{small|(1916–2000)}}

! style="background:Indigo" |

! 6

| [[Ragıp Gümüşpala]]<br />{{small|(1897–1964)}}

! 7

| [[Süleyman Demirel]]<br />{{small|(1924–2015)}}

! 8<br>{{small|(4)}}

| [[İsmet İnönü]]<br />{{small|(1884–1973)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

| {{ayd|1965|2|20|1971|3|26}}

! 9<br>{{small|(7)}}

| [[Süleyman Demirel]]<br />{{small|(1924–2015)}}

! style="background: {{party color|Justice Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 10

| [[Bülent Ecevit]]<br />{{small|(1925–2006)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

| [[Republican People's Party]]<br/>(CHP)

! 11<br>{{small|(7)}}

| [[Süleyman Demirel]]<br />{{small|(1924–2015)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Justice Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 12<br>{{small|(10)}}

| [[Bülent Ecevit]]<br />{{small|(1925–2006)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

! 13<br>{{small|(7)}}

| [[Süleyman Demirel]]<br />{{small|(1924–2015)}}

! 14<br>{{small|(10)}}

| [[Bülent Ecevit]]<br />{{small|(1925–2006)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

! 15

| [[Necdet Calp]]<br />{{small|(1922–1998)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 17

| [[Erdal İnönü]]<br />{{small|(1926–2007)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 18

| [[Mesut Yılmaz]]<br />{{small|(1947–2020)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 19

| [[Necmettin Erbakan]]<br />{{small|(1926–2011)}}

! 20<br>{{small|(18)}}

| [[Mesut Yılmaz]]<br />{{small|(1947–2020)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey)}}" |

! 21<br>{{small|(19)}}

| [[Necmettin Erbakan]]<br />{{small|(1926–2011)}}

| [[Mesut Yılmaz]]

! 22

| [[İsmail Alptekin]]<br />{{small|(born 1943)}}

| {{ayd|1997|12|17|1998|5|14}}

! 23

| [[Recai Kutan]]<br />{{small|(born 1930)}}

! 24

| [[Tansu Çiller]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Turkey, current)}}" |

! 25

| [[Deniz Baykal]]<br />{{small|(1938–2023)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

! 26

| [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}

! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |

|}

 

==See also==

[[Category:Lists of Turkish politicians|Opposition leaders]]

[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition (Turkey)|*Main]]