List of the main opposition leaders of Turkey
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| Main Opposition Leader Ana Muhalefet Lideri |
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| Residence | No official residence |
| Appointer | Largest political party in the Grand National Assembly that is not in the cabinet |
| Term length | While leader of the largest political party in the Grand National Assembly that is not in the cabinet |
| Inaugural holder | Kâzım Karabekir (One-party period) Celâl Bayar (Multi-party period) |
| Formation | 17 October 1924 (One-party period) 7 January 1946 (Multi-party period) |
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This article lists the individuals to have served as Main Opposition Leader of Turkey, since the inception of the republican period in 1923. The Main Opposition Leader (Turkish: Ana Muhalefet Lideri) is the leader of the largest political party in the Grand National Assembly that is not in cabinet.
Except for two brief periods (1924–25 and 1930), there were no opposition leaders in the one-party period. Furthermore, there were no opposition leaders during the terms of military junta governments in the multi-party period (1960–61 and 1980–83).[1][2][3]
List
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Party | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 65px | Kâzım Karabekir (1882–1948) |
Progressive Republican Party (TCF) |
17 October 1924 | 3 June 1925 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | İsmet İnönü Fethi Okyar |
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| 2 | 65px | Fethi Okyar (1880–1943) |
Liberal Republican Party (SCF) |
12 August 1930 | 17 November 1930 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | İsmet İnönü | |
| 3 |  |
Celâl Bayar (1883–1986) |
Democrat Party (DP) |
7 January 1946 | 14 May 1950 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Şükrü Saracoğlu Recep Peker Hasan Saka Şemsettin Günaltay |
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| 4 |  |
İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
22 May 1950 | 27 May 1960 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Adnan Menderes | |
| 5 | 65px | Ekrem Alican (1916–2000) |
New Turkey Party (YTP) |
20 November 1961 | 25 June 1962 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | İsmet İnönü | |
| 6 | Ragıp Gümüşpala (1897–1964) |
Justice Party (AP) |
25 June 1962 | 6 June 1964 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | İsmet İnönü | ||
| 7 |  |
Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
Justice Party (AP) |
6 June 1964 | 20 February 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | İsmet İnönü | |
| 8 (4) |
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İsmet İnönü (1884–1973) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
20 February 1965 | 26 March 1971 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Süleyman Demirel |
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| 9 (7) |
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Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
Justice Party (AP) |
26 January 1974 | 17 November 1974 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Bülent Ecevit | |
| 10 |  |
Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
31 March 1975 | 21 June 1977 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Süleyman Demirel | |
| 11 (7) |
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Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
Justice Party (AP) |
21 June 1977 | 21 July 1977 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Bülent Ecevit | |
| 12 (10) |
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Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
21 July 1977 | 5 January 1978 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Süleyman Demirel | |
| 13 (7) |
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Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015) |
Justice Party (AP) |
5 January 1978 | 12 November 1979 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Bülent Ecevit | |
| 14 (10) |
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Bülent Ecevit (1925–2006) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
12 November 1979 | 12 September 1980 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Süleyman Demirel | |
| 15 |  |
Necdet Calp (1922–1998) |
Populist Party (HP) |
13 December 1983 | 27 June 1985 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Turgut Özal | |
| 16 | |
Aydın Güven Gürkan (1941–2006) |
Populist Party (HP) |
27 June 1985 | 3 November 1985 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Turgut Özal | |
| Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP) |
3 November 1985 | 30 May 1986 | ||||||
| 17 | 65px | Erdal İnönü (1926–2007) |
Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP) |
30 May 1986 | 20 November 1991 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Turgut Özal Yıldırım Akbulut Mesut Yılmaz |
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| 18 | 65px | Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020) |
Motherland Party (ANAP) |
21 November 1991 | 6 March 1996 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Süleyman Demirel Tansu Çiller |
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| 19 |  |
Necmettin Erbakan (1926–2011) |
Welfare Party (RP) |
6 March 1996 | 28 June 1996 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Mesut Yılmaz | |
| 20 (18) |
65px | Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020) |
Motherland Party (ANAP) |
28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Necmettin Erbakan | |
| 21 (19) |
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Necmettin Erbakan (1926–2011) |
Welfare Party (RP) |
30 June 1997 | 17 December 1997 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Mesut Yılmaz | |
| 22 | |
İsmail Alptekin (born 1943) |
Virtue Party (FP) |
17 December 1997 | 14 May 1998 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Mesut Yılmaz | |
| 23 |  |
Recai Kutan (born 1930) |
Virtue Party (FP) |
14 May 1998 | 22 June 2001 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Mesut Yılmaz Bülent Ecevit |
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| 24 | 65px | Tansu Çiller (born 1946) |
True Path Party (DYP) |
22 June 2001 | 19 November 2002 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Bülent Ecevit | |
| 25 |  |
Deniz Baykal (1938–2023) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
19 November 2002 | 22 May 2010 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
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| 26 | 65px | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 1948) |
Republican People's Party (CHP) |
22 May 2010 | Incumbent | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
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See also
References
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- ↑ Official page of prime minister Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official page of the parliament
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