List of the main opposition leaders of Turkey

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Below is the list of the main opposition leaders in Turkey since 1923. There were no opposition leaders in the single-party period, and in the terms of technocratic governments. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Term		Leader	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	People’s Party (HP)
27 June 1985	3 November 1985	Aydın Güven Gürkan	People’s Party (HP)
3 November 1985	30 May 1986	Aydın Güven Gürkan	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)

Gallery

Kazım Karabekir
Fethi Okyar
Celal Bayar
İsmet İnönü
Süleyman Demirel
Bülent Ecevit
Necmettin Erbakan
Recai Kutan
Deniz Baykal
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

References

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

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