Speaker of the Grand National Assembly


This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey since its establishment on 23 April 1920, has for short periods been changed.
A Senate also existed besides the National Assembly between 1960 and 1980.

List of speakers

Temporary speakers

When a new session of the Grand National Assembly meets, the oldest parliament member temporarily acts as the speaker until a new speaker is elected.
SessionPortraitNamePolitical party
1stMehmet Şerif AvcıoğluIndependent
2ndAbdurrahman ŞerefRepublican People's Party
3rdHasan SakaRepublican People's Party
4thAbdülhak Hâmid TarhanRepublican People's Party
5thNecip Asım YazıksızRepublican People's Party
6thBesim Ömer AkalınRepublican People's Party
7thSuphi ArtelRepublican People's Party
8thAli Münif YeğenağaRepublican People's Party
9thHüseyin Cahit YalçınRepublican People's Party
10th & 11thAli Fuat CebesoyDemocrat Party
12thYakup Kadri KaraosmanoğluRepublican People's Party
13thOrhan Seyfi OrhonJustice Party
14thİsmet İnönüRepublican People's Party
15th & 16thKinyas KartalJustice Party
17thFahrettin ÖzdilekPopulist Party
18thKamil Tuğrul CoşkunoğluMotherland Party
19thAli Rıza SeptioğluTrue Path Party
20thSüleyman Arif EmreWelfare Party
21stAli Rıza SeptioğluTrue Path Party
22nd & 23rdŞükrü ElekdağRepublican People's Party
24thOktay EkşiRepublican People's Party
25th & 26thDeniz BaykalRepublican People's Party
27thDurmuş YılmazGood Party
27thCelal AdanNationalist Movement Party
28thDevlet BahçeliNationalist Movement Party