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In the History of Turkish Presidential Elections, there have been 17 elections since the establishment of Turkish Republic in 1923, electing 9 distinct Turkish citizens as president. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet İnönü were elected four times, Celal Bayar was elected three times, Cemal Gürsel, Cevdet Sunay, Fahri Korutürk, Turgut Özal, Süleyman Demirel, and Ahmet Necdet Sezer were each elected once. Kenan Evren became the president without an election.

[edit] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

First Election 1923-10-29

158 of 281 MPs attended the election. All voted for Mustafa Kemal
Second Election 1927-11-01

288 of 316 MPs attended the election. All voted for Mustafa Kemal
Third Election 1931-05-04

289 of 317 MPs attended the election. All voted for Mustafa Kemal
Fourth Election 1935-03-01

386 of 399 MPs attended the election. All voted for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

[edit] İsmet İnönü

First Election 1938-11-11

348 of 399 MPs attended the election. All voted for İsmet İnönü
Second Election 1939-04-03

413 of 429 MPs attended the election. All voted for İsmet İnönü
Third Election 1943-03-08

435 of 455 MPs attended the election. All voted for İsmet İnönü
Fourth Election 1946-08-05

451 of 465 MPs attended the election. İsmet İnönü was elected with 388 votes

[edit] Celal Bayar

First Election 1950-05-22

453 of 487 MPs attended the election. Celal Bayar was elected with 387 votes
Second Election 1954-05-14

513 of 541 MPs attended the election. Celal Bayar was elected with 486 votes
Third Election 1957-11-01

413 of 610 MPs attended the election. All of them voted for Celal Bayar.

[edit] Cemal Gürsel

Leader of coup 1960-05-27
Elected by the parliament 1961-10-10

[edit] Kenan Evren

Was not elected. After the referendum for the 1982 constitution following his coup d'état, he became head of state. Then he became president on November 7, 1982

[edit] Süleyman Demirel

His party did not have enough MPs to select him as a president. He also got support of MHP and SHP.^[1]

[edit] Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Main article: Turkish presidential election, 2000

Sadi Somuncuoğlu was another candidate.

[edit] Abdullah Gül

Main article: Turkish presidential election, 2007

[edit] Acting presidents

In the event of a temporary absence of the president on account of illness, travel abroad or similar circumstances, the speaker of the parliament serves as acting president, and exercises the powers of the president until the president resumes his functions, and in the event that the presidency falls vacant as a result of death or resignation or for any other reason, until the election of a new president.

[edit] See also

List of Presidents of Turkey

[edit] References

Tesav (Turkish)
President's website

[edit] Notes

^ SABAH - Köşk yolunda Demirel'i kimler sırtladı?

[0] SABAH - Köşk yolunda Demirel'i kimler sırtladı?

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