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Republic of Turkey has 12 presidents since the foundation of the republic in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who became the first president. In Turkey presidents must have a tertiary education degree.

List [ edit ]

No	Portrait	Name	University	Profession	Graduate School
1		Mustafa Kemal Ataturk	Turkish Military Academy ( Ottoman Military College )	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
2		?smet ?nonu	Imperial School of Military Engineering ( Istanbul Technical University ) and Turkish Military Academy ( Ottoman Military College )	Army Officer	-
3		Celal Bayar	?pek Vocational College	Sericulture	-
4		Cemal Gursel	Turkish Military Academy ( Ottoman Military College )	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
5		Cevdet Sunay	Turkish Military Academy	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
6		Fahri Koruturk	Turkish Naval Academy	Navy Officer	Turkish War Academies
7		Kenan Evren	Turkish Military Academy	Army Officer	-
8		Turgut Ozal	Istanbul Technical University	Electrical Engineer	Texas Tech University
9		Suleyman Demirel	Istanbul Technical University	Civil Engineer	-
10		Ahmet Necdet Sezer	Ankara University	Law	Ankara University Faculty of Law
11		Abdullah Gul	Istanbul University	Economics	University of Exeter
12		Recep Tayyip Erdo?an	Marmara University	Economics	-

See also [ edit ]

• List of presidents of Turkey
• President of Turkey
• Education in Turkey