| First Lady of the Republic of Turkey | |
|---|---|
| Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbayanı | |
| Style | Madame Erdoğan |
| Residence | Presidential Complex |
| Inaugural holder | Latife Uşaki |
| Formation | 29 October 1923 |
The first lady of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbayanı) is the wife of the president of Turkey. Twelve women have so far filled this role. Since 2014, the First Lady has been Emine Erdoğan, wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth-Death) |
Term in office | President | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
|
Latife Uşaki (1898–1975) |
29 October 1923 | 5 August 1925 | 1 year, 280 days | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Her husband divorced her during his second year as president. |
| 2 | 
|
Mevhibe İnönü (1897–1992) |
11 November 1938 | 27 May 1950 | 11 years, 197 days | İsmet İnönü | |
| 3 | Reşide Bayar (1886–1962) |
22 May 1950 | 27 May 1960 | 10 years, 5 days | Celal Bayar | ||
| 4 | Melahat Gürsel (1899–1974) |
27 May 1960 | 28 March 1966 | 5 years, 305 days | Cemal Gürsel | ||
| 5 | Atıfet Sunay (1904–2002) |
28 March 1966 | 28 March 1973 | 7 years, 0 days | Cevdet Sunay | ||
| 6 | Emel Korutürk (1915–2013) |
6 April 1973 | 6 April 1980 | 7 years, 0 days | Fahri Korutürk | ||
| 7 | Sekine Evren (1922–1982) |
12 September 1980 | 3 March 1982 | 1 year, 172 days | Kenan Evren | She refused to fulfill her role of First Lady because she did not recognize the coup in which her husband seized power and died during the second year of his presidency. | |
| 8 | Semra Özal (born 1934) |
9 November 1989 | 17 April 1993 | 3 years, 159 days | Turgut Özal | ||
| 9 | 
|
Nazmiye Demirel (1927–2013) |
16 May 1993 | 16 May 2000 | 7 years, 0 days | Süleyman Demirel | |
| 10 | 
|
Semra Sezer (born 1944) |
16 May 2000 | 28 August 2007 | 7 years, 104 days | Ahmet Necdet Sezer | |
| 11 | 
|
Hayrünnisa Gül (born 1964) |
28 August 2007 | 28 August 2014 | 7 years, 0 days | Abdullah Gül | |
| 12 | 
|
Emine Erdoğan (born 1956) |
28 August 2014 | Incumbent |
9 years, 220 days | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | |
See also
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