List of presidents of Turkey by education

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

List

No	Portrait	Name	University	Profession	Graduate School
1		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College)	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
2		İsmet İnönü	Imperial School of Military Engineering (Istanbul Technical University) and Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College)	Army Officer	-
3		Celal Bayar	İpek Vocational College	Sericulture	-
4		Cemal Gürsel	Turkish Military Academy (Ottoman Military College)	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
5		Cevdet Sunay	Turkish Military Academy	Army Officer	Turkish War Academies
6		Fahri Korutürk	Turkish Naval Academy	Navy Officer	Turkish War Academies
7		Kenan Evren	Turkish Military Academy	Army Officer	-
8		Turgut Özal	Istanbul Technical University	Electrical Engineer	Texas Tech University
9		Süleyman Demirel	Istanbul Technical University	Civil Engineer	-
10		Ahmet Necdet Sezer	Ankara University	Law	Ankara University Faculty of Law
11		Abdullah Gül	Istanbul University	Economics	University of Exeter
12		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Marmara University	Economics	-

See also

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