List of presidents of Turkey by education
# 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 | 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 | - |
