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List of governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

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The following is a list of governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

From its foundation until January 26, 1970, the heads of the Central Bank were in the status of General Director. Thereafter the title was changed to Governor.

# Name Took office Left office
General Directors
1 Selahattin Çam June 9, 1931 March 21, 1938
2 Kemal Zaim Sunel March 21, 1938 March 9, 1949
3 Mustafa Sadi Bekter March 31, 1949 October 4, 1950
4 Osman Nuri Göver April 13, 1951 May 28, 1953
5 Mustafa Nail Gidel July 20, 1953 June 16, 1960
6 Memduh Aytür July 21, 1960 November 7, 1960
7 İbrahim Münir Mostar November 23, 1960 August 28, 1962
8 Ziyaettin Kayla June 28, 1963 January 13, 1966
9 Naim Talu July 14, 1967 December 11, 1971
Governors
10 Memduh Güpgüpoğlu July 25, 1972 January 9, 1975
11 Cafer Tayyar Sadıklar June 26, 1976 September 18, 1978
12 İsmail Hakkı Aydınoğlu October 21, 1978 January 10, 1981
13 Osman Şıklar January 12, 1981 January 4, 1984
14 Yavuz Canevi January 15, 1984 November 11, 1986
15 Rüşdü Saracoğlu July 23, 1987 August 2, 1993
16 Nihat Bülent Gültekin September 9, 1993 January 31, 1994
17 Şakir Yaman Törüner February 14, 1994 November 1, 1995
18 Süleyman Gazi Erçel April 10, 1996 March 1, 2001
19 Süreyya Serdengeçti March 14, 2001 March 14, 2006
20 Durmuş Yılmaz April 18, 2006 April 13, 2011
21 Erdem Başçı April 14, 2011 April 19, 2016
22 Murat Çetinkaya April 19, 2016 July 5, 2019
23 Murat Uysal July 6, 2019 November 7, 2020
24 Naci Ağbal November 7, 2020 March 20, 2021
25 Şahap Kavcıoğlu March 20, 2021 June 8, 2023
26 Hafize Gaye Erkan June 8, 2023 February 2, 2024
27 Fatih Karahan February 2, 2024

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