List of Presidents of Turkey by age

This is a list of Presidents of Turkey by age. This table can be sorted to display Turkish Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parenthesis the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to .

Overview

The median age of accession is 63 years and 2 months, which is how old Kenan Evren was when he assumed the presidency. The youngest person to become president was the first, Mustafa K. Atatürk, at the age of 42 years, 163 days. The oldest president to become president was Fahri Korutürk, at the age of 69 years, 246 days.

The oldest living president is Kenan Evren, born 17 July 1917 (aged ). The youngest living former president is Ahmet N. Sezer, born 13 September 1941 (aged ). The youngest living president is the incumbent, Abdullah Gül, born 29 October 1950 (aged ).

The longest-lived president was Celâl Bayar, who died at the age of 103 years, 98 days. Current oldest-living president Kenan Evren will tie Bayar if he lives to 22 October 2020. The shortest-lived president was the first, Mustafa K. Atatürk, who died in office at the age of 57 years, 175 days.

Presidents of Turkey