Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

The Deputy Speaker(s) of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Başkanvekilleri) serve on the Speakers Council (Turkish: Başkanlık Divanı) in the Grand National Assembly, the unicameral Parliament of the Turkish Republic. There are four Deputy Speakers, selected according to the parliamentary composition of the incumbent Parliament. Unlike the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, the Deputy Speakers are not elected by MPs. Instead, each party who has enough representation to nominate a Deputy Speaker can do so, with their nomination automatically becoming official. However, parties can also hold elections within their parliamentary groups to determine their Deputy Speaker.

Deputy Speaker(s) of the Parliament
Meclis Başkanvekili
Seal of Grand National Assembly
Incumbent Bekir Bozdağ Justice and Development Party Gülizar Biçer Karaca Republican People's Party Sırrı Süreyya Önder Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Celal Adan Nationalist Movement Party since 7 June 2023
Appointer	Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Formation	23 April 1920 (1920-04-23)
Website	www.tbmm.gov.tr

In the current 28th Parliament of Turkey, there are five parties with representation but only four obtained the right to a Deputy Speaker. The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) nominated one deputy, namely Bekir Bozdağ. The Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated Gülizar Biçer Karaca and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) nominated Sırrı Süreyya Önder. The National Movement Party (MHP) nominated Celal Adan. The Good Party (İYİ), holding 43 seats, was not eligible to select a deputy.

Current deputy speakers

The current Deputy Speakers for the 28th Parliament of Turkey:

Party			Portrait	Deputy	Term start
	AK Party	Justice and Development Party		Bekir Bozdağ	7 June 2023
	CHP	Republican People's Party		Gülizar Biçer Karaca	7 June 2023
	DEM	Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party		Sırrı Süreyya Önder	7 June 2023
	MHP	Nationalist Movement Party		Celal Adan	7 June 2023

List of former Deputy Speakers

Parliament (start - end)	Deputy		Deputy		Deputy		Deputy
27th 7 July 2018 – present		Süreyya Sadi Bilgiç 24 February 2020 – present ___ Mustafa Şentop 12 July 2018 – 24 February 2019		Haydar Akar 16 July 2020 – present ___ Levent Gök 12 July 2018 – 18 June 2020		Nimetullah Erdoğmuş 23 February 2020 – present ___ Mithat Sancar 20 February 2018 – 23 February 2020		Celal Adan 12 July 2018 – present
26th 17 November 2015 – 24 June 2018		Ahmet Aydın 17 November 2015 – 24 June 2018		Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı 17 November 2015 – 24 June 2018		Yaşar Tüzün 26 October 2017 – 24 June 2018		Mithat Sancar 20 February 2018 – 24 June 2018
						Akif Hamzaçebi 17 November 2015 – 26 October 2017		Pervin Buldan 17 November 2015 – 20 February 2018
25th 23 June 2015 – 1 November 2015		Naci Bostancı 9 July 2015 – 1 November 2015		Şafak Pavey 9 July 2015 – 1 November 2015		Koray Aydın 24 June 2015 – 1 November 2015		Yurdusev Özsökmenler 3 July 2015 – 1 November 2015
24th 28 June 2011 – 7 June 2015		Sadık Yakut 28 June 2011 – 7 June 2015		Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı 28 June 2011 – 7 June 2015		Güldal Mumcu 10 August 2007 – 7 June 2015		Meral Akşener 10 August 2007 – 7 June 2015
23rd 10 August 2007 – 12 June 2011		Sadık Yakut 9 August 2009 – 12 June 2011		Nevzat Pakdil 28 November 2002 – 12 June 2011
		Eyyüp Cenap Gülpınar 10 August 2007 – 9 August 2009

See also

• Grand National Assembly of Turkey
• Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

External links

• List of Deputy Speakers on the Parliament website