List of Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey

The following is a List of Governors of the Central Bank 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.

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
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 2, 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 - present

References

• Newspaper Tercüman (Turkish)
• Newspaper Dünya (Turkish)