Employment rate, 15–64 during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how the employment rate, 15–64 changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 9 Jul 2018 – now | +2.6 pp Q2 2018 → Q2 2026 | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 2 | AKP Binali Yıldırım | 24 May 2016 – 9 Jul 2018 | +1.3 pp Q1 2016 → Q2 2018 | +0.6 pp/yr | |
| 3 | AKP Ahmet Davutoğlu | 28 Aug 2014 – 24 May 2016 | +1.1 pp Q2 2014 → Q1 2016 | +0.7 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population aged 15–64 · TurkStat labour force survey via the OECD (infra-annual labour statistics), seasonally adjusted · Turkey data · as of Sep 2026.