Inflation (CPI) during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) 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	+15.5 pp Jun 2018 → Dec 2025	+2.1 pp/yr
2	DYP Tansu Çiller	25 Jun 1993 – 6 Mar 1996	+12.5 pp May 1993 → Feb 1996	+4.5 pp/yr
3	AKP Binali Yıldırım	24 May 2016 – 9 Jul 2018	+8.8 pp Apr 2016 → Jun 2018	+4.1 pp/yr
4	AKP Ahmet Davutoğlu	28 Aug 2014 – 24 May 2016	−2.8 pp Jul 2014 → Apr 2016	−1.6 pp/yr
5	Necmettin Erbakan	28 Jun 1996 – 30 Jun 1997	−5.5 pp May 1996 → May 1997	−5.5 pp/yr
6	DYP Süleyman Demirel	20 Nov 1991 – 16 May 1993	−7.5 pp Oct 1991 → Apr 1993	−5.0 pp/yr
7	ANAP Mesut Yılmaz	30 Jun 1997 – 11 Jan 1999	−7.7 pp May 1997 → Dec 1998	−4.9 pp/yr
8	AKP Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	14 Mar 2003 – 28 Aug 2014	−16.8 pp Feb 2003 → Jul 2014	−1.5 pp/yr
9	DSP Bülent Ecevit	11 Jan 1999 – 18 Nov 2002	−36.3 pp Dec 1998 → Oct 2002	−9.5 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month 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. % change on a year earlier · TurkStat consumer price index via the OECD prices database, all items · Turkey data · as of Sep 2026.