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Second-highest office in the executive branch of the Government of the Republic of Turkey

The vice president of Turkey, officially the vice president of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı), is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Turkey, after the president.

The vice president is also a statutory member of the Cabinet, National Security Council and Supreme Military Council.

Cevdet Yılmaz has been the second and current vice president of Turkey since his appointment to office on 4 June 2023.

Origin

The office of vice president was created with a referendum on constitutional amendments on 16 April 2017 and entered into force after the presidential election in 2018, when the new president took office on 9 July 2018.

Following this referendum Turkey changed from a parliamentary republic to a presidential republic. Fuat Oktay was appointed as the first vice president b