Saim Bülend Ulusu (1 July 1922 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.

[1] Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.

He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977.

As a prime minister he advocated for a closer relationship between Turkey and NATO as well as the member states of the Council of Europe.

[3] After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities.