Cabinet Demirel III

Demirel III
32nd Cabinet of the Republic of Turkey
Prime Minister	Suleyman Demirel
choice	October 12, 1969
Appointed by	President Cevdet Sunay
education	March 6, 1970
The End	March 26, 1971
Duration	1 year and 20 days
predecessor	Cabinet Demirel I
successor	Cabinet Erim I.
composition
Party (s)	Sole government
representation
Great National Assembly of Turkey	256/450
Opposition leader	Bülent Ecevit , Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi

The Demirel III cabinet was the 32nd government of Turkey , which was headed by Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel from March 6, 1970 to March 26, 1971 .

In the election for the National Assembly in Turkey in 1969 , the ruling Adalet Partisi (AP) won and provided the government. On February 11, 1970, however, the government collapsed after Demirel failed to pass the budget. Demirel resigned, but was able to organize a majority for the new government and budget. In the following months, however, there were political upheavals. In August 1970 Demirel had to devalue the lira sharply because the country had got into balance of payments difficulties due to the domestic market-oriented economic policy. The right wing of the AP now saw Demirel as a stooge of "foreign capital" and 27 MPs came together in the Democratic Party under the leadership of Ferruh Bozbeyli . Demirel no longer had a majority of its own. In the months that followed, radical clashes between left and right-wing groups at universities and in the big cities became more and more intense, and there were brutal attacks and kidnappings by the right-wing extremist Gray Wolves .

Demirel especially tried to prevent the radical left from organizing. In the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers ' Unions of Turkey (DISK), radical trade unions joined forces on February 13, 1967, which had separated from the Confederation of Workers' Unions of Turkey ( Türk-İş ). Demirel had a law passed that should prevent the DISK from organizing itself in the factories. This led to strikes and demonstrations. Demirel was only able to keep calm with the help of security forces. The prime minister joined in the call for a restriction of the constitution. But Demirel found no majorities for his "policy of the strong state". When in this situation the founder of a new pro-Islamic party, Necmettin Erbakan , publicly called for the Kemalist state to be " swept away ", the military reacted: On March 12, 1971, the chief of staff announced a memorandum calling on parliament to establish a strong government to organize that halt anarchy by democratic means and introduce reforms, otherwise the military would take over the business of government. Demirel stepped back.

minister

32nd Government of the Republic of Turkey,
Demirel III Cabinet - March 6, 1970 to March 26, 1971

title	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Prime Minister	Suleyman Demirel	AP
Minister of State
	Refet Sezgin Hasan Dincer	AP	March 6, 1970 - July 16, 1970 July 29, 1970 - March 26, 1971
	Hüsamettin Atabeyli	AP
	Gurhan Titrek	AP	November 3, 1969 - January 21, 1970
	Turhan Biilgin	AP
Minister of Justice	Yusuf Ziya Önder	AP
Defense Minister	Ahmet Topaloğlu	AP
Interior minister	Haldun Menteşoğlu	AP
Foreign minister	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	AP
Finance minister	Mesut Erez	AP
Minister of Education	Orhan Oğuz	AP
Minister for Public Works	Yaşar Gülez	AP
Minister of Construction and Settlement	Hayrettin Nakiboğlu	AP
Minister for Health and Social Security	Vedat Ali Özkan	AP
Minister of Agriculture	İlhami Ertem	AP
Minister for Village Affairs	Turhan Kapanlı	AP
Forest Minister	Hüseyin Özalp	AP
Minister of transport	Nahit Menteşe Orhan Tuğrul	AP	December 14, 1970 January 4, 1971 - March 26, 1971
Minister of Labor	Seyfi Öztürk	AP
Minister of Commerce	Gurkan Titrek	AP
Industry Minister	Selahattin Kılıç	AP
Minister for Customs and Monopolies	Ahmet İhsan Birincioğlu	AP
Tourism Minister	Necmettin Cevheri	AP
Minister for Energy and Natural Resources	Sabit Osman Avcı Nahit Menteşe	AP	March 6, 1970 - December 14, 1970 December 14, 1970 - March 26, 1971
Minister for Youth and Sport	İsmet Sezgin	AP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Matthes Buhbe: Turkey. Politics and Contemporary History . (= Volume 2, studies on politics and society in the Middle East ), Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1996, p. 91 f.
2. ↑ 32nd Government of the Republic of Turkey , Grand National Assembly of Turkey, accessed on March 26, 2019