Cabinet Demirel IV
Demirel IV | |
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39. Cabinet of the Republic of Turkey | |
Prime Minister | Suleyman Demirel |
choice | October 14, 1973 |
Appointed by | President Fahri Korutürk |
education | March 15, 1975 |
The End | June 21, 1977 |
Duration | 2 years and 98 days |
predecessor | Irmak's cabinet |
successor | Ecevit II cabinet |
composition | |
Party (s) | AP , CGP , MSP , MHP |
representation | |
Great National Assembly of Turkey | 228/450 |
The Demirel IV cabinet was the 39th government of Turkey , which was headed by Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel from March 31, 1975 to June 21, 1977 .
The election to the National Assembly in Turkey in 1973 surprisingly won the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) by Bülent Ecevit . Although the former Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel was the favorite in the election, the CHP was able to gain a majority, while Demirel's Adalet Partisi (AP) lost massively. Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi (CGP), founded by Ecevit opponents and traditionalist Kemalists , had 5.3 percent. Necmettin Erbakan was able to re-establish the pro-Islamic party Millî Nizam Partisi , which was banned in 1971, under the name Millî Selamet Partisi (MSP) and immediately received 11.8 percent. The right-wing national Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP) won three seats and 3.38 percent of the vote.
President Fahri Korutürk then tasked Ecevit with forming a government. The CHP and the pro-Islamic MSP agreed on a government program in January 1974, which did not, however, contain any major reforms. The new government was unable to contain the sharp rise in unemployment. The coalition's short reign was marked by the increasing violence of left-wing revolutionary groups and right-wing extremist Gray Wolves commandos , which covered the country with terror, and the Cyprus crisis , during which Turkey occupied part of the island to protect the Cypriot Turks. In the weeks that followed, Ecevit and Erbakan had more disagreements. Ecevit terminated the coalition on September 18, 1974 in the hope of achieving a victory in early elections.
However, due to the increased popularity of Ecevit because of the Cyprus conflict, the other parties did not want to risk an election. In search of new majorities, the country was without an effective government for several months. On November 17, parliament elected the independent lawyer and Senator Sadi Irmak, a new prime minister with a minority cabinet made up of CGP and independents, who, however, became the plaything of the big parties and was thus barely able to act. Only a few months later, at the end of March 1975, Demirel announced an agreement between his Adalet Partisi, the Islamic MSP, the Kemalist-conservative CGP and the right-wing national MHP of Alparslan Türkeş . The government, often referred to as the “Cabinet of the Nationalist Front” ( Milliyetçi Cephe ), was able to rely on a slim majority of 228 of the 450 MPs.
The reign was marked, however, by massive infiltration of members of the parties into government agencies and the state administration. Islamists and right-wing extremists in particular benefited from this policy. Under the influence of the Islamic MSP, regulations were interpreted in the Islamic direction or corresponding decrees were created. Under the influence of the right-wing national MHP, the government hardly intervened against right-wing extremist street terror. In the midterm elections to the Senate on October 12, 1975, the CHP under Ecevit was able to achieve massive profits and received 43.9 percent of the vote. After the coalition of four could hardly agree on a constructive policy in 1976, the ruling Adalet Partisi decided to vote for early elections with the CHP and against its own partners. At the beginning of the hot election campaign phase, the May Day celebrations led to bloody arguments. Right-wing extremists shot into the crowd in Taksim Square . The police then violently broke up the event and a mass panic ensued, in which 34 people died and hundreds were injured.
In the elections in September 1977 , Bülent Ecevit won 41.4 percent of the votes with the CHP and thus missed the absolute majority by just 13 seats. A CHP minority cabinet followed.
minister
title | Surname | Political party | |
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Prime Minister | Suleyman Demirel | AP | |
Deputy Prime Minister | |||
Necmettin Erbakan | MSP | ||
Turhan Feyzioğlu | CGP | ||
Alparslan Turkis | MHP | ||
Minister of State | |||
Seyfi Öztürk | AP | ||
Hasan Aksay | MSP | ||
Mustafa Kemal Erkovan Osman Albayrak |
MHP AP |
March 31, 1975 to April 30, 1977 April 30, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
|
Gıyasettin Karaca | AP | ||
Minister of Justice |
İsmail Müftüoğlu Zeyyat Baykara |
MSP independent |
March 31, 1975 to April 11, 1977 April 11, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
Defense Minister | Ferit Melen | CGP | |
Interior minister |
Oğuzhan Asiltürk Sabakattin Özbek |
MSP independent |
March 31, 1975 to April 11, 1977 April 11, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
Foreign minister | İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil | AP | |
Finance minister | Yılmaz Ergenekon | AP | |
Minister of Education | Ali Naili Erdem | AP | |
Minister for Public Works | Fehim Adak | MSP | |
Minister of Commerce | Halil Basol | AP | |
Minister for Health and Welfare |
Kemal Demir Vefa Tanır |
CGP | March 31, 1975 to April 19, 1977 April 19, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
Minister for Customs and Monopolies | Orhan Oztrak | CGP | |
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock | Korkut Özal | ||
Transport Minister |
Nahit Menteşe İbrahim Aysoy |
AP independent |
March 31, 1975 to April 11, 1977 April 11, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
Minister of Labor |
Ahmet Tevfik Paksu Şevket Kazan |
MSP | March 31, 1975 to November 10, 1976 November 16, 1976 to June 21, 1977 |
Minister for Social Security | Ahmet Mahir Ablum | AP | |
Minister for Industry and Technology | Abdülkerim Doğru | MSP | |
Tourism Minister |
Lütfi Tokoğlu Nahit Menteşe |
AP | March 31, 1975 to April 11, 1977 April 11, 1977 to June 21, 1977 |
Minister of Culture | Rıfkı Danışman | AP | |
Minister of Construction and Settlement | Nurettin ok | AP | |
Minister for Energy and Natural Resources | Selahattin Kılıç | AP | |
Minister for Village Affairs | Vefa Poyraz | AP | |
Forest Minister | Turhan Kapanlı | AP | |
Minister for Youth and Sport | Ali Şevki Erek | AP |