Cabinet Ecevit I

Ecevit I
37th Cabinet of the Republic of Turkey
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
choice	October 14, 1973
Appointed by	President Fahri Korutürk
education	January 26, 1974
The End	17th November 1974
Duration	0 years and 295 days
predecessor	Cabinet Talu
successor	Irmak's cabinet
composition
Party (s)	CHP , MSP
representation
Great National Assembly of Turkey	233/450

The Ecevit I cabinet was the 37th government of Turkey , which was led by Prime Minister Naim Talu from January 26, 1974 to November 17, 1974 .

The election to the National Assembly in Turkey in 1973 surprisingly won the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) by Bülent Ecevit . As general secretary of the party once founded by Ataturk, Ecevit had decreed a moderate left and social democratic program against the will of conservative forces. After he resigned in protest against the support of the repressive governments directed by the Security Council by the CHP, he ousted İsmet İnönü from the party leadership and consistently implemented the party's new course. Although the former Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel was the favorite in the election, the CHP was able to win the majority, while the Adalet Partisi (AP) lost massively. The Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi (CGP), founded by Ecevit opponents and traditionalist Kemalists , only got 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.

President Fahri Korutürk entrusted Ecevit with forming a government, which, however, turned out to be difficult. Most parties could not do much with the social reform course of the CHP. It was not until January 1974 that the CHP and MSP surprisingly agreed on a government program, which, however, did not contain any major reforms. One could only agree on the establishment of a social economy with state-controlled development planning and more social justice. The new government was unable to contain the sharp rise in unemployment.

The coalition's short term in office was marked by the increasing violence of left-wing revolutionary groups and right-wing extremist Gray Wolves commandos , which covered the country with terror. However, the domestic political situation took a back seat when the Cypriot National Guard overthrew President Makarios on July 15, 1974, with the backing of the military junta in Athens , and forced Cyprus to join Greece. After Great Britain refused to intervene as a guarantor of the independence of Cyprus, Ecevit sent Turkish troops to Northern Cyprus on July 20. Although the UN brokered a ceasefire, the violence between Cypriot Greeks and Turks suddenly continued. The Turkish troops then occupy 40 percent of the area of ​​Cyprus.

In the weeks that followed, Ecevit and Erbakan had more disagreements. Ecevit terminated the coalition on September 18, 1974 because he hoped to win 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 Sadi Irmak , a new prime minister with a minority cabinet made up of CGP and independents, but this became the plaything of the big parties.

minister

37th Government of the Republic of Turkey
Ecevit I Cabinet - January 26, 1974 to November 17, 1974

title	Surname	Political party
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit	CHP
Deputy Prime Minister	Necmettin Erbakan	MSP
Minister of State
	Orhan Eyüboğlu	CHP
	İsmail Hakkı Birler	CHP
	Suleyman Arif Emre	MSP
Minister of Justice	Şevket Kazan	MSP
Defense Minister	Hasan Esat Işık	CHP
Interior minister	Oğuzhan Asiltürk	MSP
Foreign minister	Turan Güneş	CHP
Finance minister	Deniz Baykal	CHP
Minister of Education	Mustafa Üstündağ	CHP
Minister for Public Works	Erol Çevikçe	CHP
Minister of Commerce	Fehim Adak	MSP
Minister for Health and Welfare	Selahattin Cizrelioğlu	CHP
Minister for Customs and Monopolies	Mahmut Türkmenoğlu	CHP
Minister of Agriculture	Korkut Özal	MSP
Transport Minister	Ferda Güley	CHP
Minister of Labor	Önder Sav	CHP
Minister for Social Security	Hayrettin Uysal	CHP
Industry Minister	Abdülkerim Doğru	MSP
Minister for Culture and Tourism	Orhan Birgit	CHP
Minister of Construction and Settlement	Ali Topuz	CHP
Minister for Energy and Natural Resources	Cahit Kayra	CHP
Minister for Village Affairs and Cooperatives	Mustafa Ok	CHP
Forest Minister	Ahmet Şener	CHP
Minister for Youth and Sport	Muslihittin Yılmaz Mete	CHP

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
2. ↑ 36th Government of the Republic of Turkey , Grand National Assembly of Turkey, accessed on March 27, 2019