Menderes III cabinet

Menderes III cabinet
21. Cabinet of the Republic of Turkey
Prime Minister	Adnan Menderes
choice	May 2, 1954
Appointed by	President Celâl Bayar
education	May 17, 1954
The End	December 9, 1955
Duration	1 year and 206 days
predecessor	Menderes II cabinet
successor	Menderes IV cabinet
composition
Party (s)	Sole government DP
representation
Great National Assembly of Turkey	503/541
Opposition leader	İsmet İnönü , Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi

The Menderes III cabinet was Turkey's 21st government, led by Adnan Menderes from May 17, 1954 to December 9, 1955 .

The parliamentary elections on May 2, 1954 , won the ruling Democrat Parti by a large margin over the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi and the Cumhuriyetçi Millet Partisi . President Bayar subsequently appointed Menderes as prime minister.

In the course of 1955 there were clashes in the DP. Menderes' autocratic leadership style and the country's economic failures caused increasing displeasure in the party. When Menderes wanted to restrict press freedom, some DP MPs refused and left the party. As a result, Menderes reorganized his cabinet in early December 1955.

government

21. Government of the Republic of Turkey
Menderes III Cabinet - May 17, 1954 to December 9, 1955

title	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Prime Minister	Adnan Menderes	DP
Deputy Prime Minister	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	DP	May 17, 1954 - July 29, 1955 July 29, 1955 - December 9, 1955
Minister of State
	Mükerrem Sarol	DP	May 17, 1954 - October 12, 1955
	Osman Kapani Etem Menderes	DP	May 17, 1954 - September 15, 1955 September 15, 1955 - September 30, 1955
	Fahrettin Ulaş	DP	September 30, 1955 - December 9, 1955
Minister of Justice	Osman Şevki Çiçekdağ	DP
Defense Minister	Etem Menderes	DP	May 17, 1954 - September 15, 1955
Interior minister	Namık Gedik Etem Menderes	DP	May 17, 1954 - September 10, 1955 September 30, 1955 - December 9, 1955
Foreign minister	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	DP	April 15, 1955 - July 29, 1955
Finance minister	Hasan Polatkan	DP
Defense Minister	Celal Yardımcı	DP
Minister for Public Works	Kemal Zeytinoğlu	DP
Minister for Health and Social Security	Behçet Uz	DP
Minister for Customs and Monopolies	Emin Kalafat	DP
Minister of transport	Muammer Çavuşoğlu	DP
Minister for Business Settlements	Fethi Çelikbaş Samet Ağaoğlu	DP	May 17, 1954 - December 6, 1954 December 6, 1954 - December 9, 1955
Minister for Economy and Trade	Sıtkı Yırcalı	DP
Minister of Agriculture	Nedim Ökmen	DP
Minister of Labor	Hayrettin Erkmen	DP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 21st Government of the Republic of Turkey , Grand National Assembly of Turkey, accessed June 14, 2018