42nd government of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

The 42nd government of Turkey (5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979) was a coalition government of Republican People's Party (CHP) and some independents.

The elections

On the last day of 1977, the 41st government of Turkey came to an end because of vote of no confidence in the interpellation voting.^[1] The president asked Bülent Ecevit, the leader of CHP, to form a government. In addition to independents, two one-MP parties, namely Republican Reliance Party (CGP) and Democratic Party (DP), also supported him, and all supporters were given a seat in the government.

The government

In the list below, the serving period of cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".

Aftermath

Senate elections and by-elections held on 14 October 1979 showed that CHP had lost ground to the opposition. Although the government still had the vote of confidence in the parliament, Ecevit resigned, but the government continued until the formation of the 43rd government.

References

1. ↑ Türkiye’nin 75 yılı, Tempo yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998, p.273
2. ↑ Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
3. ↑ Official page of the parliament

Cabinets of Turkey
1923–1960	İnönü I II Okyar I İnönü III IV V VI VII Bayar I II Saydam I II Saraçoğlu I II Peker I Saka I II Günaltay I Menderes I II III IV V
1960–1980	Gürsel I II Inönü VIII IX X Ürgüplü I Demirel I II III Erim I II Melen I Talu I Ecevit I Irmak I Demirel IV Ecevit II Demirel V Ecevit III Demirel VI
1980–present	Ulusu I Özal I II Akbulut I Yılmaz I Demirel VII Çiller I II III Yılmaz II Erbakan I Yılmaz III Ecevit IV V Gül I Erdoğan I II III Davutoğlu I II III Yıldırım I
Pre-republic governments in ordinal numbers	1 2 3 4 5
Republican governments in ordinal numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65