40th government of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

The 40th government of Turkey (21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977) was a short term (one month) government that governed Turkey in 1977. It was a minority government of Republican People's Party (CHP) led by Bülent Ecevit.

The elections

In the elections held on 5 June 1977, CHP received 41% (highest percentage CHP ever reached after 1950) of the vote and became the first party.^[1] However, in the parliament, CHP gained only 213 seats out of 450. Other parties were reluctant to form a coalition with CHP. However, Ecevit, confident of his prestige, tried a minority government.

The government

Aftermath

In the voting on 21 July, the government lost a vote of confidence (217 vs 229).

References

1. ↑ Election results
2. ↑ Official page of prime minister
3. ↑ Official page of the parliament

Cabinets of Turkey By ordinal numbers 1923-1960 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 1960-1980 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 1980-present 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd By Prime Minister 1923-1960 İnönü I İnönü II Okyar İnönü III İnönü IV İnönü V İnönü VI İnönü VII Bayar I Bayar II Saydam I Saydam II Saraçoğlu I Saraçoğlu II Peker Saka I Saka II Günaltay Menderes I Menderes II Menderes III Menderes IV Menderes V 1960-1980 Gürsel I Gürsel II İnönü VIII İnönü IX İnönü X Ürgüplü Demirel I Demirel II Demirel III Erim I Erim II Melen Talu Ecevit I Irmak Demirel IV Ecevit II Demirel V Ecevit III Demirel VI 1980-present Ulusu Özal I Özal II Akbulut Yılmaz I Demirel VII Çiller I Çiller II Çiller III Yılmaz II Erbakan Yılmaz III Ecevit IV Ecevit V Gül Erdoğan I Erdoğan II Erdoğan III Davutoğlu I Davutoğlu II Davutoğlu III