22nd government of Turkey

Adnan Menderes

The 22nd government of Turkey (9 December 1955 – 25 November 1957) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the fourth Menderes government.

Background[]

Adnan Menderes, the prime minister of the previous government resigned because of a political crisis about press freedom, called the "right to prove" (Turkish: İspat hakkı). However, his party, the Democrat Party (DP), had the majority in the parliament, and therefore he founded the next cabinet.

The government[]

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

Title^[1]^[2]	Name	Notes
Prime Minister	Adnan Menderes
Minister of State
	Cemil Bengü	9 December 1955 – 12 October 1955
	Şemi Ergin Fatin Rüştü Zorlu	9 December 1955 – 28 July 1957 28 July 1957 – 25 November 1957
	Emin Kalafat
	Celal Yardımcı
Ministry of Justice	Hüseyin Avni Göktürk
Ministry of National Defense	Şemi Ergin	28 July 1957 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of the Interior	Etem Menderes Namık Gedik	9 December 1955 – 12 October 1956 12 October 1956 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Fuat Köprülü	9 December 1955 – 20 June 1956
Ministry of Finance	Nedim Ökmen Hasan Polatkan	9 December 1955 – 24 August 1956 3 December 1956 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of National Education	Ahmet Özel Tevfik İleri Celal Yardımcı	9 December 1955 – 12 April 1957 12 April 1957 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of Public Works	Muammer Çavuşoğlu Etem Menderes	9 December 1955 – 12 October 1956 12 October 1956 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Nafiz Körez
Ministry of Customs and Monopolies	Hadi Hüsman
Ministry of Transport	Arif Demirer
Ministry of Establishments	Samet Ağaoğlu	After 2 September 1957, the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Industry
Ministry of Economy and Commerce	Fahrettin Ulaş Zeyyat Mandalinci Abdullah Aker	9 December 1955 – 13 April 1956 7 May 1956 – 30 November 1956 30 November 1956 – 25 November 1957
Ministry of Agriculture	Esat Budakoğlu
Ministry of Labour	Mümtaz Tarhan

Aftermath[]

The government ended because of the general elections held on 27 October 1957, in which DP won the majority once again, albeit with reduced support.

References[]

^ Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ Official page of the parliament

Preceded by 21st government of Turkey (Adnan Menderes)	22nd government of Turkey 9 December 1955 – 25 November 1957	Succeeded by 23rd government of Turkey (Adnan Menderes)

[1] Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Official page of the parliament

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