53rd government of Turkey
The 53rd government of Turkey (6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996), known as "ANAYOL" or "Second Mesut Yılmaz government," was a coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Motherland Party (ANAP). It was the first rotation government to be formed outside of Israel.
Background[]
In the elections held on 24 December 1995, five parties entered the parliament with no party holding the majority. The coalition talks continued for more than two months, and finally, two parties, Motherland Party (ANAP) and True Path Party (DYP), agreed to form the coalition. Although their total number of seats in the parliament (268 out of 550) was still less than 50%, Democratic Left Party (DSP) promised to support the government during the voting of confidence without participating in the government. According to the agreement, the DYP would receive more seats in the cabinet, and the premiership would be rotated between the parties on a yearly basis: ANAP would hold it in 1996 and 1999, while the DSP would do so in 1997, 1998 and 2000.[1]
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".
Title[2][3] | Name | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz | ANAP | |
Deputy Prime Minister | Nahit Menteşe | DYP | |
Minister of State | |||
Rüştü Saracoğlu | ANAP | ||
Ayfer Yılmaz | DYP | ||
Abdülkadir Aksu | ANAP | ||
Ufuk Söylemez | DYP | ||
Eyüp Aşık | ANAP | ||
Yaman Törüner | DYP | ||
İmren Aykut | ANAP | ||
Ayvaz Gökdemir | DYP | 6 March 1995 – 25 May 1996 | |
Cemil Çiçek | ANAP | ||
Yaşar Dedelek | DYP | ||
Ali Talip Özdemir | ANAP | ||
Ünal Erkan | DYP | 6 March 1996 – 25 May 1996 | |
Ersin Taranoğlu | ANAP | ||
Mehmet Halit Dağlı | DYP | ||
Ministry of Justice | Mehmet Ağar | DYP | |
Ministry of National Defense | Oltan Sungurlu | ANAP | |
Ministry of the Interior | Ülkü Güney | ANAP | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Emre Gönensay | DYP | |
Ministry of Finance | Lütfullah Kayalar | ANAP | |
Ministry of National Education | Turhan Tayan | DYP | |
Ministry of Public Works and Settlement | Mehmet Keçeciler | ANAP | |
Ministry of Health and Social Security | Yıldırım Aktuna | DYP | |
Ministry of Transport | Ömer Barutçu | DYP | |
Ministry of Labour and Social Security | Emin Kul | ANAP | |
Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Yalım Erez | DYP | |
Ministry of Culture | Agah Oktar Güner | ANAP | |
Ministry of Tourism | Işılay Saygın | DYP | |
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources | Hüsnü Doğan | ANAP | |
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs | İsmet Atilla | DYP | |
Ministry of Forestry | Nevzat Ercan | DYP | |
Ministry of Environment | Mustafa Taşar | ANAP |
Aftermath[]
Both coalition parties had a similar ideology but were rivals of one another. Thus, from the first day, the coalition was faced with difficulties. On 24 May 1996, True Path Party (DYP) decided to withdraw from the government and formed another coalition with the Welfare Party (RP) on 28 June.
References[]
- ^ "İşte Koalisyon Protokolü" – Milliyet Gazetesi, 4 March 1996, Page 17.
- ^ Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official page of the parliament
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