57th government of Turkey

57th Government of Turkey

Cabinet of Turkey
Date formed28 May 1999
Date dissolved18 November 2002
People and organisations
Head of stateSuleyman Demirel Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Head of governmentBulent Ecevit
Member partyDemocratic Left Party (Turkey)

Motherland Party (Turkey)

Nationalist Movement Party
Status in legislatureCoalition Government
351 / 550 (64%)




History
Election1999 Turkish general election
PredecessorEcevit IV
SuccessorGul
Bülent Ecevit

The 57th government of Turkey (28 May 1999 – 18 November 2002) was a coalition government led by Bülent Ecevit of Democratic Left Party (DSP).

Background

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The number of seats gained by the most successful party in the elections held on 18 April 1999 was only 136 out of 550. Thus, at least three parties had to form the government. Ecevit asked Motherland Party (ANAP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to participate in the government.

The government

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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". The main reason for the excessive number of changes in the seats was the formation of a new party. A group of MPs split off from DSP to form the New Turkey Party, and they resigned from their seats in the government. Also, according to the Turkish constitution, some members of the government were replaced by independent members before the elections.

Title[1][2] Name Party Notes
Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit DSP
Deputy Prime Minister
Devlet Bahçeli MHP
Hüsamettin Özkan
Şükrü Sina Gürel		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 9 July 2002
9 July 2002 – 12 July 2002
Mesut Yılmaz ANAP
Minister of State
Mehmet Keçeciler ANAP
Hikmet Uluğbay
Recep Önal
Tayfun İçli		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 22 July 1999
22 July 1999 - 9 July 2002
9 July 2002 - 18 November 2002
Tunca Toskay MHP
Yüksel Yalova
Sadettin Tantan
Nejat Arseven
Ali Doğan		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 31 May 2001
5 June 2001 – 6 June 2001
8 August 2001 – 7 August 2002
7 August 2002 - 18 November 2002
Şükrü Sina Gürel
Zeki Sezer		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 9 July 2002
9 July 2002 - 18 November 2002
Sadi Somuncuoğluz
Faruk Bal		 MHP 28 May 1999 – 8 May 2000
22 May 2000 - 18 November 2002
Rüştü Kazım Yücelen
Yılmaz Karakoyunlu		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 5 June 2001
5 June 2001 - 18 November 2002
Mustafa Yılmaz
Mehmet Kocabatmaz		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 10 July 2002
10 July 2002 -18.11.2002
Ramazan Mirzaoğlu MHP
Edip Saffer Gaydalı
Salih Yıldırım		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 12 September 2002
12 September 2002 - 18 November 2002
Hasan Gemici
Melda Bayer		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 10 July 2002
10 July 2002 - 18 November 2002
Şuayip Üşenmez MHP
Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik ANAP 28 May 1999 - 8 May 2000
Fikret Ünlü
Erdoğan Toprak		 DSP 28 May 1999 - 24 August 2002
24 August 2002 - 18 November 2002
Mehmet Çay
Reşat Doğru		 MHP 28 May 1999 - 24 December 2001
7 January 2002 - 18 November 2002
Kemal Derviş
Masum Türker		 Indep
DSP		 2 March 2001 - 10 August 2002
10 August 2002 - 18 November 2002
Tayyibe Gülek DSP 12 July 2002 - 18 November 2002
Ministry of Justice Hikmet Sami Türk
Aysel Çelikel		 DSP
Indep		 28 May 1999 – 5 August 2002
5 August 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of National Defense Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu MHP
Ministry of the Interior Sadettin Tantan
Rüştü Kazım Yücelen
Muzaffer Ecemiş		 ANAP
ANAP
Indep		 28 May 1999 – 5 June 2001
8 June 2001 – 5 June 2001
5 August 2002 – November 18, 2002
Ministry of Foreign Affairs İsmail Cem
Şükrü Sina Gürel		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 12 July 2001
12 July 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Finance Sümer Oral ANAP
Ministry of National Education Metin Bostancıoğlu
Necdet Tekin		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 10 July 2002
10 July 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Public Works Koray Aydın
Abdülkadir Akcan		 MHP 28 May 1999 – 5 September 2001
19 September 2001 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Health and Social Security Osman Durmuş MHP
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs Yusuf Gökalp MHP
Ministry of Transport Enis Öksüz
Oktay Vural
Naci Kınacıoğlu		 MHP
MHP
Indep		 28 May 1999 – 17 July 2001
30 July 2001 – 5 August 2002
5 August 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Labour and Social Security Yaşar Okuyan
Nejat Arseven		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 7 August 2002
7 August 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Industry and Commerce Kenan Tanrıkulu MHP
Ministry Tourism Erkan Mumcu
Mustafa Taşar		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 8 August 2001
8 May 2001 – 18 November 2002
Ministry Culture İstemihan Talay
Suat Çağlayan		 DSP 28 May 1999 – 9 July 2002
9 July 2002 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Environment Fevzi Aytekin DSP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Cumhur Ersümer[Note 1]
Zeki Çakan		 ANAP 28 May 1999 – 27 April 2001
8 May 2001 – 18 November 2002
Ministry of Forestry Nami Çağan DSP

Aftermath

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The government ended because of the elections held in 2002.

Notes

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  1. ^ Between 29 June 1999 – 12 July 2000, he also assumed the title Deputy Prime Minister

References

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  1. ^ Official page of prime minister Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Official page of the parliament". Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
Preceded by 57th Government of Turkey
28 May 1999 – 18 November 2002 		Succeeded by
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