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. 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

Title	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit	CHP
Deputy Prime Minister	Orhan Eyüboğlu	CHP
Minister of State
	Turan Güneş	CHP
	Lütfi Doğan	CHP
	Kenan Bulutoğlu	CHP
Ministry of Justice	Selçuk Erverdi	CHP
Ministry of National Defense	Hasan Esat Işık	CHP
Ministry of the Interior	Necdet Uğur	CHP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Gündüz Ökçün	CHP
Ministry of Finance	Besim Üstünel	CHP
Ministry of National Education	Mustafa Üstündağ	CHP
Ministry of Public Works	Abdülkerim Zilan	CHP
Ministry of Commerce	Ziya Müezzinoğlu	CHP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Celal Ertuğ	CHP
Ministry of Customs and Monopolies	Mehmet Can	CHP
Ministry of Food Agriculture and Husbandry	Fikret Gündoğan	CHP
Ministry of Transport	Erol Çevikçe	CHP
Ministry of Labour	Bahir Ersoy	CHP
Ministry of Social Security	Hayrettin Uysal	CHP
Ministry of Industry	Tarhan Erdem	CHP
Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Altan Öymen	CHP
Ministry of Settlement	Erol Tuncer	CHP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Neşet Akmandor	CHP
Ministry of Village Affairs	Ali Topuz	CHP
Ministry of Forestry	Vecdi İlhan	CHP
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Yüksel Çakmur	CHP

Aftermath

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

References

Preceded by 39th government of Turkey (Süleyman Demirel)

40th Government of Turkey 21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977

Succeeded by 41st government of Turkey (Süleyman Demirel)