The 16th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 5 June 1977 to 12 September 1980. There were 450 MPs in the lower house.

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP) held the plurality. Justice Party (AP) was the next party.

National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party ( tr, Millî Selâmet Partisi, MSP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a ...

(MSP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Republican Reliance Party and

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(DP) were the other parties.

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul *21 June 1977 –

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in ...

of CHP formed the

40th government of Turkey The 40th government of Turkey (21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977) was a short term (one month) government that governed Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcont ...

*3 July 1977 – The government couldn’t receive the vote of confidence *21 July 1977 –

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...

of AP formed the

41st government of Turkey The 41st government of Turkey (21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978) was a historical government of Turkey. It is also called ''the fifth Demirel cabinet'' and ''Second Nationalist Front''. Background After the 40th government failed to receive the ...

, a

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

of AP, MSP, CGP and MHP so-called Second National Front *17 November 1977 – Following a crises of 6 months,

Cahit Karakaş Cahit Karakaş (born 1928) is a Turkish engineer and a former politician. He served as government minister and Speaker of the Parliament. Early life He was born in Bartın in 1928. In 1952, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University. Aft ...

of CHP was elected as the speaker of the parliament *31 December 1977 – Non confidence vote following interpellation *5 January 1978 – Bülent Ecevit formed the

42nd government of Turkey The 42nd government of Turkey (5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979) was a coalition government of Republican People's Party (CHP) and some independents. The elections On the last day of 1977, the 41st government of Turkey came to an end because o ...

; a coalition of CHP, CGP, DP and the independents *12 November 1979 – Süleyman Demirel formed the 43rd government of Turkey; a minority government with external support *7 April 1980 – Fahri Korutürk, the sixth president of Turkey left the office after his 7-year legal term of office. His post was not filled till 12 September. İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil became the acting president *12 September 1980 –

1980 Turkish coup d'état The 1980 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by ...

References

{{Parliamentary terms of Turkey 1977 establishments in Turkey 1980 disestablishments in Turkey Terms of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 16th parliament of Turkey Republican People's Party (Turkey) Justice Party (Turkey) Nationalist Movement Party Republican Reliance Party Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) National Salvation Party Political history of Turkey