The 21st government of Turkey (17 May 1954 – 9 December 1955) was a government in the history of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It is also called "the third
Menderes government".
Background
The
Democrat Party (DP) won the
elections held on 2 May 1954. President
Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include:
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appointed
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...
to form the new government.
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".
Aftermath
Although the government had the support of the majority in the parliament, Adnan Menderes resigned because of a political crisis about press freedom, called the "right to prove" ( tr, İspat hakkı). Following this resignation, a group of MPs left the DP to form the
Liberty Party.
References
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1954 establishments in Turkey
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