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The 25th government of Turkey (5 January 1961 – 20 November 1961) 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 Second Gürsel government''.


Background

In 1961 the
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of Turkey was formed. Cemal Gürsel the prime minister of the previous government resigned to form a new government to serve together with the
constituent assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...
.


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

The general elections were held on 15 October 1961, and Cemal Gürsel was elected as the new president of Turkey on 26 October 1961.''Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı'', Tempo Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998 p. 158 According to the
constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...
, he resigned as prime minister. After a brief period in which Fahri Özdilek became the acting prime minister, a new civilian government led by
İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...
was formed. {{Cabinets of Turkey


References

1961 establishments in Turkey Cabinets of Turkey 1961 disestablishments in Turkey Cabinets established in 1961 Cabinets disestablished in 1961 Members of the 25th government of Turkey Constituent Assembly of Turkey