The 44th government of Turkey (20 September 1980 – 13 December 1983) was a technocratic 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 ...

The elections

The 43rd government of Turkey came to an end because of the

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 ...

. Parliament was dismissed and a technocratic government was formed. The prime minister was

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, a retired admiral and the ex-commander of the

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, but the majority of the ministers were civilian technocrats.

The government

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".

Aftermath

The government ended with the elections held on 6 November 1983.

References

{{Cabinets of Turkey Cabinets of Turkey 1980 establishments in Turkey 1983 disestablishments in Turkey Cabinets established in 1980 Cabinets disestablished in 1983 Members of the 44th government of Turkey Advisory parliament of Turkey