The 55th government of Turkey (30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999) was a coalition government led by

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two p ...

of Motherland Party (ANAP). Coalition partners with Motherland Party were Democratic Left Party (DSP) and

Democrat Turkey Party Democrat Turkey Party ( tr, Demokrat Türkiye Partisi, DTP) is a former political party in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located ...

(DTP). The government was nicknamed ''Anasol-D'', where "Ana" refers to ANAP, sol (left) refers to DSP, and D refers to DTP.

Background

After the collapse of the 54th government, 55th government was formed by ANAP and DSP, which were the opposition parties during the 54th government. DTP, which was founded by a group of MPs exiting DYP, also joined the coalition. Although they still could not form a majority, Republican People's Party (CHP) promised to support the coalition without participating in the government.

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 cabinet collapsed on 11 January 1999, as a result of the Türkbank scandal in 1998, which involved relationships between the government, the private sector and organized crime. CHP decided to end its support after the scandal.

References

{{Cabinets of Turkey Cabinets of Turkey Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians 1997 establishments in Turkey 1999 disestablishments in Turkey Cabinets established in 1997 Cabinets disestablished in 1999 Coalition governments of Turkey Members of the 55th government of Turkey Motherland Party (Turkey)