The Güneş Motel Incident or the Incident of the 11's, is the event in which, in the end of 1977, 11 Justice Party representatives who got into parliament in the 1977 general election in Turkey resigned and started supporting the CHP. These representatives supported the

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against the 5th Demirel Government (Justice Party), and most of them became ministers in 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 ...

through the leadership of

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after supporting him through a vote of confidence.

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