The 33rd government of Turkey (26 March 1971 – 11 December 1971) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the First Erim government.
Background After the memorandum of the army on 12 March 1971, prime minister Süleyman Demirel of the Justice Party (AP) resigned, and a new government was founded by Nihat Erim, who had recently resigned from the Republican People's Party (CHP). However, his appointment caused unrest in CHP and Bülent Ecevit resigned from his post as the general secretary of his party to protest the appointment. Nevertheless, İsmet İnönü, the leader of the party, supported Nihat Erim and Erim formed a semi-technocratic government with the support of CHP, AP, and the National Reliance Party (MGP).
The cabinet was endorsed by the President Cevdet Sunay on 26 March 1971 and was given a vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 321 in favor and 46 against on 7 April.
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". TitleOfficial page of prime minister Name PartyNotes Prime MinisterNihat ErimIndependentDeputy Prime MinisterSadi KoçaşCHPAtilla KaraosmanoğluAli Mesut ErezIndependent26 March 1971 – 3 Dec 19713 Dec 1971 – 11 Dec 1971Minister of StateMehmet ÖzgüneşIndependent Doğan Kitaplı AP 26 March 1971 – 13 Oct 1971 Ministry of Justiceİsmail ArarCHP Ministry of National DefenseFerit MelenCGP Ministry of the InteriorHamdi ÖmeroğluIndependentMinistry of Foreign AffairsOsman OlcayIndependentMinistry of Finance and CustomsSait Naci ElginIndependent Ministry of National EducationŞinasi OrelIndependentMinistry of Public WorksCahit KarakaşMukadder ÖztekinAPCHP26 March 1971 – 10 Nov 1971 10 Nov 1971 – 11 Dec 1971Ministry of Construction and SettlementSelahattin BabüroğluIndependent (Except for a 13-day duration in October)Ministry of Health and Social SecurityTürkan AkyolIndependentMinistry of Agriculture Orhan DikmenIndependentMinistry of Village Affairs Cevdet AykanIndependentMinistry of Forestry Selahattin İnalIndependentMinistry of TransportHaluk ArıkSelahattin BabüroğluCahit KarakaşIndependentIndependentCHP26 March 1971 – 29 Sep 197113 Oct 1971 – 27 Oct 197110 Nov 1971 – 11 Dec 1971Ministry of Labour Atilla SavIndependent (Except for 13 day duration in October)Ministry of Foreign CommerceÖzer DerbilIndependentMinistry of Industry and TechnologyAyhan ÇilingiroğluIndependentMinistry of Customs and MonopoliesHaydar ÖzalpAPMinistry TourismErol Yılmaz AkçalAPMinistry of CultureTalat HalmanIndependentMinistry of Energy and Natural Resourcesİhsan TopaloğluAtilla SavNezih DevresCHP26 March 1970 – 29 Sep 1971 13 Oct 1971 – 27 Oct 1971 10 Nov 1971 – 11 Dec 1971 Ministry of Youth and SportsSezai ErgunAP
Aftermath Some of the technocrats in the cabinet (like Atilla Karaosmanoğlu) resigned, and Nihat Erim decided to form a new government.
Trivia Türkan Akyol, the Minister of Health, was the very first Turkish female cabinet minister in the history of Turkey.
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