27th government of Turkey

İsmet İnönü

The 27th government of Turkey (25 June 1962 – 25 December 1963) is the second coalition government in the history of Turkey. The prime minister, İsmet İnönü, was the leader of Republican People's Party (CHP) and a former president.

Background

After a short coalition with Justice Party (AP) in the previous government, the new coalition partners were New Turkey Party (YTP) of Ekrem Alican, Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP), and the Independents.^[1] However, Osman Bölükbaşı, the leader of CKMP, pulled out of the coalition government and formed a new party named Nation Party. Even after this split, however, the government could receive the vote of confidence.

The government

Some of the cabinet members were changed during the lifespan of the cabinet. In the list below, the serving period of cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinets lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".

The cabinet members were as follows:^[2]

Title[3][4]	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	İsmet İnönü	CHP
Deputy Prime Minister
	Turhan Feyzioğlu	CHP
	Ekrem Alican	YTP
	Hasan Dincer	CKMP
Minister of State
	Nihat Su	Indep.
	Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata Ali Şakir Ağanoğlu Vefik Pirinççioğlu	CHP	25 June 1962 – 18 October 1962 1 November 1962 – 17 June 1963 17 June 1963 – 25 December 1963
	Raif Aybay	YTP
Ministry of Justice	Abdülhak Kemal Yörük	CKMP
Ministry of National Defense	İlhami Sancar	CHP
Ministry of the Interior
	Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu	Indep.	25 June 1962 – 10 October 1962
	Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata	CHP	18 October 1962 – 8 October 1963
	İlyas Seçkin	CHP	22 October 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Feridun Cemal Erkin	Indep
Ministry of Finance	Ferit Melen	Indep.
Ministry of National Education
	Şevket Raşit Hatiboğlu	CHP	25 June 1962 – 12 June 1963
	İbrahim Ökten	CHP	12 June 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Public Works
	İlyas Seçkin	CHP	25 June 1962 – 22 October 1963
	Arif Hikmet Onat	CHP	22 October 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Commerce
	Mehmet Muhlis Mete	CHP	25 June 1962 – 17 June 1963
	Ahmet Oğuz	CKMP	17 June 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Health and Social Security
	Yusuf Azizoğlu	YTP	25 June 1962 – 27 November 1963
	Fahrettin Kerim Gökay	YTP	27 November 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Customs and Monopolies	Orhan Öztrak	CHP
Ministry of Agriculture	Mehmet İzmen	YTP
Ministry of Transport
	Rifat Öçten	YTP	25 June 1962 – 10 June 1983
	İhsan Şerif Dura	Indep.	13 June 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Bülent Ecevit	CHP
Ministry of Industry	Fethi Çelikbaş	CHP
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
	Celal Tevfik Karasapan	CKMP	25 June 1962 – 17 June 1963
	Nurettin Ardıçoğlu	CKMP	17 June 1963 – 25 December 1963
Ministry of Construction and Settlement
	Fahrettin Kerim Gökay	YTP	25 June 1962 – 27 November 1963
	Hayri Mumcuoğlu	Indep.	27 November 1963 – 25 December 1963

Aftermath

The local elections held on 17 November 1963 showed that the two smaller partners of the coalition were losing votes to the Justice Party (AP), the main opposition party.^[5] On 25 November, during İnönü's visit to the United States for the funeral of the late President John F. Kennedy, the coalition government disbanded.

References

1. Şevket Süreyya Aydemir:İkinci Adam, Cilt III, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1999, ISBN 975-14-0037- 6, sf 553
2. "Chronology June 16, 1962-September 15, 1962". The Middle East Journal. 16 (4): 503–504. 1962. JSTOR 4323525.
3. Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. Official page of the parliament
5. "Election results and reviews" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

Preceded by 26th government of Turkey (İsmet İnönü)

27th Government of Turkey 25 June 1962 – 25 December 1963

Succeeded by 28th government of Turkey (İsmet İnönü)