42nd government of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

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 of vote of no confidence in the interpellation voting. The president asked Bülent Ecevit, the leader of CHP, to form a government. In addition to independents, two one-MP parties, namely Republican Reliance Party (CGP) and Democratic Party (DP), also supported him, and all supporters were given a seat 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".

Title	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit	CHP
Deputy Prime Minister	Orhan Eyüboğlu	CHP
	Turhan Feyzioğlu	CGP	5 January 1978 – 18 September 1978
	Hikmet Çetin	CHP	3 October 1978 – 12 November 1979
	Faruk Sükan	DP	5 January 1978 – 20 September 1979
Minister of State	Hikmet Çetin	CHP	5 January 1978 – 3 October 1978
	Enver Akova	Indep	5 January 1978 – 31 May 1979
	Hasan Korkut	Indep	2 June 1979 – 12 November 1979
	Lütfi Doğan	CHP
	Salih YILDIZ	CGP	5 January 1978 – 21 June 1979
	Ali Rıza SEPTİOĞLU	Indep	5 January 1978 – 18 June 1979
	Mustafa KILIÇ	Indep
	Ahmet Şener	CHP	5 January 1978 – 23 October 1979 8 November 1979 -12.11.1979
Ministry of Justice	Mehmet Can	CHP
Ministry of National Defense	Hasan Esat Işık Neşet Akmandor	CHP	5 January 1978 – 16 January 1979 16 January 1979 – 12 November 1979
Ministry of the Interior	İrfan Özaydınlı Hasan Fehmi Güneş Vecdi İlhan	CHP	5 January 1978 – 2 January 1979 16 January 1979 – 5 October 1979 8 October 1979 – 12 November 1979
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Gündüz Ökçün	CHP
Ministry of Finance	Ziya Müezzinoğlu	CHP
Ministry of National Education	Necdet Uğur	CHP
Ministry of Public Works	Şerafettin Elçi	CHP
Minister of Treasury	Teoman Köprülüler	CHP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Mete Tan	Indep
Ministry of Customs and Monopolies	Tuncay Mataracı	Indep
Ministry of Food Agriculture and Husbandry	Mehmet Yüceler	CHP	5 January 1978 – 15 October 1979 30 October 1979 – 12 November 1979
Ministry of Transport	Güneş Öngüt	CHP
Ministry of Labour	Bahir Ersoy	CHP
Ministry of Social Security	Hilmi İşgüzar Salih Yıldız	Indep CGP	5 January 1978 – 7 June 1979 21 June 1979 – 12 November 1979
Ministry of Industry	Orhan Alp	Indep
Ministry of Enterprises	Kenan Bulutoğlu	CHP
Ministry of Culture	Ahmet Taner Kışlalı	CHP
Ministry Local Governments	Mahmut Özdemir	CHP
Ministry of Construction and Settlement	Ahmet Karaslan Mehmet Yüzele	Indep CHP	5 January 1978 – 2 October 1979 15 October 1979 – 30 October 1979
Ministry of Village Affairs and Cooperatives	Ali Topuz	CHP
Ministry of Forestry	Vecdi İlhan Ahmet Şener	CHP	5 January 1978 – 8 October 1979 23 October 1979 – 8 November 1979
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Yüksel Çakmur	CHP
Ministry of Tourism	Alev Coşkun	CHP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Deniz Baykal	CHP

Aftermath

Senate elections and by-elections held on 14 October 1979 showed that CHP had lost ground to the opposition. Although the government still had the vote of confidence in the parliament, Ecevit resigned, but the government continued until the formation of the 43rd government.