56th government of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

The 56th government of Turkey (11 January 1999 – 28 May 1999) was a minority government led by Bülent Ecevit of Democratic Left Party (DSP).

Background

The election results of 1995 necessitated a series of coalition governments, all of which were unstable. Finally, Bülent Ecevit, the leader of DSP, was asked to form a minority government to serve as a caretaker government until new elections. Although DSP was the fourth party measured by seats, the others promised to support his government without formally participating in it.

The government

Title	Name	Party	Note
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit	DSP
Deputy Prime Minister
	Hikmet Uluğbay	DSP
	Hüsamettin Özkan	DSP
Minister of State
	Şükrü Sina Gürel	DSP
	Hasan Gemici	DSP
	Mustafa Yılmaz	DSP
	Fikret Ünlü	DSP
	Aydın Tümen	DSP
Ministry of Justice	Selçuk Özbek	Indep
Ministry of National Defense	Cahit Bayar	Indep
Ministry of the Interior	Hikmet Sami Türk	DSP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	İsmail Cem	DSP
Ministry of Finance	Zekeriya Temizel Nami Çağan	DSP	11 January 1999 – 24 February 1999 24 February 1999 – 28 May 1999
Ministry of National Education	Metin Bostancıoğlu	DSP
Ministry of Public Works	Ali Ilıksoy	DSP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Mustafa Güven Karahan	DSP
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs	Mahmut Erdir	DSP
Ministry of Transport	Hasan Basri Aktan	Indep
Ministry of Labour	Nami Çağan Hakan Tartan	DSP	11 January 1999 – 24 February 1999 24 February 1999 – 28 May 1999
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Metin Şahin	DSP
Ministry Tourism	Ahmet Tan	DSP
Ministry Culture	İstemihan Talay	DSP
Ministry of Environment	Fevzi Aytekin	DSP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Ziya Aktaş	DSP
Ministry of Forestry	Arif Sezer	DSP

Aftermath

The government ended because of the elections held on 18 April 1999.