55th government of Turkey

The 55th government of Turkey (30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999) was a coalition government led by Mesut Yılmaz of Motherland Party (ANAP). Coalition partners with Motherland Party were Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP). The government was nicknamed Anasol-D, where "Ana" refers to ANAP, sol (left) refers to DSP, and D refers to DTP.

Background

After the collapse of the 54th government, 55th government was formed by ANAP and DSP, which were the opposition parties during the 54th government. DTP, which was founded by a group of MPs exiting DYP, also joined the coalition. Although they still could not form a majority, Republican People's Party (CHP) promised to support the coalition without participating 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[1][2]	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Mesut Yılmaz	ANAP
Deputy Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit	DSP
Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of National Defense	İsmet Sezgin	DTP
Minister of State
	Güneş Taner	ANAP	30 June 1997 – 25 November 1998
	Hüsamettin Özkan	DSP
	Yücel Seçkiner	ANAP
	Işılay Saygın	ANAP
	Hikmet Sami Türk	DSP
	Salih Yıldırım	ANAP
	Rifat Serdaroğlu	DTP
	Metin Gürdere	ANAP
	Şükrü Sina Gürel	DSP
	Ahat Andica	ANAP
	Işın Çelebi	ANAP
	Mustafa Yılmaz	DSP
	Rifaeddin Şahin	DTP	30 June 1997 – 21 September 1998
	Burhan Kara	ANAP
	Cavit Kavak	ANAP
	Eyüp Aşık Yıldırım Aktuna	ANAP	30 June 1997 – 1 October 1998 5 October 1998 – 11 January 1999
	Kazım Rüştü Yücelen	ANAP
	Hasan Gemici	DSP
	Mehmet Batalı	DTP
Ministry of Justice	Oltan Sungurlu Hasan Denizkırdu	ANAP Indep	30 June 1997 – 4 August 1998 4 August 1998 – 11 January 1999
Ministry of the Interior	Murat Başeskioğlu Kutlu Aktaş	ANAP Indep	30 June 1997 – 4 August 1998 4 August 1998 – 11 January 1999
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	İsmail Cem	DSP
Ministry of Finance	Zekeriya Temizel	DSP
Ministry of National Education	Hikmet Uluğbay	DSP
Ministry of Public Works	Yaşar Topçu	ANAP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Halil İbrahim Özsoy	ANAP
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs	Mustafa Taşar	ANAP
Ministry of Transport	Necdet Menzir Ahmet Denizolgun	DTP Indep	30 June 1997 – 4 August 1998 4 August 1998 – 11 January 1999
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Nami Çağan	DSP
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Yalım Erez	Indep
Ministry Tourism	İbrahim Gürdal	ANAP
Ministry Culture	İstemihan Talay	DSP
Ministry of Environment	İmren Aykut	ANAP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Cumhur Ersümer	ANAP
Ministry of Forestry	Ersin Taranoğlu	ANAP

Aftermath

The cabinet collapsed on 11 January 1999, as a result of the Türkbank scandal in 1998, which involved relationships between the government, the private sector and organized crime. CHP decided to end its support after the scandal.[3]

References

1. Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. Official page of the parliament
3. ""Resmen" hortumlanan banka". Aksiyon (in Turkish). 22 December 2001. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.