53rd government of Turkey

The 53rd government of Turkey (6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996), known as "ANAYOL" or "Second Mesut Yılmaz government," was a coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Motherland Party (ANAP). It was the first rotation government to be formed outside of Israel.

Background

In the elections held on 24 December 1995, five parties entered the parliament with no party holding the majority. The coalition talks continued for more than two months, and finally, two parties, Motherland Party (ANAP) and True Path Party (DYP), agreed to form the coalition. Although their total number of seats in the parliament (268 out of 550) was still less than 50%, Democratic Left Party (DSP) promised to support the government during the voting of confidence without participating in the government. According to the agreement, the DYP would receive more seats in the cabinet, and the premiership would be rotated between the parties on a yearly basis: ANAP would hold it in 1996 and 1999, while the DYP would do so in 1997, 1998 and 2000.^[1]

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^[2]^[3]	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Mesut Yılmaz	ANAP
Deputy Prime Minister	Nahit Menteşe	DYP
Minister of State
	Rüştü Saracoğlu	ANAP
	Ayfer Yılmaz	DYP
	Abdülkadir Aksu	ANAP
	Ufuk Söylemez	DYP
	Eyüp Aşık	ANAP
	Yaman Törüner	DYP
	İmren Aykut	ANAP
	Ayvaz Gökdemir	DYP	6 March 1995 – 25 May 1996
	Cemil Çiçek	ANAP
	Yaşar Dedelek	DYP
	Ali Talip Özdemir	ANAP
	Ünal Erkan	DYP	6 March 1996 – 25 May 1996
	Ersin Taranoğlu	ANAP
	Mehmet Halit Dağlı	DYP
Ministry of Justice	Mehmet Ağar	DYP
Ministry of National Defense	Oltan Sungurlu	ANAP
Ministry of the Interior	Ülkü Güney	ANAP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Emre Gönensay	DYP
Ministry of Finance	Lütfullah Kayalar	ANAP
Ministry of National Education	Turhan Tayan	DYP
Ministry of Public Works and Settlement	Mehmet Keçeciler	ANAP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Yıldırım Aktuna	DYP
Ministry of Transport	Ömer Barutçu	DYP
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Emin Kul	ANAP
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Yalım Erez	DYP
Ministry of Culture	Agah Oktay Güner	ANAP
Ministry of Tourism	Işılay Saygın	DYP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Hüsnü Doğan	ANAP
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs	İsmet Atilla	DYP
Ministry of Forestry	Nevzat Ercan	DYP
Ministry of Environment	Mustafa Taşar	ANAP

Aftermath

Both coalition parties had a similar ideology but were rivals of one another. Thus, from the first day, the coalition was faced with difficulties. On 24 May 1996, True Path Party (DYP) decided to withdraw from the government and formed another coalition with the Welfare Party (RP) on 28 June.

References

^ "İşte Koalisyon Protokolü" – Milliyet Gazetesi, 4 March 1996, Page 17.
^ Official page of prime minister Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ Official page of the parliament

Preceded by 52nd government of Turkey (Tansu Çiller)	53rd Government of Turkey 6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996	Succeeded by 54th government of Turkey (Necmettin Erbakan)