The 18th term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey lasted from 29 November 1987 to 20 October 1991. There were 450 MPs in the parliament. Motherland Party (ANAP) held the majority. Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP) and

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(DYP) were the other parties.

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:''Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı''; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul *22 December 1987 –

Turgut Özal Halil Turgut Özal (13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the eighth president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th prime minister of Turkey from 1983 ...

of ANAP formed the

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*10 May 1988 – Civil Code amended; divorcing became easier. * 25 September 1988 – Referendum on snap election. The governmental proposal was rejected. *31 October 1989 – Turgut Özal was elected as the 8th

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. *9 November 1989 –

Yıldırım Akbulut Yıldırım Akbulut (; 2 September 1935 – 14 April 2021) was a Turkish politician, who was a leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), the Prime Minister of Turkey, and twice the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. A lawyer by pr ...

of ANAP formed the 47th government of Turkey. *7 June 1990 – A group of MPs from SHP resigned from the party and formed

People's Labor Party The People's Labour Party (, HEP), sometimes translated as the People's Work Party, was a pro- Kurdish political party in Turkey. History It was founded on 7 June 1990 by seven members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly expelled from the ...

(HEP). *23 June 1991 –

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...

of ANAP formed the 48th government of Turkey. * 20 October 1991 –

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held.

List of members

References

{{Parliamentary terms of Turkey 1987 establishments in Turkey 1991 disestablishments in Turkey Terms of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 18th parliament of Turkey Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) Democrat Party (Turkey, current) Motherland Party (Turkey) Political history of Turkey