The 33rd government of Turkey (26 March 1971 – 11 December 1971) was a government in the

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. It is also called the First Erim government.

Background

After the

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of the army on 12 March 1971, prime minister

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of the Justice Party (AP) resigned, and a new government was founded by

Nihat Erim İsmail Nihat Erim (30 November 1912 – 19 July 1980) was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th prime minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assassinated by the Revolutionary ...

, who had recently resigned from the

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(CHP). However, his appointment caused unrest in CHP and

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resigned from his post as the general secretary of his party to protest the appointment. Nevertheless,

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, the leader of the party, supported Nihat Erim and Erim formed a semi-technocratic government with the support of CHP, AP, and the National Reliance Party (MGP). The cabinet was endorsed by the President

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on 26 March 1971 and was given a vote of confidence in the

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by 321 in favor and 46 against on 7 April.

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".

Aftermath

Some of the technocrats in the cabinet (like Atilla Karaosmanoğlu) resigned, and Nihat Erim decided to form a new government.

Trivia

Türkan Akyol, the Minister of Health, was the very first Turkish female cabinet minister in the history of Turkey.

References

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