50th government of Turkey

The 50th government of Turkey (25 June 1993 – 5 October 1995) was a coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP).

Tansu Çiller

Background

The prime minister of the 49th government of Turkey was Süleyman Demirel of DYP. When Süleyman Demirel was elected as the president of Turkey, DYP elected Tansu Çiller as its new leader, and Tansu Çiller formed the 50th government of Turkey. She became the first (and so far, the only) female prime minister of Turkey. On the other hand, the deputy prime minister Erdal İnönü of SHP resigned from the leadership of his party and left his seat to Murat Karayalçın. In 1995, SHP and Republican People's Party (CHP) (which was previously issued from SHP) merged under the existing name of CHP, and Hikmet Çetin was elected as the temporary chairman of the party. Although the 50th government was basically the same government as the 49th, the change in leaders caused many later changes in the ministers, as is shown in the table below.

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	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller	DYP
Deputy Prime Minister	Erdal İnönü Murat Karayalçın Hikmet Çetin	SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 12 September 1993 12 September 1993 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
Minister of State
	Necmettin Cevheri	DYP
	Yıldırım Aktuna	DYP
	Mehmet Gölhan Mehmet Gazioğlu Ali Şevki Erek	DYP	25 June 1993 – 24 October 1993 24 October 1993 – 28 November 1993 28 November 1993 – 30 May 1995
	Bekir Sami Daçe	DYP
	Güneş Müftüoğlu Nurhan Tekinel Ayvaz Gökdemir	DYP	25 June 1993 – 28 November 1993 28 November 1993 – 14 August 1994 14 August 1994 – 5 October 1995
	Nafiz Kurt	DYP
	Cemil Erhan Aykon Doğan	DYP	25 June 1993 – 7 February 1994 7 February 1994 – 5 October 1995
	Mustafa Çiloğlu Abdülbaki Ataç	DYP	25 June 1993 – 28 November 1993 28 November 1993 – 5 October 1995
	Ahmet Şanal Mehmet Ali Yılmaz Esat Kıratlıoğlu	DYP	25 June 1993 – 28 November 1993 28 November 1993 – 15 July 1994 14 August 1994 – 5 October 1995
	Şükrü Erdem	DYP
	Bahattin Alagöz	SHP	27 December 1994 – 27 October 1995
	İbrahim Tez Fikri Sağlar Mehmet Gülcegün Onur Kumbaracıbaşı	SHP SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 2 October 1994 5 October 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
	Türkan Akyol Önay Alpago Aysel Baykal	SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
	Mehmet Kahraman Azimet Köylüoğlu Algan Hacaloğlu	SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 25 June 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
	Erman Şahin Salih Sümer Ziya Halis	SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 18 June 1995
Minister of Justice	Seyfi Oktay Mehmet Moğultay	SHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 5 October 1995
Minister of National Defense	Nevzat Ayaz Mehmet Gölhan	DYP	25 June 1993 – 24 October 1993 24 October 1993 – 5 October 1995
Minister of the Interior	Mehmet Gazioğlu Nahit Menteşe	DYP	25 June 1993 – 24 October 1993 24 October 1993 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Hikmet Çetin Mümtaz Soysal Murat Karayalçın Erdal İnönü	SHP SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 28 November 1994 12 December 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
Minister of Finance and Customs	İsmet Atilla	DYP
Ministry of National Education	Nahit Menteşe Nevzat Ayaz	DYP	25 June 1993 – 24 October 1993 24 October 1993 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Public Works and Settlement	Onur Kumbaracıbaşı Mustafa Yılmaz Halil Çulhaoğlu Erman Şahin Halil Çulhaoğlu	SHP SHP SHP CHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 23 September 1994 5 October 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 15 July 1995 15 July 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Rifat Serdaroğlu Kazım Dinç Doğan Baran	DYP	25 June 1993 – 28 November 1993 28 November 1993 – 14 August 1994 14 August 1994 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Transport	Mehmet Köstepen Ali Şevki Erek	DYP	25 June 1993 – 12 April 1995 29 May 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Mehmet Moğultay Nihat Matkap Aydın Güven Gürkan Ziya Halis	SHP SHP CHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 4 June 1995 18 June 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Tahir Köse Mehmet Dönen Hasan Akyol	SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Culture	Fikri Sağlar Timuçin Savaş Ercan Karakaş İsmail Cem	SHP SHP CHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 24 June 1995 7 July 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Tourism	Abdülkadir Ateş Halil Çulhaoğlu Şahin Ulusoy İrfan Gürpınar	SHP SHP SHP CHP	25 June 1993 – 27 July 1994 27 July 1994 – 5 October 1994 5 October 1994 – 27 March 1995 27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Veysel Atasoy	DYP
Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs	Rifaeddin Şahin	DYP
Ministry of Forest	Hasan Ekinci	DYP
Ministry of Environment	Rıza Akçalı	DYP

Aftermath

In the first congress of CHP following the fusion on 9 September 1995, Deniz Baykal became the new leader of the party. After talks with Tansu Çiller, he decided to withdraw from the coalition.