30th government of Turkey

The 30th government of Turkey (27 October 1965 – 3 November 1969) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the first Demirel government.

Süleyman Demirel, 1962

Background

Justice Party (AP) won the elections held on 10 October 1965 by a landslide. Süleyman Demirel, the leader of AP, founded 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". As according to the Turkish constitution of 1961, some members of the government were replaced by independent members before the elections. The members of the cabinet were as follows:^[1]

Title[2][3]	Name	Party	Notes
Prime Minister	Süleyman Demirel	AP
Minister of State
	Cihat Bilgehan Hüsamettin Atabeyli	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
	Refet Sezgin	AP
	Kamil Ocak	AP
	Fuat Alişan Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
	Seyfi Öztürk	AP
Ministry of Justice	Hasan Dinçer Hidayet Aydıner	AP Indep	27 October 1965 – 1 August 1969 1 August 1969 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of National Defense	Ahmet Topaloğlu	AP
Ministry of the Interior	Faruk Sükan Ragıp Üner	AP Indep	27 October 1965 – 1 August 1969 1 August 1969 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	AP
Ministry of Finance	İhsan Gürsan Cihat Bilgehan	AP	27 October 1965 – 2 November 1966 14 November 1966 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of National Education	Orhan Dengiz İlhami Ertem	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Public Works	Etem Erdinç Orhan Alp	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Construction and Settlement	Haldun Menteşoğlu	AP
Ministry of Health and Social Security	Sadi Somuncuoğlu Vedat Ali Özkan	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Agriculture	Bahri Dağdaş Ali Mesut Erez	AP	27 October 1965 – 12 August 1969 12 August 1969 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Village Affairs	Sabit Osman AVCI Turgut Toker Selahattin Kılıç	AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 16 December 1968 16 December 1968 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Forestry	Sabit Osman Avcı	AP	11 August 1969 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Transport	Seyfi Öztürk Sadettin Bilgiç Mehmet İzmen	AP AP Indep	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 1 August 1969 1 August 1969 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Ali Naili Erdem Hayrettin Toker	AP	27 October 1965 – 6 December 1968 16 December 1968 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Commerce	Macit Zeren Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu Ahmet Türkel	AP	27 October 1965 – 2 November 1966 2 November 1966 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969
Ministry of Industry	Mehmet Turgut	AP
Ministry of Customs and Monopolies	İbrahim Tekin Nahit Menteşe	AP	27 October 1965 – 10 December 1968 10 December 1968 – 3 November 1969
Ministry Tourism	Nihat Kürşat	AP
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	İbrahim Deriner Rafet Sezgin	Indep AP	27 October 1965 – 3 April 1967 3 April 1967 – 3 November 1969

Aftermath

The government ended because of the elections held on 12 October 1969. AP won the elections, and Süleyman Demirel founded the next government as well.