16th Parliament of Turkey

Main parliamentary milestones

• 21 June 1977 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP formed the 40th government of Turkey
• 3 July 1977 – The government couldn’t receive the vote of confidence
• 21 July 1977 – Süleyman Demirel of AP formed the 41st government of Turkey, a coalition of AP, MSP, CGP and MHP so called Second National Front
• 17 November 1977 – Following a crises of 6 months, Cahit Karakaş of CHP was elected as the speaker of the parliament.
• 31 December 1977 – Non confidence vote following interpellation
• 5 January 1978 – Bülent Ecevit formed the 42nd government of Turkey ; a coalition of CHP, CGP, DP and the independents
• 12 November 1979 – Süleyman Demirel formed the 43rd government of Turkey; a minority government with external support
• 7 April 1980 – Fahri Korutürk, the sixth president of Turkey left the office after his 7-year legal term of office. His post was not filled till 12 September. İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil became the acting president
• 12 September 1980 – 1980 Turkish coup d'état