11th Parliament of Turkey

The 11th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 27 October 1957 to 27 May 1960.^[1] There were 610 MPs in the parliament. While The Democrat Party (DP) won a vast majority, the opposition was represented by the Republican People's Party (CHP) with 173 seats, the Republican Nation Party (CMP) and Liberty Party (HP) each with 4 seats and 2 Independents.^[2]

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:^[3]

1 November 1957– Celal Bayar was elected as the President of Turkey for the third time
25 November 1957 - Adnan Menderes of DP formed the 23rd government of Turkey
17 October 1958 - CMP merged with another party to form Republican Villagers Nation Party
24 November 1958 – HP dissolved itself (Partially merged to CHP)
17 February 1959 –Adnan Menderes survived 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash. This event briefly introduced détente in domestic policy
4 March 1959 – Parliament majority ratified London and Zurich Agreements. But CHP opposed it
7 November 1959 – Osman Bölükbaşı the leader of CMP was jailed
15 April 1960 - Committee of Inquest a superpower committee composed of DP MPs was formed
27 May 1960 - 1960 Turkish coup d'état

References

^ Parliament page Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Election page
^ Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul

Preceded by 10th Parliament of Turkey	11th Parliament of Turkey Refik Koraltan 1 November 1957-27 May 1960	Succeeded by Constituent Assembly of Turkey^{[Note 1]}

^ Including MBK period

[1] Parliament page Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Election page

[3] Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul

[4] Including MBK period

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