37th government of Turkey
The 37th government of Turkey (26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974) was a coalition government of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the National Salvation Party (MSP) in 1974. The prime minister was Bülent Ecevit of the CHP, and the deputy prime minister was Necmettin Erbakan of the MSP.

Bülent Ecevit
The elections
In the elections held on 14 October 1973, the CHP gained 185 seats and MSP gained 48 seats out of a total of 450. The CHP was a social-democratic party and the MSP was an Islamist party. But despite the vast difference in ideology, the two parties formed a coalition.
The government
Aftermath
On September 3, 1974, Ecevit announced that the political perspectives of CHP and MSP could not be reconciled. On September 18, he resigned.[3]
References
- Official page of prime minister Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Official page of the parliament
- Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998 p.248-249
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