5th government of Turkey


The 5th government of Turkey was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called the fourth İnönü government

Background

The government was formed after Kemal Atatürk was elected as the president of Turkey for the second time. The prime minister was İsmet İnönü of the Republican People's Party, who was also the prime minister of the previous government.

The government

In the list below, the cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".
TitleNameNotes
Prime Ministerİsmet İnönü
Ministry of JusticeMahmut Esat Bozkurt
Ministry of National Defense and NavyAbdülhalik Renda
Ministry of the InteriorŞükrü Kaya
Ministry of Foreign AffairsTevfik Rüştü Aras
Ministry of FinanceŞükrü Saracoğlu
Ministry of National EducationMustafa Necati Uğural
Vasıf Çınar
Hüsnü Taray
1 November 19271 January 1929
2 March 1929 – 13 April 1929
13 April 1929 – 22 September 1930
Ministry of Public WorksBehiç Erkin
Recep Peker
1 November 1927 – 15 October 1928
15 October 1928 – 27 September 1930
Ministry of Health and Social SecurityRefik Saydam
Ministry of EconomyRahmi Köken
Şakir Kesebir
21 January 1928 – 29 May 1929
29 May 1929 – 27 September 1930
Ministry of Commerce
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Village Affairs
Rahmi Köken1 November 1927 – 21 January 1928

In 1927–1930, surnames were not yet in use in Turkey, which would remain true until the Surname Law. The surnames given in the list are the surnames the members of the cabinet assumed later.

Aftermath

On 12 August, President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk asked Fethi Okyar, a former prime minister, to form an opposition party, the Liberal Republican Party, in order to try to jump-start multi-party democracy in Turkey for the second time. Due to the Great Depression, the government was losing support to the new party, and İnönü tried to regain strength by forming a new government.