5th cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey

The 5th cabinet of executive ministers of Turkey (14 August 1923- 27 October 1923 ) was the fifth government formed by the nationalists after the Turkish War of Independence. The Republic was not yet proclaimed and the government was called İcra vekilleri heyeti ("cabinet of executive ministers")

Fethi Okyar

Background edit

The chairman of the cabinet (equivalent to prime minister) was Fethi Bey (later named Okyar). Both Fethi Bey and the other members of the cabinet were elected by the parliament one by one. This cabinet was basically the same as the previous cabinet (4th cabinet of the Executive Ministers in Turkey) except for the fact that the previous chairman Rauf (Orbay) who was displeased with the treaty of Lausanne had resigned[1] and also a new ministry, that of Settlement and Population Exchange which was authorized for the exchange of Turkish and Greek population was included in the cabinet list.

The government edit

In the list below, the name in parathesis is the surname the cabinet members assumed later.(see Surname Law of 1934)

Title[2] Name Dates
Chairman
Minister of Interior
Fethi (Okyar)
Ministry of Sharia and the Foundations Mustafa Kazım (Onar)
Mustafa Fevzi (Sarhan)
14 August 1923 - 24 September 1923
24 September 1923 - 27 October 1923
Minister of Justice Mehmet Seyit
Minister of General Staff Fevzi (Çakmak)
Minister of Defense Kazım (Özalp)
Minister of Foreign Affairs İsmet (İnönü)
Minister of Economy Mahmut Esat (Bozkurt)
Hasan (Saka)
14 August 1923 - 24 September 1923
24 September 1923 - 27 October 1923
Minister of Education İsmail Sefa (Özler)
Minister of Finance Hasan Fehmi (Ataç)
Minister of Public Works Fevzi (Pirinççioğlu)
Minister of Health and Social Solidarity Rıza Nur
Minister of Settlement and Population Exchange Mustafa Necati

This cabinet was the last cabinet of the pre-Republic Turkey. Turkish Republic was proclaimed on 29 October 1923.

References edit

  1. ^ İsmet İnönü: Hatıralar, Cilt 2, Bilgi yayınevi, İstanbul, 1987, p. 151-2
  2. ^ "Prime minister's page". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
Preceded by 5th cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey
(Fethi Bey)

14 August 1923 -27 September 1923
Succeeded by