Birth of Suleyman Demirel
Birth of Suleyman Demirel
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Suleyman Demirel Biography and Timeline
Follow Suleyman Demirel through 17 dated historical records for Turkey.
Suleyman Demirel, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1924–2007Years on this page
1924
1965
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
Role range: 1965-1971
1975
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
Role range: 1975-1977
1977
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term
Role range: 1977-1978
1979
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 4th term
Role range: 1979-1980
1983
DYP
The military and conservative Governments ban the new party, and the DYP is declared illegal and its members persecuted. The Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP) is a right-wing, conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel as the True Path Party
1987
DYP
The party is legalized and enters Turkish politics for the first time
1991
Government
Forms a coalition Government with the Centre Left Party, SHP
Role range: 1991-1992
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 5th term
Role range: 1991-1992
DYP
In the 1991 general elections, the DYP defeated the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) and the CHP, winning an absolute majority in the Parliament, making Suleyman Demirel Prime Minister once again
Election
The DYP wins a small majority. In the 1991 general elections, the DYP defeated the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) and the CHP, winning an absolute majority in the Parliament, making Suleyman Demirel Prime Minister once again
1993
President of Turkey
Appointed President of Turkey
Role range: 1993-2000
DYP
The DYP wins the election
Election
The DYP wins the election
Resignation of Suleyman Demirel
Replaced as DYP leader by Tansu Ciller
2000
Resignation of Suleyman Demirel
Forced to resign by the military over concerns about terrorism
Role range: 1993-2000
2007
DYP
It is announced that DYP and the Motherland Party (ANAP) would merge to form the Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti)
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.