Birth of Suleyman Demirel1924
Birth of Suleyman Demirel
Historical person
Suleyman Demirel Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Suleyman Demirel, based on 17 World History Database records associated with Turkey.
17 records1924–20077 events0 places
Chronological biography
1924
1965
Prime Minister of Turkey27 October 1965
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
1975
Prime Minister of Turkey31 March 1975
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
1977
Prime Minister of Turkey11 June 1977
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term
1979
Prime Minister of Turkey12 November 1979
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 4th term
1983
DYP1983
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
DYP1987
The party is legalized and enters Turkish politics for the first time
1991
DYP1991
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
Election1991
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
Government1991
Forms a coalition Government with the Centre Left Party, SHP
Prime Minister of Turkey1991
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 5th term
1993
DYP1993
The DYP wins the election
Election1993
The DYP wins the election
Resignation of Suleyman Demirel1993
Replaced as DYP leader by Tansu Ciller
President of Turkey16 May 1993
Appointed President of Turkey
2000
Resignation of Suleyman Demirel2000
Forced to resign by the military over concerns about terrorism
2007
DYP5 May 2007
It is announced that DYP and the Motherland Party (ANAP) would merge to form the Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti)
Titles and roles
Party Leader of DYP · President of Turkey · Prime Minister of Turkey
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.