12th Parliament of Turkey

But the members of the chamber of deputies in 1960–61 term were appointed members rather than elected members and usually chamber of deputies is not included in the list of the parliaments in Turkey.

According to the new constitution, there were two houses in the parliament.

There were 450 MPs in the lower house; Republican People's Party (CHP) with 173 MPs, Justice Party (AP) with 158 MPs, New Turkey Party (YTP) with 65 MPs and Republican Villagers Nation Party with 54 MPs.

Since no party was able to win the majority of seats, this term witnessed four coalition governments.

[2] Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:[3] ________________________________________________________