18th government of Turkey

Hasan Saka of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who was the previous prime minister, resigned on 14 September 1949.

President İsmet İnönü, upon the suggestion of Hilmi Uran, the secretary general of his party, assigned Şemsettin Günaltay as the new prime minister.

A scholar of religion as the prime minister of a party which was known to be the champion of secularism was quite unexpected.

Günaltay resigned after his party lost the general elections held on 14 May 1950.

The next government was founded by Adnan Menderes of the Democrat Party.