21st government of Turkey

The Democrat Party (DP) won the elections held on 2 May 1954.

President Celal Bayar appointed Adnan Menderes to form the new government.

In the list below, the cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".

The cabinet was consisted of the following:[1] Although the government had the support of the majority in the parliament, Adnan Menderes resigned because of a political crisis about press freedom, called the "right to prove" (Turkish: İspat hakkı).

Following this resignation, a group of MPs left the DP to form the Liberty Party.