40th government of Turkey

It was a minority government of Republican People's Party (CHP) led by Bülent Ecevit.

In the elections held on 5 June 1977, CHP received 41% (highest percentage CHP ever reached after 1950) of the vote and became the first party.

[1] However, in the parliament, CHP gained only 213 seats out of 450.

Other parties were reluctant to form a coalition with CHP.

However, Ecevit, confident of his prestige, tried a minority government.