Initially, Necmettin Erbakan of Welfare Party was the prime minister and Tansu Çiller of True Path Party was the deputy prime minister.
However, the DYP was the third-largest in the parliament, and when Erbakan stepped down to begin the rotation, President Süleyman Demirel asked Mesut Yılmaz, leader of the Motherland Party which was the second-largest, to form the new government instead.
[1][2] In the list below, the serving period of cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in the column "Notes".
Necmettin Erbakan resigned as prime minister, hoping his coalition partner Tansu Çiller would be the next prime minister and a similar government would be formed.
However, president Süleyman Demirel appointed Mesut Yılmaz of Motherland Party as the new prime minister[5] (see Prime ministership of Necmettin Erbakan).