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| 1965, Oct |
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| Victory of Justice Party in national elections. Capturing a solid majority of the vote, the Justice government was able to rule single-handedly with Süleyman Demirel as prime minister. Elections in Oct. 1969 returned the party to power. Unlike the RPP, the Justice Party had little use for central economic planning. Demirel's government encouraged foreign investment, which was funneled into an aggressive industrialization policy aimed at private firms. In political affairs, too, the Justice Party tended to favor a more open system than the one that the RPP had historically maintained. | 1 |
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| 1970 |
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| Outbreak of armed revolt in the Kurdish areas of eastern Anatolia. | 2 |
| Founding of the National Order Party, which was banned the following year and later reemerged as the National Salvation Party. Organized by Necmettin Erbakan, the party adhered to a conservative religious program and opposed the unchecked secularization of Turkish society. Its popularity among conservative voters split the constituencies of the major parties, particularly the Justice Party, and helped lead to a succession of weak governments (1973–80). | 3 |
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| Feb |
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| A permanent split in the ruling Justice Party left Prime Minister Demirel in command of a minority government. Demirel was further hampered by a rising wave of civil unrest fed by political violence from the extreme Left and Right. | 4 |
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