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| 1996, June 28 |
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| The Turkish Islamic Welfare Party, led by Necmettin Erbakan, formed a coalition government with a secular party, making Erbakan the new premier. | 1 |
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| 1997, Feb. 15 |
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| More than 8,000 people, most of them women, protested in Ankara against governmental actions to enforce Islamic law. On April 26 Premier Erbakan agreed to retain secularism in Turkey. | 2 |
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| June 18 |
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| Erbakan resigned as premier under pressure from the military. On June 30 the president appointed Mesut Yilmaz the new premier and approved a secular government. | 3 |
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