ANKARA (A.A) - 11.07.2002 - Number of deputies who resigned from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) has increased to 41 as of 06.00 p.m. on Thursday.
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem resigned from his post and the DSP.
Also, Tarik Cengiz, Hasan Fehmi Konyali, Ahmet Zamantili, Parliamentary Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Chairman Mahmut Erdir and Bekir Gundogan are the deputies who resigned from the DSP today.
A total of 15 people resigned from the DSP on July 8, 17 people on July 9, 3 people on July 10 and 6 people on July 11.
Following the resignations, number of DSP deputies decreased from 128 to 87. Number of members of coalition partners decreased to 293. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has 127 deputies, and the Motherland Party has 79 deputies.
Those who have officially resigned from the DSP as of 06.00 p.m. on Thursday are as follows: 



    July 8, 2002:    


    1- State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister


       Husamettin Ozkan


    2- Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Iliksoy 


    3- Tamer Kanber


    4- Cihan Yazar 


    5- Bahri Sipahi 


    6- Perihan Yilmaz 


    7- Tunay Dikmen 


    8- Hakan Tartan 


    9- Hasan Ozgobek 


   10- Halit Dikmen 


   11- Gonul Saray Alphan 


   12- Tahsin Boray Baycik 


   13- Ibrahim Yavuz Bildik 


   14- Abdulsamet Turgut 


   15- Ali Günay


July 9, 2002:    


   16- Bulent Ersin Gok 


   17- Akif Serin 


   18- Eyup Doganlar 


   19- Mustafa Kemal Tugmaner 


   20- Culture Minister Istemihan Talay 


   21- State Minister Recep Onal 


   22- Turhan Imamoglu


   23- Gaffar Yakin 


   24- Faruk Demir 


   25- Zeki Eker 


   26- Fikret Uzunhasan


   27- Senel Kapici 


   28- Fahrettin Gulener 


   29- Parliamentary Plan and Budget Commission


       Chairman Metin Sahin 


   30- National Education Minister


       Metin Bostancioglu


   31- Hadi Dilekci


   32- State Minister Mustafa Yilmaz


July 10, 2002:


   33- State Minister Hasan Gemici


   34- Evliya Parlak


   35- Cahit Savas Yazici


July 11, 2002:    


   36- Tarik Cengiz 


   37- Foreign Minister Ismail Cem


   38- Hasan Fehmi Konyali


   39- Ahmet Zamantili


   40- Parliamentary Agriculture,


       Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission


       Chairman Mahmut Erdir


   41- Bekir Gundogan

Number of independent deputies increased from 13 to 54.
Distributions of seats at the parliament after elections on April 18, 1999, before resignations from the DSP and after resignations from the DSP are as follows: 
        


                After the       Before          After


                elections    resignations   resignations 


    Parties     on April 18  from the DSP   from the DSP


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    DSP         136             128               87


    MHP         129             127              127


    ANAP         86              79               79


    DYP          85              85               85


    AK Party      0              53               53


    SP            0              48               48


    TDP           0               3                3


    BBP           0               1                1


    FP          111           (banned)             0


    Independent   3              13               54 


    Vacant        0              13               13


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    TOTAL       550             550              550