1949 in Turkey
Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.[1]
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Parliament
Incumbents
- Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
- Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet
- 17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
- 18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)
Events
- 14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns.
- 24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
- 1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children.
- 24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel.
- 9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead.
- 8 August: Turkey admitted to Council of Europe.
- 17 August: 1949 Karlıova earthquake
- 15 October: By elections
- 16 November: Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)
Births
- 1 January – Vehbi Akdağ, wrestler (d. 2020)
- 10 January – Kemal Derviş, economist and politician
- 20 February – Adnan Kahveci, politician
- 25 February – Esmeray Diriker, singer
- 25 February – Sevil Atasoy, biochemist, forensic expert
- 21 March – Muammer Güler, politician
- 29 March – Kayahan Açar, singer
- 15 April – Kadir İnanır, actor
- 14 November – Güneş Taner, politician
- 13 December – Tarik Akan, actor
- 25 December – Mustafa Cengiz, businessman (died 2021)
Deaths
- 21 February – Ali Çetinkaya (born 1878), politician
- 31 December – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (born 1869), philosopher and politician
Gallery
İsmet İnönü
Hasan Saka
Şemsettin Günaltay
Celal Bayar
Kemal Derviş
Kadir İnanır
Ali Çetinkaya
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 107–110
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