Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.[1]

1949
in
Turkey

Centuries:
Decades:
See also:List of years in Turkey

Parliament

edit

Incumbents

edit
Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)

Ruling party and the main opposition

edit

Cabinet

edit
17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)

Events

edit
  • 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

edit

Deaths

edit
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 107–110