1971 in Turkey

Events in the year 1971 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Süleyman Demirel (up to 26 March 1971)

Nihat Erim (From 26 March 1971)

20 January – Middle East Technical University closes following student unrest.^[2]
21 March – CHP secretary general Bülent Ecevit resigns from his position because of İsmet İnönü’s support of the new government.
7 April – Nihat Erim forms a government.^[2]
27 April – Martial law declared; student associations banned.^[2]
13 May – Bingöl earthquake
21 May – Constitutional Court closes down National Order Party for anti-secular propaganda.^[2]
6 June – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
20 July – Constitutional Court bans the Labor Party.
19 September – Filiz Vural wins the Miss Europe.
20 September – Parliament amends the constitution.^[2]
6 October–17 October – Mediterranean Games take place in İzmir.^[4]
12 October – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew visits Ankara.^[2]
18 October – Queen Elizabeth II visits Turkey.^[2]
3 December – Vice Prime Minister Atilla Karaosmanoğlu and 10 other government ministers resign, ending the 33rd government.

21 March – Falih Rıfkı Atay (aged 77), former journalist and politician
14 July – Kılıç Ali (Ali Kılıç) (aged 81), former military officer and close friend of Atatürk
11 October – Hikmet Kıvılcımlı, leftist politician and writer

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 218–225
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
^ Mackolik site
^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.