1969 in Turkey
Events in the year 1969 in Turkey.[1]
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Parliament
    
- 13th Parliament of Turkey (up to 12 October)
 - 14th Parliament of Turkey
 
Incumbents
    
    
Ruling party and the main opposition
    
- Ruling party – Justice Party (AP)
 - Main opposition – Republican People’s Party (CHP)
 
Cabinet
    
- 30th government of Turkey (up to 3 November)
 - 31st government of Turkey (from 3 November)
 
Events
    
- 9 February – Alparslan Türkeş ̧ elected chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party.[2]
 - 15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
 - 28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
 - 8 April – Widespread student demonstrations
 - 12 April – Atatürk Cultural Center opens.
 - 3 May – Demonstrations at the funeral of Court of Cassation.[2]
 - 25 May – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.[3]
 - 31 May – Istanbul University closes following civil unrest.[2]
 - 11 August – Bülent Ecevit says that the soil belongs to people who cultivate it and water to people who use it.
 - 12 October – 1969 Turkish general election results in AP 260 seats, CHP 144 seats, GP 14 seats, MP 6 seats, BP 7 seats, YTP 3 seats, TİP 2 seats, MHP 1 seat and Independents 11 seats
 - 18 December – The battleship TCG Yavuz sold for scrapping.
 
Births
    
- 12 March – Beyazıt Öztürk, television personality
 - 29 April – İzel Çeliköz, singer
 - 29 May – Acun Ilıcalı, television personality
 - 7 July – Metin Feyzioğlu, academician, lawyer
 - 9 December – Ayşe Arman, journalist
 
Deaths
    
- 5 April – Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk (aged 91), politician
 - 21 May – Kamil Ocak (aged 55), politician
 - 24 October – Behçet Kemal Çağlar (aged 61), poet
 - 3 November – Zeki Rıza Sporel (aged 81), footballer
 
Gallery
    
Süleyman Demirel
İsmet İnönü
Bülent Ecevit
Beyazıt öztürk
İzel Çeliköz
Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk
See also
    
    
References
    
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 207–213
 - Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
 - Mackolik page
 
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