1969 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1969 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Cabinet

Events
  • 15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
  • 28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
  • 8 April (and the following days) – Widespread student demonstrations
  • 12 April The biggest opera house in Turkey, Atatürk Cultural Center in İstanbul, was opened
  • 3 May – Demonstrations after the burial service of İmran Öktem, the former chief of the Court of Cassation.
  • 25 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
  • 11 August – Bülent Ecevit, the secretary general of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), stated his motto: “The soil belongs to people who cultivate it and the water belongs to people who use it.”
  • 12 October – General elections result 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 was sold for scrapping.

Births

Deaths
  • Süleyman Demirel
  • İsmet İnönü
  • Bülent Ecevit
  • Beyazıt öztürk
  • İzel Çeliköz
  • Acun Ilıcalı
  • Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk
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See also

References
  1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 207–213
  2. Mackolik page
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