1974 in Turkey

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Turkey → 1975 1976 1977
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1974 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

• 15th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Fahri Korutürk
• Prime Minister

Naim Talu (up to 26 January 1974)

Bülent Ecevit (26 January 1974-17 November 1974)

Sadi Irmak (from 17 November 1974)

• Leader of the opposition – Süleyman Demirel (26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) with coalition partner National Salvation Party (MSP) (26 January-1974-17 November 1974)
• Main opposition – Justice Party (AP) -(26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974)

Cabinet

• 36th government of Turkey (up to 26 January 1974)
• 37th government of Turkey (16 January 1974 – 17 November 1974)
• 38th government of Turkey (from 17 November 1974)

Events

• 26 January. Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed
• 3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed near Paris with the death of 346 people
• 26 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.[2]
• 15 July – 1974 Cypriot coup d'état by a group of Greek officiers.
• 20 July – Turkish intervention to Cyprus, using the Treeaty of Guarantee rights
• 9 September – Keban Dam (the biggest dam and hydroelectric plant of Turkey) was opened

Births

• 17 May – Şebnem Dönmez, actress and TV program presenter
• 31 May – Kenan Doğulu, singer
• 1 October – Hasan Özer, footballer
• 12 October – Ebru Gündeş, singer

Deaths

• 25 May – Ulvi Uraz theatre director
• 22 July – Orhan Brandt, philatelist
• 26 October – Fahrettin Altay, former general
• 14 December – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, novelist

Gallery

• 
  Fahri Korutürk
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  Bülent Ecevit
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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Kenan Doğulu
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  Ebru Gündeş
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  Fahrettin Altay
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  Yakup Kadri Karosmanoğlu

See also

• 1973–74 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1974

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 240–250