1949 in Turkey

Parliament

• 8th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister
• Leader of the opposition – Celal Bayar

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People’s Party
• Main opposition – Democrat Party

  Cabinet

Events

• 14 January – Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigned
• 24 January – Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigned from CHP protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
• 1 February – Religion course was offered to primary school children
• 9 July – Fire in Çorum passenger ship. 61 deaths
• 17 August – 1949 Karlıova earthquake
• 15 October – By elections
• 16 November – Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge

  Births

• 10 January – Kemal Derviş, economist and politician
• 20 February – Adnan Kahveci, politician
• 25 February – Esmeray Diriker, singer
• 25 February – Sevil Atasoy, biochemist, forensic expert
• 21 March – Muammer Güler, politician
• 29 March – Kayahan Açar, singer
• 15 April – Kadir İnanır, actor
• 14 November – Güneş Taner, politician
• 13 December – Tarik Akan, actor

  Deaths

• 21 February – Ali Çetinkaya, politician
• 31 December – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, philosopher, politician

  Gallery