1973 in Turkey

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey
• 15th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President
• Prime Minister:

  Cabinet

• 35th government of Turkey
• 36th government of Turkey

  Events

• 28 January – Assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir two Turkish consular officials in California by Gourgen Yanikian an Armenian origin terrorist. Beginning of a series of ASALA murders
• 26 February – Republican Party merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party.
• 6 April – After 15th election cycles, Fahri Korutürk was elected as Turkish president
• 27 May – Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 14 October. Republican People's Party won the general elections with plurality.
• 30 October Bosphorus Bridge opened to service

  Births

• 10 May – Rüştü Reçber, goalkeeper
• 14 June – Halil Mutlu, weightlifter
• 16 June – Balçiçek İlter, journalist
• 27 August – Burak Kut, singer
• 31 October – Arzum Onan actress

  Deaths

• 27 January – Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir, two Turkish consuls in the US assassinated by Armenian Genocide survivor Gourgen Yanikian
• 21 March – Aşık Veysel, folk poet
• 21 April: Kemal Tahir, novelist
• 13 October: Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, novelist
• 8 November: Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, poet
• 25 December İsmet İnönü, second president of Turkey

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