1975 in Turkey

Parliament

• 15th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Fahri Korutürk
• Prime Minister –
• * until 31 March: Sadi Irmak
• * starting 31 March: Süleyman Demirel
• Leader of the opposition – Bülent Ecevit

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party and coalition partners National Salvation Party, Republican Reliance Party, and Nationalist Movement Party – – The government is sometimes called 1.MC
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party

  Cabinet

• 38th government of Turkey
• 39th government of Turkey, also called "First MC"

  Events

• 30 January – Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashed in Marmara Sea
• 22 March – Turkey's first-time entry to Eurovision Song Contest. Turkish contestant Semiha Yankı received only 3 points.
• 22 April – Bildergerg meeting in Çeşme, İzmir
• 1 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 6 September – 1975 Lice earthquake
• 22 October – Daniş Tunalıgil, Turkish ambassador to Austria was assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide.
• 24 October – İsmail Erez, Turkish ambassador to France was assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide.

  Births

• 27 May – Feryal Özel, astrophysicist
• 10 August – İlhan Mansız, football player
• 2 September – Defne Joy Foster, actress

  Deaths

• 7 July – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, historian
• 12 July – Latife Uşaklıgil, Atatürk's wife
• 22 September – Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, painter and poet
• 12 December – Nihal Atsız, nationalist writer

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