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Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
- Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)
 
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet
- 17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
- 18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)
 
Events
- 14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns.
- 24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
- 1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children.
- 24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel.
- 9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead.
- 8 August: Turkey admitted to Council of Europe.
- 17 August: 1949 Karlıova earthquake
- 15 October: By elections
- 16 November: Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)
Births
- 1 January – Vehbi Akdağ, wrestler (d. 2020)
- 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
- 25 December – Mustafa Cengiz, businessman (died 2021)
Deaths
- 21 February – Ali Çetinkaya (born 1878), politician
- 31 December – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (born 1869), philosopher and politician
Gallery
 İsmet İnönü İsmet İnönü
 Hasan Saka Hasan Saka
 Şemsettin Günaltay Şemsettin Günaltay
 Celal Bayar Celal Bayar
 Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş
 Kadir İnanır Kadir İnanır
 Ali Çetinkaya Ali Çetinkaya
 Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı
References
- ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 107–110
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