1948 in Turkey explained

Events in the year 1948 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

8th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

- - President – İsmet İnönü Prime Minister – Hasan Saka Leader of the opposition – Celal Bayar

Ruling party and the main opposition

Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Main opposition -Democrat Party (DP)

Cabinet

16th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)

17th government of Turkey (from 10 June)

Events

30 January – Akbank was founded
12 March – Earthquake around Kahramanmaraş.
1 May – Hürriyet newspaper began, its publication life
8 May – Prime minister Hasan Saka resigned because the policy of his cabinet towards the opposition was considered too mild. Nevertheless, he formed the next government.
4 July – Aid Turkey branch was founded
19 July – Nation Party was founded
17 October – By elections
10 December – Turkey became a member of UNESCO

Births

1 March – Ertuğrul Günay, government minister
27 April – Nil Burak (Pembe Nihal Munsif), singer
31 May – Ahmet Vefik Alp, architect
24 June – Ayşe Soysal, female mathematician
12 September – Aziz Kocaoğlu, mayor of İzmir
20 October – Melih Gökçek, politician
17 December – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the CHP

Deaths

26 January – Kazım Karabekir (born 1882), retired general
8 March – Hulusi Behçet (born 1889), MD
2 April – Sabahattin Ali (born 1907) writer
30 June – Prens Sabahattin (born 1879), politician and sociologist
21 September – Çerkez Ethem (born 1886), former militia leader ^[2]

See also

References

Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 102–107
http://www.biyografi.info/kisi/cerkes-ethem Biography page