1970 in Turkey explained

Events in the year 1970 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Cevdet Sunay
  • Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party (AP)
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 31st government of Turkey (up to 6 March 1970)
• 32nd government of Turkey (from 6 March 1970)

Events

• 26 January – Necmettin Erbakan founds National Order Party.
• 31 January – Pro-Islamic National Order Party formed.^[2]
• 27 March – Gediz earthquake
• 31 May – Fenerbahçe wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
• 15–16 June – Martial law proclaimed after demonstrations in Istanbul and Kocaeli.^[2]
• 22 July – Turkey signs an agreement with the European Community.^[2]
• 9 August – Devaluation
• 15 October – Aeroflot Flight 244 hijacked from the Soviet Union to Trabzon
• 25 October – Census (population 35,666,549)
• 18 December – A group of former Justice Party members form the Democratic Party.^[2]

Births

• 14 January – Fazıl Say, musician
• 21 March – Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American youtuber
• 14 April – Emre Altuğ, singer and actor
• 3 July – Aşkın Nur Yengi, singer
• 1 August Sibel Can, singer
• 10 October Şafak Sezer, actor

Deaths

• 14 January – Asım Gündüz (aged 90), general
• 11 February – Tahsin Yazıcı (aged 79), general, Korean War veteran
• 3 June – Orhan Kemal (aged 55), born Mehmet Reşat Öğütçü, novelist
• 29 November – Irfan Orga (aged 62), airman and author

See also

• 1969–70 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1970

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 214–218
2. Book: Heper . Metin . Historical Dictionary of Turkey . 2009 . The Scarecrow Press . Lanham, Maryland.
3. http://www.mackolik.com/Standings/Default.aspx?sId=3159 Mackolik site