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1949 in Turkey

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1949
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

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Incumbents

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Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)

Ruling party and the main opposition

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Cabinet

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17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)

Events

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  • 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

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 107–110