1946 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
- 7th Parliament of Turkey (up to 5 August)
- 8th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
- President – İsmet İnönü
- Prime Minister
- Şükrü Saracoğlu ( up to 7 August)
- Recep Peker (from 7 August)
- Celal Bayar (from 7 January)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet
- 14th government of Turkey (up to 7 August)
- 15th government of Turkey (from 7 August)
Events
- 7 January – Democrat Party (DP) was founded
- 29 March – Treaty with Iraq
- 5 April – USS Missouri (BB-63) carried the remains of the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Münir Ertegün, from New York to İstanbul
- 31 May – 1946 Varto–Hınıs earthquake
- 21 July – General elections (CHP 396 seats, DP 61 seats, Independents7 seats)
- 8 August – Soviet Union proposed to change the status of the straits
- 21 October – Turkey rejected Soviet proposal
- 7 September – Devaluation
- 18 December – DP boycotted the parliament (ended on 26 December)
Births
- 12 February – Ajda Pekkan, actress and singer
- 14 February – Kemal Unakıtan, politician
- 4 April – Ercan Yazgan, theatre actor
- 19 April – Duygu Asena, journalist
- 5 May – Aydın Menderes, Adnan Menderes’ son, politician
- 24 May – Tansu Çiller, prime minister (50th, 51st, and (52nd government of Turkey)[2]
- 20 June – Zülfü Livaneli, musician, politician and journalist
- 3 August – Cahit Berkay, musician
- 10 November – Fikret Kızılok, singer
- 14 December – Oral Çalışlar, politician and journalist
Deaths
- 9 July – Nevzat Tandoğan (born 1894, suicide) – governor of Ankara
- 26 November – Saffet Arıkan (born 1888), former government minister
Gallery
- İsmet İnönü
- Şükrü Saracoğlu
- Recep Peker
- Celal Bayar
- Münir Ertegün
- Ajda Pekkan
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Cahit Berkay
- Nevzat Tandoğan
- Saffet Arıkan
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