1951 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1951 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
- Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
Cabinet
- 19th government of Turkey (up to 9 March)
- 20th government of Turkey (from 9 March)
Events
- 21 January – First convoy of wounded Turkish Brigade soldiers from Korean War arrived in Turkey
- 26 June – The corpse of the reformist grandvizier Mithat Pasha, who was assassinated in Saudi Arabia in 1883, was buried in İstanbul
- 2 July – Presidential yacht MV Savarona was transferred to the Turkish Naval Forces
- 8 August – Halkevleri, a state sponsored enlightenment project, was ended
- 13 August - Earthquake in Kurşunlu, around Çankırı
- 17 September – Byelections
- 1 October – Turkish Air Force Academy was founded
Births
- 16 February – Ferhan Şensoy theatre actor
- 5 April, Nedim Gürsel, writer
- 23 July, Leman Sam, singer
- 6 September – Melih Kibar, composer
- 14 December – Nükhet Ruacan, jazz singer
- 16 December - Aykut Barka, earth scientist specialized in earthquakes
Deaths
- 3 January – Ali Münif Yeğenağa (born in 1974), politician (Ottoman Empire and Turkey)
- 26 July – Ali Sami Yen (born in 1886), founder of Galatasaray sports club
- 20 August – İzzettin Çalışlar (born in 1882), retired general, who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
- 31 August – Mazhar Osman Usman (born in 1884), doctor and the founder of Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital
- 11 December – Mustafa Muğlalı (born in 1882), retired general, who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
Gallery
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Celal Bayar
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Adnan Menderes
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İsmet İnönü
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Nedim Gürsel
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Leman Sam
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Melih Kibar
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Aykut Barka
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Ali Sami Yen
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İzzettin Çalışlar
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Mustafa Muğlalı
References
- ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 116-118
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