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1948 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1948 in Turkey

Decades:
  
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Events in the year 1948 in Turkey.

Contents

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)
  • 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

  • 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
  • 1 October – Ertuğrul Günay, government minister
  • 20 October – Melih Gökçek mayor of Ankara
  • 17 December – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the CHP
  • Deaths

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

    1948 in Turkey Wikipedia