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Events in the year 1950 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party
Main opposition
18th government of Turkey (up to 2 June)
19th government of Turkey (from 2 June)
2 January – Earthquake in the Eastern Anatolia
11 April – Demonstrations in the funeral ceremony of Fevzi Çakmak
14 May – General elections, winner takes all system ( DP 396 seats, CHP 68 seats, MP 1 seat, Indep.7 seats)
16 July – Ezan (call for prayer) which had been translated into Turkish during the CHP governments was restored to traditional Arabic.
3 September – Local elections
21 September – Turkish Brigade to Korean War was sent off to Korea.
22 October – Census (population 20,947,188)
27 November – Beginning of the Battle of Wawon (Kunuri) in Korea in which Turkish brigade distinguished itself.(237 deaths and 825 total casualties)
1 January - Şükrü Sina Gürel, former government minister
17 February - Haluk Günözgen, cyclist
22 February - Seyit Kırmızı, cyclist
1 March – Bülent Ortaçgil, singer
17 March – Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik, former government minister
20 October – Abdullah Gül, former president
2 April - Recep Peker (born in 1889), former prime minister (15th government of Turkey)
10 April – Fevzi Çakmak (born in 1876), former chief of staff and the only marshal of the Turkish army (after the death of Kemal Atatürk)
1 October - Faik Ali Ozansoy (born in 1876), politician and poet
15 November - Orhan Veli Kanık (born in 1914), poet
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