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Events in the year 1951 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
19th government of Turkey (up to 9 March)
20th government of Turkey (from 9 March)
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
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
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
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