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Events in the year 1969 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Justice Party (AP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
30th government of Turkey (up to 3 November)
31st government of Turkey (from 3 November)
15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
8 April (and the following days) – Widespread student demonstrations
12 April The biggest opera house in Turkey, Atatürk Cultural Center in İstanbul, was opened
3 May – Demonstrations after the burial service of İmran Öktem, the former chief of the Court of Cassation.
25 May - Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
11 August – Bülent Ecevit, the secretary general of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), stated his motto: “The soil belongs to people who cultivate it and the water belongs to people who use it.”
12 October – General elections result in AP 260 seats, CHP 144 seats, GP 14 seats, MP 6 seats, BP 7 seats, YTP 3 seats, TİP 2 seats, MHP 1 seat and Independents 11 seats
18 December – The battleship TCG Yavuz was sold for scrapping.
12 March - Beyazıt Öztürk, television personality
29 April - İzel Çeliköz, singer
29 May - Acun Ilıcalı, television personality
7 July - Metin Feyzioğlu, academician, lawyer
9 December - Ayşe Arman, journalist
5 April - Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk (aged 91), politician
21 May - Kamil Ocak (aged 55), politician
24 October – Behçet Kemal Çağlar (aged 61), poet
3 November - Zeki Rıza Sporel (aged 81), footballer
1969 in Turkey Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
