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1970 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1970 in Turkey

Decades:
  
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Events in the year 1970 in Turkey.

Contents

Parliament

  • 14th Parliament of Turkey

    • Incumbents

  • President – Cevdet Sunay
  • Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel
  • Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

    • Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party - Justice Party (AP)
  • Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)

    • Cabinet

  • 31st government of Turkey (up to 6 March 1970)
  • 32nd government of Turkey (from 6 March 1970)

    • Events

  • 26 January - Necmettin Erbakan founded National Order Party
  • 27 March - Gediz earthquake
  • 31 May - Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.
  • 9 August - Devaluation
  • 15 October - Aeroflot Flight 244 hijacked from the Soviet Union to Trabzon
  • 25 October - Census (population 35,666,549)
  • 18 December - A group of Justice Party MPs founded Democratic Party

    • Births

  • 14 January - Fazıl Say, musician
  • 14 April - Emre Altuğ , singer and actor
  • 3 July - Aşkın Nur Yengi, singer
  • 1 August Sibel Can, singer
  • 10 October Şafak Sezer, actor

    • Deaths

  • 14 January - Asım Gündüz (aged 90), general
  • 11 February - Tahsin Yazıcı (aged 79), general, Korean War veteran
  • 3 June - Orhan Kemal (aged 55), born Mehmet Reşat Öğütçü, novelist
  • 29 November - Irfan Orga (aged 62), airman and author

    • References

    1970 in Turkey Wikipedia
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