1951 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1951 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
- Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
- 19th government of Turkey (up to 9 March)
- 20th government of Turkey (from 9 March)
Events
- 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 – 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake
- 17 September – Byelections
- 1 October – Turkish Air Force Academy was founded
Births
- 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
Deaths
- 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
Gallery
Celal Bayar
Adnan Menderes
İsmet İnönü
Nedim Gürsel
Leman Sam
Aykut Barka
Ali Sami Yen
İzzettin Çalışlar
Mustafa Muğlalı
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 116–118
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