1950 in Turkey

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Turkey → 1951 1952 1953
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1950 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 8th Parliament of Turkey (up to 2 May)
• 9th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President

İsmet İnönü (up to 20 May June)

Celal Bayar (from 20 May June)

• Prime Minister

Şemsettin Günaltay (up to 2 June)

Adnan Menderes (from 2 June)

• Leader of the opposition

Celal Bayar (up to 20 May)

İsmet İnönü (from 2 June)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party

Republican People’s Party (CHP) (up to 2 June)

Democrat Party (DP) (from 2 June)

• Main opposition

Democrat Party (DP) (up to 2 June)

Republican People’s Party (CHP) (from 2 June)

Cabinet

• 18th government of Turkey (up to 2 June)
• 19th government of Turkey (from 2 June)

Events

• 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)

Births

• 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

Deaths

• 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

Gallery

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  İsmet İnönü

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  Celal Bayar

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  Şemsettin Günaltay

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  Adnan Menderes

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  Fevzi Çakmak

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  Şükrü Sina Gürel

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  Bülent Ortaçgil

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  Abdullah Gül

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  Recep Peker