1947 in Turkey

Events in the year 1947 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 8th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – İsmet İnönü
 * Prime Minister
 * Recep Peker (up to 10 September)
 * Hasan Saka (from 10 September)


 * Leader of the opposition
 * Celal Bayar

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
 * Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)

Cabinet

 * 15th government of Turkey(up to 10 September)
 * 16th government of Turkey (from 10 September)

Events

 * 20 February – Trade Union was founded
 * 7 April – By elections
 * 12 March – US military aid to Turkey
 * 12 July – Mutual Declaration of the ruling and the opposition parties about democracy
 * 9 September – Recep Peker who was considered as a hard-line politician resigned from his post as prime minister
 * 21 September – Mine incident in Kozlu, Zonguldak, 21 deaths
 * 25 October – Soviet Union asked to annex Kars and Ardahan in the United Nations assembly
 * 27 November – Statues of Halkevleri was changed

Births

 * 1 January – Cemil Turan, footballer
 * 5 January – Osman Arpacıoğlu, footballer
 * 1 April – Beşir Atalay, government minister
 * 16 April – Erol Evgin, singer
 * 22 December – Tarık Ümit, intelligence official
 * 21 May – İlber Ortaylı, academic, historian
 * 14 July – Salih Neftçi, economist
 * 4 August – Ertuğrul Özkök, journalist
 * 5 August – Osman Durmuş, politician, MD
 * 15 October – Hümeyra Akbay, singer
 * 12 December – Hülya Koçyiğit, actress

Deaths

 * 2 February – Mehmet Naki Yücekök (born in 1866), retired military officer
 * 6 March – İhsan Eryavuz, former government minister and businessman
 * 27 July – Cemal Nadir Güler (born in 1902), caricaturist
 * 3 December -Mehmet Atıf Ateşdağlı (born in 1876), retired military officer