1949 in Turkey

Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 8th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – İsmet İnönü
 * Prime Minister
 * Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
 * Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)


 * 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

 * 17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
 * 18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)

Events

 * 14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns.
 * 24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
 * 1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children.
 * 24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel.
 * 9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead.
 * 8 August: Turkey admitted to Council of Europe.
 * 17 August: 1949 Karlıova earthquake
 * 15 October: By elections
 * 16 November: Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)

Births

 * 1 January – Vehbi Akdağ, wrestler (d. 2020)
 * 10 January – Kemal Derviş, economist and politician
 * 20 February – Adnan Kahveci, politician
 * 25 February – Esmeray Diriker, singer
 * 25 February – Sevil Atasoy, biochemist, forensic expert
 * 21 March – Muammer Güler, politician
 * 29 March – Kayahan Açar, singer
 * 15 April – Kadir İnanır, actor
 * 14 November – Güneş Taner, politician
 * 13 December – Tarik Akan, actor
 * 25 December – Mustafa Cengiz, businessman (died 2021)

Deaths

 * 21 February – Ali Çetinkaya (born 1878), politician
 * 31 December – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (born 1869), philosopher and politician