1970 in Turkey
List of events
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Events in the year 1970 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
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 founds National Order Party.
- 31 January – Pro-Islamic National Order Party formed.[2]
- 27 March – Gediz earthquake
- 31 May – Fenerbahçe wins the Turkish championship.[3]
- 15–16 June – Martial law proclaimed after demonstrations in Istanbul and Kocaeli.[2]
- 22 July – Turkey signs an agreement with the European Community.[2]
- 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 former Justice Party members form the Democratic Party.[2]
Births
- 14 January – Fazıl Say, musician
- 21 March – Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American youtuber
- 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
Gallery
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Süleyman Demirel -
İsmet İnönü -
Necmettin Erbakan -
Fazıl Say -
Asım Gündüz
See also
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