1972 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1972 in Turkey.[1]
Incumbents
- Nihat Erim (up to 22 May 1972)
- Ferit Melen (from 22 May 1972)
Cabinet
- 34th government of Turkey (up to 22 May 1972)
- 35th government of Turkey (from 22 May 1972)
Events
- 8 February - The documents about the Yenice Conference (Between İsmet İnönü and Winston Churchill in 1943) were disclosed
- 30 March – a group of People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey militants headed by Mahir Çayan who had kadnapped two British and one Canadian techinians were killed after gunfight
- 7 May - In the kurultay (congress) of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Bülent Ecevit the former secretary general of the party defeated party leader İsmet İnönü.
- 28 May - Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.[2]
- 16 July – Patriarch Demetrios I was elected as the new partiarch of İstanbul
- 4 September - A group of MP s from CHP founded Republican Party
- 1 October - Turkish boxer Cemal Kamacı won the European championship in 63,5 kg. weight category
Births
- 17 October - Tarkan, singer
Deaths
- 6 January - Tevfik Rüştü Aras former foreign minister
- 6 May - Deniz Gezmiş and two friends, members of armed underground organization People's Liberation Army of Turkey
- 15 September Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
- 19 December Ahmet Emin Yalman, journalist
Gallery
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Cevdet Sunay
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Nihat Erim
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Bülent Ecevit
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Tarkan
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Tevfik Rüştü Aras
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Deniz Gezmiş
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Ulvi Camal Erkin
See also
References
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