1968 in Turkey

← 1967 1966 1965 1968 in Turkey → 1969 1970 1971
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1968 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 13th Parliament of Turkey

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

• 30th government of Turkey

Events

• 15 January – Gulf of İzmit froze
• 8 March – 22 passengers died in a bus accident near Bolvadin
• 17 March – 33 passengers died in a bus accident near İstanbul
• 26 May – Fenerbahçe is the champion of the Turkish football league^[2]
• 2 June – Senate 1/3 elections (AP 38 seats, CHP 13 seats, MP 1 seat, GP 1 seat)
• 3 September – Earthquake in Bartın
• 17 June and the following days – Widespread university demonstrations
• 22 November – First heart transplantations in Turkey (Ankara)
• 31 December – TRT 1 First television broadcast

Births

• 23 February – İlhan Cihaner, politician and lawyer
• 1 July – Emine Ayna, politician
• 5 June – Şebnem Dönmez, actress
• 17 July – Derya Arbaş Berti (Derya Arbaş), actress
• 11 August – Özlem Çerçioğlu, mayor of Aydın
• 30 October – Merve Kavakçı, politician
• 3 December – Aylin Nazlıaka, politician

Deaths

• 10 January – Ali Fuat Cebesoy (birth 1882), former general
• 9 March – Haşim İşcan (birth 1898), mayor of İstanbul
• 2 September – Sabiha Sertel, first female journalist
• 11 October – Selim Sarper (birth 1899) former minister of foreign affairs

Gallery

• 
  Cevdet Sunay
• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  İsmet İnönü
• 
  Ali Fuat Cebesoy

See also

• 1967–68 1.Lig
• Turkey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

References

1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 200–206
2. ↑ Mackolik page

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