1970 in Turkey

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Turkey → 1971 1972 1973
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1970 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 14th 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

• 31st government of Turkey (up to 6 March 1970)
• 32nd government of Turkey (from 6 March 1970)

Events

• 26 January - Necmettin Erbakan founded National Order Party
• 27 March - Gediz earthquake
• 31 May - Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 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 Justice Party MPs founded Democratic Party

Births

• 14 January - Fazıl Say, musician
• 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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  Cevdet Sunay

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  Süleyman Demirel

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  İsmet İnönü

• Necmettin-Erbakan.jpg

  Necmettin Erbakan

• Fazil Say Bildausschnitt.JPG

  Fazıl Say

• Âsım Gündüz.jpg

  Asım Gündüz

See also

• 1969–70 1.Lig