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Events in the year 1971 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister :

Süleyman Demirel (up to 26 March 1971)

Nihat Erim (From 26 March 1971)

• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü (up to 26 March 1971)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party (AP) (up to 26 March 1971)
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 26 March 1971)

Cabinet

• 32nd government of Turkey (up to 26 March 1971)
• 33rd government of Turkey (26 March 1971 – 11 December 1971)
• 34th government of Turkey (from 11 December 1971)

Events

• 20 January – Middle East Technical University closes following student unrest.
• 21 March – CHP secretary general Bülent Ecevit resigns from his position because of İsmet İnönü’s support of the new government.
• 7 April – Nihat Erim forms a government.
• 27 April – Martial law declared; student associations banned.
• 13 May – Bingöl earthquake
• 21 May – Constitutional Court closes down National Order Party for anti-secular propaganda.
• 6 June – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.
• 20 July – Constitutional Court bans the Labor Party.
• 19 September – Filiz Vural wins the Miss Europe.
• 20 September – Parliament amends the constitution.
• 6 October–17 October – Mediterranean Games take place in İzmir.
• 12 October – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew visits Ankara.
• 18 October – Queen Elizabeth II visits Turkey.
• 3 December – Vice Prime Minister Atilla Karaosmanoğlu and 10 other government ministers resign, ending the 33rd government.

Births

• 1 January – Emrah İpek (Emrah), singer
• 25 January – Elif Şafak, novelist
• 1 September – Hakan Şükür, former footballer and MP
• 7 November – Kazım Koyuncu, singer

Deaths

• 21 March – Falih Rıfkı Atay (aged 77), former journalist and politician
• 14 July – Kılıç Ali (Ali Kılıç) (aged 81), former military officer and close friend of Atatürk
• 11 October – Hikmet Kıvılcımlı, leftist politician and writer

Gallery

• Süleyman Demirel
• Nihat Erim
• İsmet İnönü
• Bülent Ecevit
• Elif Şafak
• Hakan Şükür
• Falih Rıfkı Atay
• Kılıç Ali

See also

• 1970–71 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1971

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 218–225
2. ^ Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
3. Mackolik site
4. Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.

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