1969_in_Turkey Knowpia

Events in the year 1969 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament edit

9 February – Alparslan Türkeş ̧ elected chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party.^[2]
15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
8 April – Widespread student demonstrations
12 April – Atatürk Cultural Center opens.
3 May – Demonstrations at the funeral of Court of Cassation.^[2]
25 May – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
31 May – Istanbul University closes following civil unrest.^[2]
11 August – Bülent Ecevit says that the soil belongs to people who cultivate it and water to people who use it.
12 October – 1969 Turkish general election results in AP 260 seats, CHP 144 seats, GP 14 seats, MP 6 seats, BP 7 seats, YTP 3 seats, TİP 2 seats, MHP 1 seat and Independents 11 seats
18 December – The battleship TCG Yavuz sold for scrapping.

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 207–213
^ ^a ^b ^c Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
^ Mackolik page