- Source: 1968 in Turkey
Events in the year 1968 in Turkey.
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 Istanbul
26 May – Fenerbahçe is the champion of the Turkish football league
2 June – Senate 1/3 elections (AP 38 seats, CHP 13 seats, MP 1 seat, GP 1 seat)
3 September – The Bartın earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 24–29 deaths and 200 injuries
17 June and the following days – Widespread university demonstrations
25–30 October – French President Charles de Gaulle visits Turkey.
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 (born 1882), former general
9 March – Haşim İşcan (born 1898), mayor of Istanbul
2 September – Sabiha Sertel, female journalist
11 October – Selim Sarper (born 1899) former minister of foreign affairs
Gallery
See also
1967–68 1.Lig
Turkey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Turkey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Miss World 1968
- Klise
- Kesultanan Utsmaniyah
- Perang Dunia I
- Shams Tabrizi
- Bayezid II
- Süper Lig
- Miss World 1972
- John Lennon
- Miss World 1969
- 1968 in Turkey
- Turkey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- 1968
- Elections in Turkey
- Turkey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
- 1968 Turkish Senate election
- 1968 Turkish local elections
- Human rights in Turkey
- Chief of the Turkish General Staff
