Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.

Parliament

7th Parliament of Turkey The 7th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 28 February 1943 to 5 August 1946. There were 492 MPs in the parliament, all of which were the members of the Republican People's Party (CHP). But towards the end of the term some issued from ...

(up to 5 August) *

8th Parliament of Turkey The 8th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 21 July 1946 to 22 May 1950. There were 499 MPs in the parliament. 66 of them were the members of newly founded Democrat Party (DP) and 8 of them were independents. The rest were the members o ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

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İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Şükrü Saracoğlu Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu (; 17 June 1887, Ödemiş – 27 December 1953, Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, the fifth Prime Minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signe ...

( up to 7 August) ::

Recep Peker Mehmet Recep Peker (5 February 1889 – 1 April 1950) was a Turkish military officer and politician. He served in various ministerial posts and finally as the Prime Minister of Turkey. He self-identified as a FascistÖzkaya, Ahmet. ''Recep Pe ...

(from 7 August) * Leader of the opposition :: Celal Bayar (from 7 January)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) * Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)

Cabinet

14th government of Turkey The 14th government of Turkey (9 March 1943 – 7 August 1946) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''second Saracoğlu government''. Background The government was formed after the general elections held on 28 February ...

(up to 7 August) :: 15th government of Turkey (from 7 August)

Events

*7 January – Democrat Party (DP) was founded *29 March – Treaty with Iraq *5 April – carried the remains of the Turkish Ambassador to the United States,

Münir Ertegün Munir Ertegun ( Turkish spelling: Münir Ertegün; 1883 – 11 November 1944) was a Turkish legal counsel in international law to the "Sublime Porte" (imperial government) of the late Ottoman Empire and a diplomat of the Republic of Turkey duri ...

, from New York to İstanbul *31 May – 1946 Varto–Hınıs earthquake * 21 July – General elections (CHP 396 seats, DP 61 seats, Independents7 seats) *8 August – Soviet Union proposed to change the status of the straits *21 October – Turkey rejected Soviet proposal *7 September – Devaluation *18 December – DP boycotted the parliament (ended on the 26th of December)

Births

*12 February –

Ajda Pekkan Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (; born 12 February 1946) is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. ...

, actress and singer *14 February –

Kemal Unakıtan Kemal Unakıtan (February 14, 1946 – October 12, 2016) was the Minister of Finance of Turkey from November 2002 to May 2009 and a Member of Parliament for Istanbul of the Justice and Development Party. He was born in Edirne. Previously he w ...

, politician *4 April –

Ercan Yazgan Ercan Yazgan (4 April 1946 – 8 March 2018) was a Turkish comedian and political satirist. He was widely regarded as one of Turkey's most prominent and respected comedians. He starred in numerous movies and various TV-series. He died on 8 Marc ...

, theatre actor *19 April –

Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His g ...

, journalist *5 May –

Aydın Menderes Aydın Menderes (5 May 1946 – 23 December 2011) was a Turkish politician. He was a deputy, who represented various parties from 1977 to 2002. He was the youngest son of former prime minister Adnan Menderes.

, Adnan Menderes’ son, politician *24 May –

Tansu Çiller Tansu Çiller (; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She is Turkey's first and only female prime minister to date. As the leader of the True Path ...

, prime minister ( 50th, 51st, and (

52nd government of Turkey The 52nd government of Turkey (30 October 1995 – 6 March 1996) was a caretaker coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Republican People's Party (CHP). Background The 50th government of Turkey came to an end because Deniz Ba ...

) *20 June –

Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livaneli (born 20 June 1946), is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état because of his political views and had to leave Turkey in 1972 and went ...

, musician, politician and journalist *3 August – Cahit Berkay, musician *10 November – Fikret Kızılok, singer *14 December –

Oral Çalışlar Oral Çalışlar (born 14 December 1946, Tarsus) is a Turkish journalist and writer, currently columnist for ''Radikal'' and '' Serbestiyet'', after briefly working as editor-in-chief of ''Taraf''. He was previously a columnist for ''Cumhuriyet'' ...

, politician and journalist

Deaths

*9 July –

Nevzat Tandoğan Abdullah Nevzat Tandoğan (1894 – 9 July 1946) was the fourth mayor and governor of Ankara serving between 1929 and 1946. He committed suicide upon a political scandal he was involved in. Early life and career Abdullah Nevzat was born into a ...

(born 1894, suicide) – governor of Ankara *26 November – Saffet Arıkan (born 1888), former government minister

Gallery

File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu.jpg, Şükrü Saracoğlu File:Mehmet Recep Bey Peker.jpg, Recep Peker File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar File:Münir Ertegün.jpg, Münir Ertegün File:Ajda Pekkan 01.jpg, Ajda Pekkan File:Livaneli.jpg, Zülfü Livaneli File:Cahit Berkay 20191214.jpg, Cahit Berkay File:Abdullah Nevzat Bey Tandoğan.jpg, Nevzat Tandoğan File:Saffet Bey Arıkan.jpg, Saffet Arıkan

References

{{Year in Asia, 1946 Years of the 20th century in Turkey