Events in the year 1952 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 118–120

Parliament

9th Parliament of Turkey The 9th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 14 May 1950 to 14 May 1954. There were 510 MPs in the parliament. The majority party was Democrat Party (DP) and the main opposition was Republican People's Party (CHP). Nation Party had onl ...

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 ful ...

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Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Esat Arsev ...

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 is not ...

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Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...

Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

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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 ...

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP) * Main opposition –

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP)

Cabinet

20th government of Turkey The 20th government of Turkey (9 March 1951 – 17 May 1954) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''the second Adnan Menderes, Menderes government''. Background Democrat Party (Turkey, historical), Democrat Party (DP) ha ...

Events

*3 January –

1952 Hasankale earthquake The 1952 Hasankale earthquake occurred at 08:03 local time on 3 January in Hasankale (today Pasinler) in Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum felt intensity of VIII (' ...

*18 February – Turkey became a member of

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*16 June – The ban on the female Ottoman dynasty members to enter Turkey was lifted *20 August –

Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952. Biography Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in İstanbul, ...

won the European Beauty pageant *22 November – Attempted assassination of journalist

Ahmet Emin Yalman Ahmet Emin Yalman (1888–19 December 1972) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, author and professor. He was a liberal and opposed the spread of the Nazism, Nazi ideology in his home country. Early life and education Ahmet Emin Yalman was ...

. *24 December – Upon

Fuat Köprülü Fuat is a masculine Turkish given name and the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد ''fū’ād, fou’ād'') meaning "heart". People named Fuat include: * Fuat Çapa, Belgian-Turkish football manager * Fuat Güner, Turki ...

's proposal, the

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

wording of the constitıion was partially changed to

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

Births

*8 April – Ahmet Piriştina, mayor of

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

*20 April – Erol Küçükbakırcı, cyclist *23 May –

Hayati Yazıcı Hayati Yazıcı (b. 23 May 1952, Çayeli, Rize) is a Turkish lawyer and politician. He served as Turkey's Minister of Customs and Trade. Biography Hayati Yazıcı graduated in 1975 from the School of Law at Istanbul University. Starting of 1 ...

, politician *1 June –

Şenol Güneş Şenol Güneş, T.C., (, born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish football manager and former player. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the Turkey national team to third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and winning two S� ...

, football coach *1 June –

Ali Müfit Gürtuna Ali Müfit Gürtuna (born 1 June 1952) was the mayor of Istanbul from 11 November 1998 to 1 April 2004. Political career He started his political career at The Motherland Party, (Turkish: ''Anavatan Partisi'', abbreviated as ANAP) in the beginni ...

, politician *9 June –

Bülent Ersoy Bülent Ersoy (; born 9 June 1952) is a Turkish singer and actress. She is known as one of the most popular singers of Turkish music, nicknamed Diva by her fans. Ersoy has many famous hits such as "Ümit Hırsızı" ''(Hope Thief)'', "Geceler" '' ...

, singer *2 September –

Salih Memecan Salih Memecan (born 2 September 1952, Giresun, Turkey) is a Turkish editorial caricaturist and cartoonist. Memecan's political cartoon strip, Bizimcity, and comics cartoon strip, Sizinkiler, have been published daily in ''Sabah'' newspaper, one ...

, caricaturist *28 June –

Enis Batur Ahmet Enis Batur (born 28 June 1952, Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor. Education Born in Eskişehir on 28 June 1952, Enis Batur studied at St. Joseph High School Istanbul, METU-Sociology (Ankara), and So ...

, writer and publisher

Deaths

*5 February – Ömer Fevzi Eyüboğlu (born in 1884), journalist *13 March – Ömer Rıza Doğrul (born 1893), publisher and politician *16 May –

Memduh Şevket Esendal Mamdouh (also spelled Mamduh or Memduh, ar, ممدوح) is a masculine given name and also, a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Mamdouh Abbas, Egyptian businessman, twice Zamalek chairman *Mamdouh Bahri (born 1957), jazz guitari ...

(born in 1884), writer *28 December – Kerim Erim (born 1894), mathematician and physicist.

Gallery

Image:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar File:Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg, Adnan Menderes File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.jpg, Fuat Köprülü File:Senol Gunes 2011.jpg, Şenol Güneş File: Bulent Ersoy.jpg, Bülent Ersoy

References

{{Year in Asia, 1952 Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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