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 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). But towards the end of the term some issued from CHP to form Democrat Party (DP)

Main parliamentary milestones

Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul *8 March 1943-

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 ...

was reelected as the

President of Turkey The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the government of Tu ...

for the third time. *9 March 1943 –

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 ...

of CHP formed the

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 ...

. *2 August 1944- The parliament decided to suspend Turco-German relations *10 January 1945 –''Law 4695'': The text of the constitution was revised to replace non Turkish words with 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 ...

equivalents. *10 January 1945 – ''Law 4696'' Four Arabic month names were changed to Turkish month names. *23 February – Parliament approved declaration of war to

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and

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*12 June –

Motion with four signatures Motion with four signatures ( tr, Dörtlü takrir) is an important milestone in the parliamentary history of Turkey. Background The Turkish Republic was proclaimed on 29 October 1923. However the Republican People's Party (CHP) was the only party ...

( tr, Dörtlü takrir): An important step in Turkish democracy. Four CHP MPs called for a change in party regulations *15 August 1945 – The parliament approved the

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principle agreement. *20 November 1945 - President İsmet İnönü called for an opposition party *1 December 1945- Celal Bayar, a former prime minister (1937-1939) announced that he’ll found a new party. *7 January 1946 –Democrat Party (DP) was founded by Celal Bayar,

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 ...

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 ...

and

Refik Koraltan Refik Koraltan (1889 – June 17, 1974) was a Turkish politician, having served as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) from May 22, 1950 to May 27, 1960. Biography Koraltan was born in Divriği, Sivas Province, in ...

. *31 May 1046 – New election system (direct suffrage) *15 June 1946 – ''Law 4936'': Universities became autonomous *21 July –

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References

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