1971 in Turkey

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister :
• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party
• Main opposition – Republican People’s Party

  Cabinet

• 32nd government of Turkey
• 33rd government of Turkey
• 34th government of Turkey

  Events

• 12 March – Prime minister Süleyman Demirel resigned after the Memorandum of the army.
• 21 March – CHP secretary general Bülent Ecevit resigned from his position because of İsmet İnönü’s support to the new government.
• 13 May – Bingöl earthquake
• 6 June – Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 19 September – Filiz Vural won the title Miss Europe
• 6 October – 6th Mediterranean Games in İzmir
• 3 December – Vice Prime Minister Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, and 10 other government ministers resigned. This resignation eventually ended the 33rd government.

  Births

• 1 January – Emrah İpek, singer
• 25 January – Elif Şafak, novelist
• 1 September – Hakan Şükür, former footballer and MP
• 7 November – Kazım Koyuncu, singer
• 11 November – İpek Tuzcuoğlu, actress

  Deaths

• 21 March – Falih Rıfkı Atay, former journalist and politician
• 14 July – Kılıç Ali , former military officer and close friend of Atatürk
• 11 October – Hikmet Kıvılcımlı, leftist politician and writer

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