# 1950 in Turkey

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Events in the year **1950 in Turkey**.[1]

## Parliament

- [8th Parliament of Turkey](/source/8th_Parliament_of_Turkey) (up to 2 May)
- [9th Parliament of Turkey](/source/9th_Parliament_of_Turkey)

## Incumbents

- [President](/source/President_of_Turkey)

- - [İsmet İnönü](/source/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC) (up to 20 May June) - [Celal Bayar](/source/Celal_Bayar) (from 20 May June)

- [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Turkey)

- - [Şemsettin Günaltay](/source/%C5%9Eemsettin_G%C3%BCnaltay) (up to 2 June) - [Adnan Menderes](/source/Adnan_Menderes) (from 2 June)

- [Leader of the opposition](/source/List_of_the_Main_Opposition_Leaders_of_Turkey)

- - [Celal Bayar](/source/Celal_Bayar) (up to 20 May) - [İsmet İnönü](/source/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC) (from 2 June)

## Ruling party and the main opposition

- Ruling party

- - [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party) (CHP) (up to 2 June) - [Democrat Party](/source/Democrat_Party_(Turkey,_1946)) (DP) (from 2 June)

- Main opposition

- - [Democrat Party](/source/Democrat_Party_(Turkey,_1946)) (DP) (up to 2 June) - [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party) (CHP) (from 2 June)

## Cabinet

- [18th government of Turkey](/source/18th_government_of_Turkey) (up to 2 June)
- [19th government of Turkey](/source/19th_government_of_Turkey) (from 2 June)

## Events

- 11 April – Demonstrations in the funeral ceremony of [Fevzi Çakmak](/source/Fevzi_%C3%87akmak)
- 14 May – General elections, winner takes all system ( DP 396 seats, CHP 68 seats, MP 1 seat, Indep.7 seats)
- 16 July – [Ezan](/source/Ezan) (call for prayer) which had been translated into Turkish during the CHP governments was restored to traditional Arabic.
- 3 September – Local elections
- 21 September – [Turkish Brigade](/source/Turkish_Brigade) to [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) was sent off to Korea.
- 22 October – Census (population 20,947,188)
- 27 November – Beginning of the [Battle of Wawon](/source/Battle_of_Wawon) (Kunuri) in Korea in which Turkish brigade distinguished itself.(237 deaths and 825 total casualties)

## Births

- 1 January – [Şükrü Sina Gürel](/source/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Sina_G%C3%BCrel), former government minister
- 22 February – [Seyit Kırmızı](/source/Seyit_K%C4%B1rm%C4%B1z%C4%B1), cyclist
- 1 March – [Bülent Ortaçgil](/source/B%C3%BClent_Orta%C3%A7gil), singer
- 17 March – [Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik](/source/Mehmet_Ali_%C4%B0rtem%C3%A7elik), former government minister
- 20 October – [Abdullah Gül](/source/Abdullah_G%C3%BCl), former president

## Deaths

- 2 April – [Recep Peker](/source/Recep_Peker) (born in 1889), former prime minister (15th government of Turkey)
- 10 April – [Fevzi Çakmak](/source/Fevzi_%C3%87akmak) (born in 1876), former chief of staff and the only marshal of the Turkish army (after the death of [Kemal Atatürk](/source/Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk))
- 1 October – [Faik Ali Ozansoy](/source/Faik_Ali_Ozansoy) (born in 1876), politician and poet
- 2 November - [Huriye Öniz](/source/Huriye_%C3%96niz) (born in 1887) - one of the first female MPs.
- 15 November – [Orhan Veli Kanık](/source/Orhan_Veli_Kan%C4%B1k) (born in 1914), poet

## References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 110–116

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