{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Year in Turkey|1968}} Events in the year '''1968 in Turkey'''.<ref>Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 200–206</ref>
==Parliament== * 13th Parliament of Turkey
==Incumbents== *President – Cevdet Sunay *Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel *Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü
==Ruling party and the main opposition== * Ruling party – Justice Party (AP) * Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
==Cabinet== *30th government of Turkey
==Events== *15 January – Gulf of İzmit froze *8 March – 22 passengers died in a bus accident near Bolvadin *17 March – 33 passengers died in a bus accident near Istanbul *26 May – Fenerbahçe is the champion of the Turkish football league<ref>[http://www.mackolik.com/Standings/Default.aspx?sId=3161 Mackolik page]</ref> *2 June – Senate 1/3 elections (AP 38 seats, CHP 13 seats, MP 1 seat, GP 1 seat) *3 September – The Bartın earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), causing 24–29 deaths and 200 injuries *17 June and the following days – Widespread university demonstrations *25–30 October – French President Charles de Gaulle visits Turkey.<ref name="hep">{{cite book |last1=Heper |first1=Metin |title=Historical Dictionary of Turkey |date=2009 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland}}</ref> *22 November – First heart transplantations in Turkey (Ankara) *31 December – TRT 1 First television broadcast
==Births== *23 February – İlhan Cihaner, politician and lawyer *1 July – Emine Ayna, politician *5 June – Şebnem Dönmez, actress *17 July – Derya Arbaş Berti (Derya Arbaş), actress *11 August – Özlem Çerçioğlu, mayor of Aydın *30 October – Merve Kavakçı, politician *3 December – Aylin Nazlıaka, politician
==Deaths== *10 January – Ali Fuat Cebesoy (born 1882), former general *9 March – Haşim İşcan (born 1898), mayor of Istanbul *2 September – Sabiha Sertel, female journalist *11 October – Selim Sarper (born 1899) former minister of foreign affairs
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg|Süleyman Demirel File:Ali Fuat Cebesoy.jpg|Ali Fuat Cebesoy </gallery>
==See also== * 1967–68 1.Lig *Turkey at the 1968 Summer Olympics *Turkey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
==References== <references/>
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