1950 in Turkey

2 January – Earthquake in the Eastern Anatolia
11 April – Demonstrations in the funeral ceremony of Fevzi Çakmak
14 May – General elections, winner takes all system ( DP 396 seats, CHP 68 seats, MP 1 seat, Indep.7 seats)
16 July – 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 to Korean War was sent off to Korea.
22 October – Census (population 20,947,188)
27 November – Beginning of the Battle of Wawon (Kunuri) in Korea in which Turkish brigade distinguished itself.(237 deaths and 825 total casualties)

Births

1 January - Şükrü Sina Gürel, former government minister
17 February - Haluk Günözgen, cyclist
22 February - Seyit Kırmızı, cyclist
1 March – Bülent Ortaçgil, singer
17 March – Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik, former government minister
20 October – Abdullah Gül, former president

Deaths

2 April - Recep Peker (born in 1889), former prime minister (15th government of Turkey)
10 April – Fevzi Çakmak (born in 1876), former chief of staff and the only marshal of the Turkish army (after the death of Kemal Atatürk)
1 October - Faik Ali Ozansoy (born in 1876), politician and poet
15 November - Orhan Veli Kanık (born in 1914), poet

Gallery

İsmet İnönü
Celal Bayar
Şemsettin Günaltay
Adnan Menderes
Fevzi Çakmak
Şükrü Sina Gürel
Bülent Ortaçgil
Abdullah Gül
Recep Peker

References

↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 110-116

Years in Turkey (1923–present)

1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1950 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1950 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Ceylon China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaya Mongolia Nepal Oman East Pakistan West Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Soviet Union Syria Thailand Turkey North Vietnam North Yemen

States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Tibet Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain Brunei Colony of Aden Cyprus French India French Indochina Kuwait

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