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Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)
 - Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January)
 
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
 - Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
 
Cabinet
- 17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)
 - 18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)
 
Events
- 14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns.
 - 24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed
 - 1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children.
 - 24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel.
 - 9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead.
 - 8 August: Turkey admitted to Council of Europe.
 - 17 August: 1949 Karlıova earthquake
 - 15 October: By elections
 - 16 November: Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)
 
Births
- 1 January – Vehbi Akdağ, wrestler (d. 2020)
 - 10 January – Kemal Derviş, economist and politician
 - 20 February – Adnan Kahveci, politician
 - 25 February – Esmeray Diriker, singer
 - 25 February – Sevil Atasoy, biochemist, forensic expert
 - 21 March – Muammer Güler, politician
 - 29 March – Kayahan Açar, singer
 - 15 April – Kadir İnanır, actor
 - 14 November – Güneş Taner, politician
 - 13 December – Tarik Akan, actor
 - 25 December – Mustafa Cengiz, businessman (died 2021)
 
Deaths
- 21 February – Ali Çetinkaya (born 1878), politician
 - 31 December – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (born 1869), philosopher and politician
 
Gallery
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Hasan Saka -  			
Şemsettin Günaltay -  			
Celal Bayar -  			
Kemal Derviş -  			
Kadir İnanır -  			
Ali Çetinkaya -  			
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı 
References
- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 107–110
 
