1948 in Turkey

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in Turkey → 1949 1950 1951
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1948 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 8th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister – Hasan Saka
• Leader of the opposition – Celal Bayar

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
• Main opposition -Democrat Party (DP)

Cabinet

16th government of Turkey (up to 10 June)

17th government of Turkey (from 10 June)

Events

• 30 January – Akbank was founded
• 12 March – Earthquake around Kahramanmaraş.
• 1 May – Hürriyet newspaper began, its publication life
• 8 May – Prime minister Hasan Saka resigned because the policy of his cabinet towards the opposition was considered too mild. Nevertheless, he formed the next government.
• 4 July – Aid Turkey branch was founded
• 19 July – Nation Party was founded
• 17 October – By elections
• 10 December – Turkey became a member of UNESCO

Births

• 1 March – Ertuğrul Günay, government minister
• 27 April – Nil Burak (Pembe Nihal Munsif), singer
• 31 May – Ahmet Vefik Alp, architect
• 24 June – Ayşe Soysal, female mathematician
• 12 September – Aziz Kocaoğlu, mayor of İzmir
• 20 October – Melih Gökçek, politician
• 17 December – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the CHP

Deaths

• 26 January – Kazım Karabekir (born 1882), retired general
• 8 March – Hulusi Behçet (born 1889), MD
• 2 April – Sabahattin Ali (born 1907) writer
• 30 June – Prens Sabahattin (born 1879), politician and sociologist
• 21 September – Çerkez Ethem (born 1886), former militia leader

Gallery

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  İsmet İnönü
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  Hasan Saka
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  Celal Bayar
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  Aziz Kocaoğlu
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  Ertuğrul Günay
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  Melih Gökçek
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  Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
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  Kazım Karabekir
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  Prens Sabahattin
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  Çerkez Ethem

See also

• Turkey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 1948 Winter Olympics