1969 in Turkey

Events in the year 1969 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
8 April (and the following days) – Widespread student demonstrations
12 April The biggest opera house in Turkey, Atatürk Cultural Center in İstanbul, was opened
3 May – Demonstrations after the burial service of İmran Öktem, the former chief of the Court of Cassation.
25 May - Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league^[2]
11 August – Bülent Ecevit, the secretary general of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), stated his motto: “The soil belongs to people who cultivate it and the water belongs to people who use it.”
12 October – General elections result in AP 260 seats, CHP 144 seats, GP 14 seats, MP 6 seats, BP 7 seats, YTP 3 seats, TİP 2 seats, MHP 1 seat and Independents 11 seats
18 December – The battleship TCG Yavuz was sold for scrapping.

v t e 1968 in Asia
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v t e 1969 in Europe
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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard