1973 in Turkey

← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Turkey → 1974 1975 1976
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1973 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey (up to 14 October)
• 15th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President

Cevdet Sunay (up tp 28 March 1973)

Fahri Korutürk (from 8 April 1972)

• Prime Minister:

Ferit Melen (up to 15 April 1973)

Naim Talu (from 15 April 1973)

Cabinet

• 35th government of Turkey (up to 15 April 1973)
• 36th government of Turkey (from 15 April 1973)

Events

• 28 January - Assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir two Turkish consular officials in California by Gourgen Yanikian an Armenian origin terrorist. Beginning of a series of ASALA murders
• 26 February - Republican Party merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party.
• 6 April - After 15th election cycles, Fahri Korutürk was elected as Turkish president (Turkish presidential election, 1973)
• 27 May - Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 14 October. Republican People's Party (CHP) won the general elections with plurality.
• 30 October Bosphorus Bridge opened to service (First bridege between Asia and Europe)

Births

• 10 May - Rüştü Reçber, goalkeeper
• 14 June - Halil Mutlu, weightlifter
• 16 June - Balçiçek İlter, journalist
• 27 August - Burak Kut, singer
• 31 October - Arzum Onan actress

Deaths

• 27 January - Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir, two Turkish consuls in the US assassinated by Armenian Genocide survivor Gourgen Yanikian
• 21 March - Aşık Veysel, folk poet
• 21 April: Kemal Tahir, novelist
• 13 October: Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (pen name Halikarnas Balıkçısı), novelist
• 8 November: Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, poet
• 25 December İsmet İnönü, second president of Turkey

Gallery

• 
  Cevdet Sunay
• 
  Rüştü Recber
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  Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (bust)
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  Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
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  İsmet İnönü

See also

• 1972–73 1.Lig