1949 in Turkey

Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)

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)

v t e 1949 in Asia
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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