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Events in the year 1968 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Justice Party (AP)
- Main opposition – Republican People’s Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 15 January – Gulf of İzmit froze
- 8 March – 22 passengers died in a bus accident near Bolvadin
- 17 March – 33 passengers died in a bus accident near İstanbul
- 26 May – Fenerbahçe is the champion of the Turkish football league[2]
- 2 June – Senate 1/3 elections (AP 38 seats, CHP 13 seats, MP 1 seat, GP 1 seat)
- 3 September – Earthquake in Bartın
- 17 June and the following days – Widespread university demonstrations
- 22 November – First heart transplantations in Turkey (Ankara)
- 31 December – TRT 1 First television broadcast
Births
- 23 February – İlhan Cihaner, politician and lawyer
- 1 July – Emine Ayna, politician
- 5 June – Şebnem Dönmez, actress
- 17 July – Derya Arbaş Berti (Derya Arbaş), actress
- 11 August – Özlem Çerçioğlu, mayor of Aydın
- 30 October – Merve Kavakçı, politician
- 3 December – Aylin Nazlıaka, politician
Deaths
- 10 January – Ali Fuat Cebesoy (birth 1882), former general
- 9 March – Haşim İşcan (birth 1898), mayor of İstanbul
- 2 September – Sabiha Sertel, first female journalist
- 11 October – Selim Sarper (birth 1899) former minister of foreign affairs
Gallery
Süleyman Demirel
İsmet İnönü
Ali Fuat Cebesoy
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 200–206
- Mackolik page
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