1970 in Turkey
# 1970 in Turkey

Events in the year 1970 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 14th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President – Cevdet Sunay
* Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel
* Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Justice Party (AP)
* Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)

## Cabinet

* 31st government of Turkey (up to 6 March 1970)
* 32nd government of Turkey (from 6 March 1970)

## Events

* 26 January – Necmettin Erbakan founds National Order Party.
* 31 January – Pro-Islamic National Order Party formed.
* 27 March – Gediz earthquake
* 31 May – Fenerbahçe wins the Turkish championship.
* 15–16 June – Martial law proclaimed after demonstrations in Istanbul and Kocaeli.
* 22 July – Turkey signs an agreement with the European Community.
* 9 August – Devaluation
* 15 October – Aeroflot Flight 244 hijacked from the Soviet Union to Trabzon
* 25 October – Census (population 35,666,549)
* 18 December – A group of former Justice Party members form the Democratic Party.

## Births

* 14 January – Fazıl Say, musician
* 21 March – Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American youtuber
* 14 April – Emre Altuğ , singer and actor
* 3 July – Aşkın Nur Yengi, singer
* 1 August Sibel Can, singer
* 10 October Şafak Sezer, actor

## Deaths

* 14 January – Asım Gündüz (aged 90), general
* 11 February – Tahsin Yazıcı (aged 79), general, Korean War veteran
* 3 June – Orhan Kemal (aged 55), born Mehmet Reşat Öğütçü, novelist
* 29 November – Irfan Orga (aged 62), airman and author

## Gallery

* Süleyman Demirel
* İsmet İnönü
* Necmettin Erbakan
* Fazıl Say
* Asım Gündüz
