1969 in Turkey

← 1968 1967 1966 1969 in Turkey → 1970 1971 1972
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

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

• 13th Parliament of Turkey (up to 12 October)
• 14th Parliament of Turkey

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

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

• 30th government of Turkey (up to 3 November)
• 31st government of Turkey (from 3 November)

• 9 February – Alparslan Türkeş ̧ elected chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party.^[2]
• 15/16 February – Protests against the visiting United States Sixth Fleet
• 28 March – Earthquake in Alaşehir
• 8 April – Widespread student demonstrations
• 12 April – Atatürk Cultural Center opens.
• 3 May – Demonstrations at the funeral of Court of Cassation.^[2]
• 25 May – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
• 31 May – Istanbul University closes following civil unrest.^[2]
• 11 August – Bülent Ecevit says that the soil belongs to people who cultivate it and water to people who use it.
• 12 October – 1969 Turkish general election results 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 sold for scrapping.

• 12 March – Beyazıt Öztürk, television personality
• 29 April – İzel Çeliköz, singer
• 29 May – Acun Ilıcalı, television personality
• 7 July – Metin Feyzioğlu, academician, lawyer
• 9 December – Ayşe Arman, journalist

• 5 April – Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk (aged 91), politician
• 21 May – Kamil Ocak (aged 55), politician
• 24 October – Behçet Kemal Çağlar (aged 61), poet
• 3 November – Zeki Rıza Sporel (aged 81), footballer

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  Süleyman Demirel
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Bülent Ecevit
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  Beyazıt öztürk
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  İzel Çeliköz
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  Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk

• 1968–69 1.Lig