1971 in Turkey

← 1970 1969 1968 1971 in Turkey → 1972 1973 1974
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1971 in Turkey.^[1]

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister :

Süleyman Demirel (up to 26 March 1971)

Nihat Erim (From 26 March 1971)

• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü (up to 26 March 1971)

• Ruling party – Justice Party (AP) (up to 26 March 1971)
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 26 March 1971)

• 32nd government of Turkey (up to 26 March 1971)
• 33rd government of Turkey (26 March 1971 – 11 December 1971)
• 34th government of Turkey (from 11 December 1971)

• 20 January – Middle East Technical University closes following student unrest.^[2]
• 21 March – CHP secretary general Bülent Ecevit resigns from his position because of İsmet İnönü’s support of the new government.
• 7 April – Nihat Erim forms a government.^[2]
• 27 April – Martial law declared; student associations banned.^[2]
• 13 May – Bingöl earthquake
• 21 May – Constitutional Court closes down National Order Party for anti-secular propaganda.^[2]
• 6 June – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
• 20 July – Constitutional Court bans the Labor Party.
• 19 September – Filiz Vural wins the Miss Europe.
• 20 September – Parliament amends the constitution.^[2]
• 6 October–17 October – Mediterranean Games take place in İzmir.^[4]
• 12 October – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew visits Ankara.^[2]
• 18 October – Queen Elizabeth II visits Turkey.^[2]
• 3 December – Vice Prime Minister Atilla Karaosmanoğlu and 10 other government ministers resign, ending the 33rd government.

• 1 January – Emrah İpek (Emrah), singer
• 25 January – Elif Şafak, novelist
• 1 September – Hakan Şükür, former footballer and MP
• 7 November – Kazım Koyuncu, singer

• 21 March – Falih Rıfkı Atay (aged 77), former journalist and politician
• 14 July – Kılıç Ali (Ali Kılıç) (aged 81), former military officer and close friend of Atatürk
• 11 October – Hikmet Kıvılcımlı, leftist politician and writer

• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  Nihat Erim
• 
  İsmet İnönü
• 
  Bülent Ecevit
• 
  Elif Şafak
• 
  Hakan Şükür
• 
  Falih Rıfkı Atay
• 
  Kılıç Ali

• 1970–71 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1971