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Events in the year 1973 in Turkey.[1]

## Parliament

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* 14th Parliament of Turkey (up to 14 October)
* 15th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

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* President

Cevdet Sunay (up tp 28 March 1973)
Fahri Korutürk (from 8 April 1972)

* Prime Minister:

Ferit Melen (up to 15 April 1973)
Naim Talu (from 15 April 1973)

## Cabinet

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* 35th government of Turkey (up to 15 April 1973)
* 36th government of Turkey (from 15 April 1973)

## Events

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* 28 January – Turkish consuls Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir assassinated by an Armenian terrorist.
* 3 March – Republican Party merges with Reliance Party to become Republican Reliance Party.[2]
* 6 April – Fahri Korutürk elected as Turkish president.
* 27 May – Galatasaray wins the championship.[3]
* 14 October – Republican People's Party (CHP) wins the general elections with plurality.
* 30 October – Bosphorus Bridge opens.
* 25 December – İsmet İnönü dies.[2]

## Births

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* 10 May – Rüştü Reçber, goalkeeper
* 14 June – Halil Mutlu, weightlifter
* 16 June – Balçiçek İlter, journalist
* 27 August – Burak Kut, singer
* 31 October – Arzum Onan actress
* 12 November – Alper Celen, entrepreneur

## Deaths

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* 27 January – Turkish consuls Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir assassinated by an Armenian terrorist.
* 21 March – Aşık Veysel, folk poet
* 21 April – Kemal Tahir, novelist
* 13 October – Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (pen name Halikarnas Balıkçısı), novelist
* 8 November – Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, poet.[4]
* 25 December – İsmet İnönü, second president of Turkey

## Gallery

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* Rüştü Recber

* Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (bust)

* İsmet İnönü

## See also

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* 1972–73 1.Lig
* List of Turkish films of 1973

## References

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1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 233–240
2. ^ a b Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
3. ^ "Türkiye Süper Lig 1972/1973, İddaa, Puan Durumu, Fikstür & Maç Sonuçları". www.mackolik.com.
4. ^ Birinci, Necat (1993). Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler (in Turkish). Cağaloğlu: Boğaziçi yayınları. p. 13\. ISBN 978-9-75451-102-4.

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