1946 in Turkey

Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Recep Peker (from 7 August)

Celal Bayar (from 7 January)

7 January – Democrat Party (DP) was founded
29 March – Treaty with Iraq
5 April – USS Missouri (BB-63) carried the remains of the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Münir Ertegün, from New York to İstanbul
31 May – 1946 Varto–Hınıs earthquake
21 July – General elections (CHP 396 seats, DP 61 seats, Independents7 seats)
8 August – Soviet Union proposed to change the status of the straits
21 October – Turkey rejected Soviet proposal
7 September – Devaluation
18 December – DP boycotted the parliament (ended on 26 December)

12 February – Ajda Pekkan, actress and singer
14 February – Kemal Unakıtan, politician
4 April – Ercan Yazgan, theatre actor
19 April – Duygu Asena, journalist
5 May – Aydın Menderes, Adnan Menderes’ son, politician
24 May – Tansu Çiller, prime minister (50th, 51st, and (52nd government of Turkey)^[2]
20 June – Zülfü Livaneli, musician, politician and journalist
3 August – Cahit Berkay, musician
10 November – Fikret Kızılok, singer
14 December – Oral Çalışlar, politician and journalist