1949 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Hasan Saka (up to 16 January)

14 January- Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigned
24 January – Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigned from CHP protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the laicate principle of the party was sacrificed
1 February – Religion course was offered to primary school children
9 July – Fire in Çorum passenger ship. 61 deaths
17 August – Earthquake around Karlıova, East Anatolia
15 October – By elections
16 November – Several members of the Nation Party were arrested on a fake assassination charge (It was claimed that they were planning to assassinate İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar, but several days later they were released)

v t e 1949 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Ceylon China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaya Mongolia Nepal Oman East Pakistan West Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Soviet Union Syria Thailand Turkey North Vietnam North Yemen
States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Tibet Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain Brunei Colony of Aden Cyprus French India French Indochina Kuwait