Events in the year 1973 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 233–240
Parliament 14th Parliament of Turkey (up to 14 October) 15th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President Cevdet Sunay (up to 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 35th government of Turkey (up to 15 April 1973) 36th government of Turkey (from 15 April 1973)
Events 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. 6 April – Fahri Korutürk elected as Turkish president. 27 May – Galatasaray wins the championship. 14 October – Republican People's Party (CHP) wins the general elections with plurality. 30 October – Bosphorus Bridge opens. 25 December – İsmet İnönü dies.
Births 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 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. 25 December – İsmet İnönü, second president of Turkey
Gallery
See also 1972–73 1.Lig List of Turkish films of 1973
References