Events in the year 1950 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 110–116
Parliament 8th Parliament of Turkey (up to 2 May) 9th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President İsmet İnönü (up to 20 May June) Celal Bayar (from 20 May June) Prime Minister Şemsettin Günaltay (up to 2 June) Adnan Menderes (from 2 June) Leader of the opposition Celal Bayar (up to 20 May) İsmet İnönü (from 2 June)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 2 June) Democrat Party (DP) (from 2 June) Main opposition Democrat Party (DP) (up to 2 June) Republican People's Party (CHP) (from 2 June)
Cabinet 18th government of Turkey (up to 2 June) 19th government of Turkey (from 2 June)
Events 11 April – Demonstrations in the funeral ceremony of Fevzi Çakmak 14 May – General elections, winner takes all system ( DP 396 seats, CHP 68 seats, MP 1 seat, Indep.7 seats) 16 July – Ezan (call for prayer) which had been translated into Turkish during the CHP governments was restored to traditional Arabic. 3 September – Local elections 21 September – Turkish Brigade to Korean War was sent off to Korea. 22 October – Census (population 20,947,188) 27 November – Beginning of the Battle of Wawon (Kunuri) in Korea in which Turkish brigade distinguished itself.(237 deaths and 825 total casualties)
Births 1 January – Şükrü Sina Gürel, former government minister 22 February – Seyit Kırmızı, cyclist 1 March – Bülent Ortaçgil, singer 17 March – Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik, former government minister 20 October – Abdullah Gül, former president
Deaths 2 April – Recep Peker (born in 1889), former prime minister (15th government of Turkey) 10 April – Fevzi Çakmak (born in 1876), former chief of staff and the only marshal of the Turkish army (after the death of Kemal Atatürk) 1 October – Faik Ali Ozansoy (born in 1876), politician and poet 2 November - Huriye Öniz (born in 1887) - one of the first female MPs. 15 November – Orhan Veli Kanık (born in 1914), poet
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