Events in the year 1949 in Turkey.
Parliament
8th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
President – İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister
Hasan Saka (up to 16 January) Şemsettin Günaltay (from 16 January) Leader of the opposition – Celal Bayar
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet
17th government of Turkey (up to 10 June) 18th government of Turkey (from 10 June)
Events
14 January: Hasan Saka, the prime minister resigns. 24 January: Nationalistic poet Behçet Kemal Çağlar resigns from CHP, protesting Şemsettin Günaltay's cabinet and claiming that the secular principle of the party was sacrificed 1 February: Religion courses offered to primary school children. 24 March: Turkey grants de facto diplomatic recognition to Israel. 9 July: Fire in Çorum passenger ship leaves 61 dead. 8 August: Turkey admitted to Council of Europe. 17 August: 1949 Karlıova earthquake 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)
Births
1 January – Vehbi Akdağ, wrestler (d. 2020) 10 January – Kemal Derviş, economist and politician 20 February – Adnan Kahveci, politician 25 February – Esmeray Diriker, singer 25 February – Sevil Atasoy, biochemist, forensic expert 21 March – Muammer Güler, politician 29 March – Kayahan Açar, singer 15 April – Kadir İnanır, actor 14 November – Güneş Taner, politician 13 December – Tarik Akan, actor 25 December – Mustafa Cengiz, businessman (died 2021)