Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.
Parliament
7th Parliament of Turkey (up to 5 August) 8th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
President – İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister
Şükrü Saracoğlu ( up to 7 August) Recep Peker (from 7 August) Leader of the opposition Celal Bayar (from 7 January)
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet
14th government of Turkey (up to 7 August) 15th government of Turkey (from 7 August)
Events
7 January – Democrat Party (DP) was founded
29 March – Treaty with Iraq
5 April – 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 the 26th of December)
Births
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) 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