Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 97–100
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 26 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
Deaths 9 July – Nevzat Tandoğan (born 1894, suicide) – governor of Ankara 26 November – Saffet Arıkan (born 1888), former government minister
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