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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1972 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents
Nihat Erim (up to 22 May 1972)
Ferit Melen (from 22 May 1972)

Cabinet

Events
  • 8 February – Documents about the Yenice Conference between İsmet İnönü and Winston Churchill in 1943 disclosed.
  • 30 March – Some militants of People’s Liberation Army, including Mahir Çayan, killed during gunfight.
  • 4 May – General Kemalettin Eken is injured in a terrorist attack.[2]
  • 6 May – Three members of Turkish People’s Liberation Army receive death sentences.[2]
  • 8 May – Ismet Inönü resigns as chairman of CHP.[2]
  • 14 May – Bülent Ecevit is the new chairman of CHP.[2]
  • 28 May – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.[3]
  • 16 July – Demetrios I elected as patriarch.
  • 4 September – Republican Party formed.[2]
  • 1 October – Turkish boxer Cemal Kamacı wins European championship in 63.5 kg. weight category

Births

Deaths
  • Nihat Erim
  • Bülent Ecevit
  • Tarkan
  • Tevfik Rüştü Aras
  • Ulvi Camal Erkin

See also

References
  1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 226–233
  2. Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
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