← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Turkey → 1975 1976 1977
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1974 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 15th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Fahri Korutürk
• Prime Minister

Naim Talu (to 26 January 1974)

Bülent Ecevit (26 January–17 November 1974)

Sadi Irmak (from 17 November 1974)

• Leader of the opposition – Süleyman Demirel (26 January–17 November 1974)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party: Republican People's Party (CHP); coalition partner National Salvation Party (MSP) (26 January–17 November 1974)
• Main opposition: Justice Party (AP) (26 January–17 November 1974)

Cabinet

• 36th government of Turkey (to 26 January 1974)
• 37th government of Turkey (16 January–17 November 1974)
• 38th government of Turkey (from 17 November 1974)

Events

• 26 January – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes
• 3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes near Paris with 346 fatalities.
• 10 March – Gürdal Duyars sculpture Güzel İstanbul is erected on Karaköy Square.
• 18 March – Gürdal Duyars sculpture Güzel İstanbul is removed from Karaköy Square.
• 26 May – Fenerbahçe wins the championship.^[2]
• 22 June – Socialist Labor Party of Turkey formed.^[3]
• 15 July – 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.^[3]
• 20 July – Turkish Armed Forces invade Cyprus.^[3]
• 31 July – Ceasefire on Cyprus.^[3]
• 14 August – Turkish military activities resume on Cyprus as Geneva peace talks fail.^[3]
• 9 September – Keban Dam becomes operational.

Births

• 1 April – Isa Kahraman, member of the Dutch Parliament
• 17 May – Şebnem Dönmez, actress and TV program presenter
• 31 May – Kenan Doğulu, singer
• 27 August – Hakan Haslaman, stuntman, and also director and film producer
• 1 October – Hasan Özer, footballer
• 12 October – Ebru Gündeş, singer

Deaths

• 25 May – Ulvi Uraz, theatre director
• 5 June – Hilmi Ziya Ülken, scholar and writer
• 22 July – Orhan Brandt, philatelist
• 26 October – Fahrettin Altay, general
• 14 December – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, novelist

Gallery

• 
  Bülent Ecevit
• 
  Süleyman Demirel
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  Kenan Doğulu
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  Ebru Gündeş
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  Fahrettin Altay
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  Yakup Kadri Karosmanoğlu

See also

• 1973–74 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1974

References