1972 in Turkey

Events in the year 1972 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Nihat Erim (up to 22 May 1972)

Ferit Melen (from 22 May 1972)

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 – İsmet İnönü 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

6 January – Tevfik Rüştü Aras former foreign minister
6 May – Deniz Gezmiş and two friends, members of armed underground organization People's Liberation Army of Turkey
15 September Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
19 December Ahmet Emin Yalman, journalist

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 226–233
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
^ "Türkiye Süper Lig 1971/1972, İddaa, Puan Durumu, Fikstür & Maç Sonuçları | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com.