1948 in Turkey

Parliament

• 8th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – İsmet İnönü
• Prime Minister – Hasan Saka
• Leader of the opposition – Celal Bayar

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People's Party
• Main opposition -Democrat Party

Events

• 30 January – Akbank was founded
• 12 March – Earthquake around Kahramanmaraş.
• 1 May – Hürriyet newspaper began, its publication life
• 8 May – Prime minister Hasan Saka resigned because the policy of his cabinet towards the opposition was considered too mild. Nevertheless, he formed the next government.
• 4 July – Aid Turkey branch was founded
• 19 July – Nation Party was founded
• 17 October – By elections
• 10 December – Turkey became a member of UNESCO

Births

• 1 March – Ertuğrul Günay, government minister
• 27 April – Nil Burak, singer
• 31 May – Ahmet Vefik Alp, architect
• 24 June – Ayşe Soysal, female mathematician
• 12 September – Aziz Kocaoğlu, mayor of İzmir
• 20 October – Melih Gökçek, politician
• 17 December – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the CHP

Deaths

• 26 January – Kazım Karabekir, retired general
• 8 March – Hulusi Behçet, MD
• 2 April – Sabahattin Ali writer
• 30 June – Prens Sabahattin, politician and sociologist
• 21 September – Çerkez Ethem, former militia leader