1971 in Turkey

Parliament

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister :
• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party

Cabinet

• 32nd government of Turkey
• 33rd government of Turkey
• 34th government of Turkey

Events

• 20 January – Middle East Technical University closes following student unrest.
• 21 March – CHP secretary general Bülent Ecevit resigns from his position because of İsmet İnönü’s support of the new government.
• 7 April – Nihat Erim forms a government.
• 27 April – Martial law declared; student associations banned.
• 13 May – Bingöl earthquake
• 21 May – Constitutional Court closes down National Order Party for anti-secular propaganda.
• 6 June – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.
• 20 July – Constitutional Court bans the Labor Party.
• 19 September – Filiz Vural wins the Miss Europe.
• 20 September – Parliament amends the constitution.
• 6 October–17 October – Mediterranean Games take place in İzmir.
• 12 October – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew visits Ankara.
• 18 October – Queen Elizabeth II visits Turkey.
• 3 December – Vice Prime Minister Atilla Karaosmanoğlu and 10 other government ministers resign, ending the 33rd government.

Births

• 1 January – Emrah İpek, singer
• 25 January – Elif Şafak, novelist
• 1 September – Hakan Şükür, former footballer and MP
• 7 November – Kazım Koyuncu, singer

Deaths

• 21 March – Falih Rıfkı Atay, former journalist and politician
• 14 July – Kılıç Ali , former military officer and close friend of Atatürk
• 11 October – Hikmet Kıvılcımlı, leftist politician and writer