1974 in Turkey
Events in the year 1974 in Turkey.
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party: Republican People's Party ; coalition partner National Salvation Party
- Main opposition: Justice Party (AP)
Cabinet
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.
- 22 June – Socialist Labor Party of Turkey formed.
- 15 July – 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.
- 20 July – Turkish Armed Forces invade Cyprus.
- 31 July – Ceasefire on Cyprus.
- 14 August – Turkish military activities resume on Cyprus as Geneva peace talks fail.
- 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
- 21 September – Özgür Özel, pharmacist and politician
- 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