Events in the year 1951 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 116–118
Parliament 9th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Celal Bayar Prime Minister – Adnan Menderes Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP) Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet 19th government of Turkey (up to 9 March) 20th government of Turkey (from 9 March)
Events 21 January – First convoy of wounded Turkish Brigade soldiers from Korean War arrived in Turkey 26 June – The corpse of the reformist grandvizier Mithat Pasha, who was assassinated in Saudi Arabia in 1883, was buried in Istanbul 2 July – Presidential yacht MV Savarona was transferred to the Turkish Naval Forces 8 August – Halkevleri, a state sponsored enlightenment project, was ended 13 August – 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake 17 September – Byelections 1 October – Turkish Air Force Academy was founded
Births 16 February – Ferhan Şensoy theatre actor 5 April, Nedim Gürsel, writer 23 July, Leman Sam, singer 6 September – Melih Kibar, composer 14 December – Nükhet Ruacan, jazz singer 16 December – Aykut Barka, earth scientist specialized in earthquakes
Metin Yurdanur, sculptor
Deaths 3 January – Ali Münif Yeğenağa (born in 1874), politician (Ottoman Empire and Turkey) 26 July – Ali Sami Yen (born in 1886), founder of Galatasaray sports club 20 August – İzzettin Çalışlar (born in 1882), retired general, who participated in the Turkish War of Independence 31 August – Mazhar Osman Usman (born in 1884), doctor and the founder of Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital 11 December – Mustafa Muğlalı (born in 1882), retired general, who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
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