1945 in Turkey
overview of Turkey-related events during the year of 1945
Events in the year 1945 in Turkey.
Parliament
7th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
President – İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister – Şükrü Saracoğlu
Ruling party
Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
14th government of Turkey
Events
3 January – End of diplomatic relations with Japan.
10 January – Ottoman Turkish wording of the constitution was changed to modern Turkish (to be reverted in 1952)
23 February – Declaration of war against Germany and Japan
12 June – Motion with four signatures (Turkish: Dörtlü takrir) by Celal Bayar, Adnan Menderes, Refik Koraltan and Fuat Köprülü. Serious opposition in CHP
26 June – Turkey joined the United Nations
5 September – National Development Party was founded
21 October – Census (population 18,790,174)
20 November – Earthquake in Van
Births
8 January – Kadir Topbaş, politician and architect (d. 2021)
5 April – Cem Karaca, singer (d.
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