7th Parliament of Turkey
The 7th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 28 February 1943 to 5 August 1946. There were 492 MPs in the parliament, all of which were the members of the
Democrat Party (DP)[1]
Main parliamentary milestones
Some of the important events in the history of the parliament are the following:[2]
- 8 March 1943 – İsmet İnönü was reelected as the president of Turkey for the third time.
- 9 March 1943 – Şükrü Saracoğlu of CHP formed the 14th government of Turkey.
- 2 August 1944 – The parliament decided to suspend Turco-German relations
- 10 January 1945 – Law 4695: The text of the constitution was revised to replace non Turkish words with the Turkish equivalents.
- 10 January 1945 – Law 4696 Four Arabic month names were changed to Turkish month names.
- 23 February – Parliament approved declaration of war to Germany and Japan
- 12 June – Motion with four signatures (Turkish: Dörtlü takrir): An important step in Turkish democracy. Four CHP MPs called for a change in party regulations
- 15 August 1945 – The parliament approved the United Nations principle agreement.
- 20 November 1945 – President İsmet İnönü called for an opposition party
- 1 December 1945 – Celal Bayar, a former prime minister (1937–1939) announced that he’ll found a new party.
- 7 January 1946 – Democrat Party (DP) was founded by Celal Bayar, Fuat Köprülü, Adnan Menderes and Refik Koraltan.
- 31 May 1946 – New election system (direct suffrage)
- 15 June 1946 – Law 4936: Universities became autonomous
- 21 July – General Elections
References
- ^ Parliament page
- ^ Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı; Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul