Events in the year 1947 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 100–102
Parliament 8th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – İsmet İnönü Prime Minister Recep Peker (up to 10 September) Hasan Saka (from 10 September) Leader of the opposition Celal Bayar
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) Main opposition – Democrat Party (DP)
Cabinet 15th government of Turkey(up to 10 September) 16th government of Turkey (from 10 September)
Events 20 February – Trade Union was founded 7 April – By elections 12 March – US military aid to Turkey 12 July – Mutual Declaration of the ruling and the opposition parties about democracy 9 September – Recep Peker who was considered as a hard-line politician resigned from his post as prime minister 21 September – Mine incident in Kozlu, Zonguldak, 21 deaths 25 October – Soviet Union asked to annex Kars and Ardahan in the United Nations assembly 27 November – Statues of Halkevleri was changed
Births 1 January – Cemil Turan, footballer 5 January – Osman Arpacıoğlu, footballer 1 April – Beşir Atalay, government minister 16 April – Erol Evgin, singer 22 December – Tarık Ümit, intelligence official 21 May – İlber Ortaylı, academic, historian 14 July – Salih Neftçi, economist 4 August – Ertuğrul Özkök, journalist 5 August – Osman Durmuş, politician, MD 15 October – Hümeyra Akbay, singer 12 December – Hülya Koçyiğit, actress
Deaths 2 February – Mehmet Naki Yücekök (born in 1866), retired military officer 6 March – İhsan Eryavuz, former government minister and businessman 27 July – Cemal Nadir Güler (born in 1902), caricaturist 3 December -Mehmet Atıf Ateşdağlı (born in 1876), retired military officer
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