Cases That Shook Turkey

The ruling Demokrat Party also recognized the growing influence of radio. News bulletins started to be used for propaganda purposes.

On January 17, 1958, readers of the newspapers were confronted with an unprecedented news story.

Between 1930 and 1984, it was forbidden to buy and hold foreign currency in Türkiye.

On May 13, 1975, Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel was talking to journalists in front of the Prime Ministry building when Vural Önsel punched him and broke his nose. Önsel was neutralized by a photojournalist. What happened next was interesting.

One of the most interesting periods in Türkiye's economic system was the banker era. In 1981, bankers had collected 150 billion liras, or one and a half billion dollars at the exchange rate of that period, from 350 thousand people.

The Turkish people first met Adnan Oktar, known as Adnan Hodja, in 1986.

Turgut Özal’s candidacy for president in 1989 caused controversy. The opposition decided to boycott the presidential election, arguing that a political party leader could not be an impartial president.

The elections held three years after the September 12, 1980 coup were seen as a sign of Turkey's return to civilian rule. However, the military regime's pressure was felt in every area.

In 1971, a drug case in Istanbul led to months of tension between Türkiye and the UK.

It was revealed that Tansu Çiller, the leader of Doğru Yol Partisi, who stepped down from her three-year term as prime minister on March 6, 1996, had withdrawn 500 billion liras from the secret fund a few days before leaving office.

In 1976, it was revealed that the American aircraft company Lockheed had paid $24 million in bribes over four years to senior executives in the Netherlands, Italy, Japan and Türkiye in order to sell them warplanes.

Kemal Şimşek, who was murdered on March 7, 1977 in an illegal casino in Beyoğlu, was the most famous prosecutor of the 1970s. His erratic behavior and the fights he got into were often reported in the newspapers.

The heist on July 24, 1969 at the Izmir Archaeology Museum was the largest museum robbery in Türkiye up to that time.

When TRT was the only television channel, quiz shows were among the most popular programs among viewers.

When 23-year-old American university student Billy Hayes was caught with 2 kilos 300 grams of marijuana at Yeşilköy Airport while boarding a flight to his home country, the calendars showed October 7, 1970.

Competing in Türkiye's first official automobile races, Ms. Samiye becomes the champion by competing with men since there are no other women. Her rival, who cannot tolerate this situation, files a lawsuit.

A strange assassination case: How did the assassination attempt against Mr. Lütfi, the District Governor of Foça, lead to different outcomes? Are there any connections to other events? In this episode, we examine the details of the case.

Melek, who presented herself as a man and was taken to court by the woman she was about to marry, became the most prominent woman of the period. Take a look at the story of Melek, who walked around in men's clothes in the 1935s.

In 1949, reports of an assassination plot against İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar caused a stir.

Azan, which was recited in Turkish, reverted to Arabic in 1950s. A book written by a retired history teacher defending the recitation of the azan in Turkish and certain reforms in the religion raised the hackles of both the Diyanet and the press.

In 1939, Ankara Demirspor goalkeeper Necdet Erdem punched the referee in a match. The most successful goalkeeper of the period and the young referee started a contentious case that would deal a huge blow to Necdet's football career.

The divorce case of the famous cheerleader of Galatasaray, who always wore yellow-red clothes, painted his minibus yellow-red and was fired for his team, was just as interesting.

In the international espionage scandal of 1968, a Turk was involved: Nahit İmre, who was stationed in Brussels and leaked classified military information. A case that caused suicides and shook not only Türkiye but also the world.

At the border crossing between Italy and France, an Anadol car, two Turks and 146 kilos of base morphine. Moreover, one of the two Turks is a senator.

In 1973, stolen university questions revealed links that led to the responsibility for the exam being handed over to ÖSYM.

In 1982, look at the much talked about crime of “destroying the ability of others to have children”.

Fetuses in jars, babies buried in hospital gardens, told their real parents that they had died but sold abroad... This is not a horror movie but the facts of history.

Fahrettin Aslan, the owner of Maksim Gazinosu, had confessed to bribing police chief Şükrü Balcı with 10 million liras. Those who bribed Balcı was not only him.

The love of Musa from Maraş and 13-year-old Sarah, which ended in an imam marriage, pitted countries against each other and caused a crisis. The story of love that has been talked about for years.