1959 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
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
Events
- 11 February – Zürich Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
- 17 February – Turkish Airlines aircraft SEC crashed in London. Prime minister Adnan Menderes survived
- 18 February – London Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
- 1 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Uşak
- 4 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Istanbul (Topkapı event).[2]
- 14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league[3]
- 27 September – Kasım Gülek, the secretary general of CHP resigned
Births
- 12 February – Ercan Akbay, writer, painter and musician
- 26 February – Ahmet Davutoğlu, prime minister
- 3 May – Tuğba Çetin (Ahu Tuğba), actress
- 15 July – Bergen Sarılmışer, singer
- 27 November – Gani Müjde scriptwriter
- 23 December – Demet Akbağ, theatre actress
Deaths
- 10 January – Şükrü Kaya (aged 76), former government minister (5th – 9th government of Turkey)
- 14 march – Faik Ahmet Barutçu (aged 63), former deputy prime minister (17th government of Turkey)
- 16 September – Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, Islamic scholar
- 24 October – Osman Nihat Akın, composer
Gallery
- Celal Bayar
- Adnan Menderes
- İsmet İnönü
- Ahmet Davutoğlu
- Şükrü Kaya
- Faik Ahmet Barutçu
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