1959 in Turkey explained

Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 11th Parliament of Turkey

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

• 23rd government of Turkey

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
• 1 April – Banu Alkan, actress
• 7 April – Ali Sürmeli, actor
• 10 April – Ikram Dinçer, politician
• 22 April – Musa Uzunlar, actor
• 24 April – Eren Keskin, activist
• 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

See also

• 1959 Milli Lig

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 140–142
2. https://archive.today/20140918182549/http://www.haberseninle.com/foto/topkapi_olaylari_nin_perde_arkasi/2557529/sayfa/14 Photo archives
3. Web site: Mackolik page . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108093439/http://www.mackolik.com/Standings/Default.aspx?sId=3711 . 2014-11-08 . dead .