1959 in Turkey

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

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 İstanbul (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 – 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 – , composer

Gallery[]

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  Celal Bayar

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  Adnan Menderes

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  İsmet İnönü

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  Ahmet Davutoğlu

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  Şükrü Kaya

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  Faik Ahmet Barutçu

See also[]

• 1959 Milli Lig

References[]