1959 in Turkey

← 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Turkey → 1960 1961 1962
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 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

See also

• 1959 Milli Lig

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