• Source: 1959 in Turkey

      • Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.


      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).
      14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
      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


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      See also


      1959 Milli Lig


      References

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