Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.

Parliament

11th Parliament of Turkey The 11th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 27 October 1957 to 27 May 1960. There were 610 MPs in the parliament. While The Democrat Party (DP) won a vast majority, the opposition was represented by the Republican People's Party (CHP) ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Esat Arsev ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...

Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

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İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP) * Main opposition –

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP)

Cabinet

* 23rd government of Turkey

Events

* 11 February – Zürich Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue *17 February –

Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines ( Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları'') is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 340 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the w ...

aircraft SEC crashed in London. Prime minister

survived *18 February – London Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue *1 May – Opposition leader

got attacked in

Uşak Uşak (; el, Ουσάκειον, Ousakeion) is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 500,000 (2016 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. Uşak city is situated at a distance of from İ ...

*4 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

(Topkapı event). *14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the

Turkish football league Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

*27 September –

Kasım Gülek Kasım Gülek (1905 – 1996) was a prominent Turkish statesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses. Biography He was born and lived in Adana, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, ...

, the secretary general of CHP resigned

Births

*12 February –

Ercan Akbay Ercan Akbay (born 12 February 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish writer, painter, and musician. After studying finance at university, he has worked in many different sectors in his life; he now devotes his time to writing and painting. He has ...

, writer, painter and musician *26 February –

Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as M ...

, prime minister *3 May – Tuğba Çetin (Ahu Tuğba), actress *15 July – Bergen Sarılmışer, singer *27 November –

Gani Müjde Gani is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Gani Bobi (1943–1995), Albanian philosopher and sociologist *Gani Fawehinmi (1938–2009), Nigerian writer *Gani Lawal (born 1988), Nigerian-American baske ...

scriptwriter *23 December –

Demet Akbağ Demet Akbağ (née İybar; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre and film actress. Biography Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her maternal family is of Turkmen descent. H ...

, theatre actress

Deaths

*10 January –

Şükrü Kaya Şükrü Kaya (1883 – 10 January 1959) was a Turkish people, Turkish civil servant and politician, who served as government minister, Minister of Interior and List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Minister of Foreign affairs in s ...

(aged 76), former government minister ( 5th –

9th government of Turkey The 9th government of Turkey (1 November 1937 – 11 November 1938) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''first Bayar government''. Background The government was formed after İsmet İnönü, the previous prime minister ...

) *14 march – Faik Ahmet Barutçu (aged 63), former deputy prime minister ( 17th government of Turkey) *16 September –

Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, (1888 – 16 September 1959), was a 20th-century Islamic scholar born in the small Ottoman village of Ferhatlar, also known aVaratlarand today Delchevo in the Razgrad Province, Bulgaria. Süleyman later became ...

, Islamic scholar *24 October – Osman Nihat Akın, composer

Gallery

Image:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar File:Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg, Adnan Menderes File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü File: Davutoglu cropped 3.jpg, Ahmet Davutoğlu File:Mehmet Şükrü Kaya.jpg, Şükrü Kaya File:Faik Ahmet Barutçu.jpg, Faik Ahmet Barutçu

References

Years of the 20th century in Turkey