Events in the year 1966 in Turkey.

Parliament

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 ...

Cemal Gürsel Cemal Gürsel (; 13 October 1895 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish army general who became the List of Presidents of Turkey, fourth President of Turkey after a coup. Early life He was born in the city of Erzurum as the son of an Ottoman A ...

(up to 28 March) ::

Cevdet Sunay Cevdet Sunay (; 10 February 1899 – 22 May 1982) was a Turkish politician and army officer, who served as the fifth President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973. Early life and career Sunay was born in 1899 in Trabzon, in the Ottoman Empire. A ...

(from 28 March) *

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 ...

–

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...

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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 – Justice Party (AP) * 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

* 30th government of Turkey

Events

*3 January – First pipeline of Turkey between

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and

İskenderun İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Names The city was founded as Ale ...

*26 March – A report by a medical board stating that the president

, a victim of

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was unable to resume his work. (This eventually led to the election of

as the president.) *29 May –

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

won the championship of

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 ...

. *5 June – Turkish Senate 1/3 by elections *28 June – 504 Turks in Erenköy enclave, Cyprus, sieged by Greek forces were evacuated. *8 July –

pardons former president Celal Bayar. *19 August – The 6.8 Varto earthquake shook the

Muş Province Muş Province ( tr, Muş ili, Armenian: Մուշի մարզ, ku, Parêzgeha Mûşê) is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km2 in area and has a population of 406,886 according to a 2010 estimate, down from 453,654 in 2000. The provin ...

with a maximum

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of IX (''Violent''), killing at least 2,394 and injuring up to 1,500. *17 September – Unity Party was founded *8 December – 65 soldiers in Dumlu died because of an accident.

Births

*16 May –

Metin Şentürk Metin Şentürk ( b. May 16, 1966) is an the most famous Idealistic ideology for Turkish male classical music artist. Family life Şentürk was born in Topkapı into an origin for Şanlıurfa in Kosovo- Albanian family. He lost his eyesi ...

, singer *28 June –

Şenay Gürler Şenay Gürler (born 28 June 1966) is a Turkish actress. She was graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in Fine Arts. She performed at the İzmir Art Theatre and worked at TRT as a presenter. After working as a dubbing artist, she began actin ...

, actress *20 June

Fatma Şahin Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep to Mus ...

– mayor of

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

and a former government minister *16 July –

Yıldız Tilbe Yıldız Tilbe (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent and one of the best-selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads. Life and career Yıldız Tilbe was born in the Gültepe district o ...

, singer *14 August –

Tuncay Özkan Ahmet Tuncay Özkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He was arrested on September 27, 2008, in relation to the odatv case of the Ergenekon trials, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life impri ...

, journalist

Deaths

*2 February

Hacı Ömer Sabancı Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1 January 1906 – 2 February 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiate ...

, a well known industrialist *6 February

Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...

, a former chief of staff *14 February – Ahmet Esat Tomruk (İngiliz Kemal) (aged 74), former secret agent *28 June –

Fuat Köprülü Fuat is a masculine Turkish given name and the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد ''fū’ād, fou’ād'') meaning "heart". People named Fuat include: * Fuat Çapa, Belgian-Turkish football manager * Fuat Güner, Turki ...

former vice prime minister and academic *14 September –

, former president

Gallery

File:Cemal Gürsel.jpg, Cemal Gürsel File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü File:Fatma Sahin - World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012.jpg, Fatma Şahin File:Yıldız Tilbe - Konser01.jpg, Yıldız Tilbe File:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.jpg, Fuat Köprülü

References

{{Europe topic, 1966 in Years of the 20th century in Turkey 1966 in Europe

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...