Events in the year 1958 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 ...

– Celal Bayar *

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

* 16 January – Nine army officers arrested for plotting against the government. *1 March – Commuter boat Üsküdar sinks. Most of the passengers were students. *2 June – Publication ban on the statements made by

, the opposition leader *7 June – Series of public demonstrations concerning

Cyprus dispute The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus dispute, Cyprus issue, Cyprus question or Cyprus conflict, is an ongoing dispute between Greek Cypriots in the south and Turkish Cypriots in the north. Initially, with the Modern history of Cyprus#In ...

begin. *20 July – Partial mobilization after the revolution in Iraq

Deaths

*3 January –

Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (1877 – January 3, 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Army (Turkish: ), is the main branch of the Turkish Armed ...

(born in 1877), former general *25 January –

Cemil Topuzlu Professor Cemil Topuzlu (18 March 1866 – 25 January 1958), also known as Cemil Pasha, was a Turkish social democratic politician who served two terms as mayor of Istanbul. During his time in office he oversaw major developments in the city, in ...

(born in 1868), one of the pioneers of modern medicine *10 February –

Nezihe Muhiddin Nezihe Muhiddin Tepedelengil (1889 – 10 February 1958) was a Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader. In the 20th century Ottoman Empire, Nezihe Muhiddin was a pioneer of the women's movement who ...

, female activist, journalist *28 February –

Zeki Üngör Zeki as Turkish masculine name and may refer to: * Zeki Yim (born 2003), Hong Kong Pornography actor * Zeki Akar (born 1944), Turkish judge * Zeki Alasya (1943-2015), Turkish actor * Zeki Demir (born 1982), Turkish karateka * Zeki Demirkubuz (bor ...

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Cemil Cahit Toydemir Cemil Cahit Toydemir (1883 in Constantinople – July 15, 1956 in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army of Circassian origin. He served in Caucasus front in WWI, after Armistice of Mudros he joined Turki ...

(born in 1883), former government minister ( 15th government of Turkey) *1 November –

Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, born ''Ahmet Âgâh'' (2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), generally known by the pen name ''Yahya Kemal'', was a leading Turkish poet and author, as well as a politician and diplomat. Early life and education Yahya Kema ...

(born in 1884), poet

Births

*9 January –

Mehmet Ali Ağca Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving ...

, assassin *16 January –

Ayşenur İslam Ayşenur İslam (born Külahlıoğlu; born 16 January 1958) is a Turkish university lecturer and politician. On 25 December 2013, she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the third cabinet of Erdoğan and served until 2 ...

, government minister *1 April –

Banu Alkan Banu Alkan (born Liz Remka Rebronja; 1 April 1958) is a Turkish-Croatian actress. She moved to Edremit, Balıkesir Edremit is a city and district of Balıkesir Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated at the tip of the gulf wi ...

, actress *6 May –

Haluk Ulusoy Haluk Ulusoy (born on 6 May 1958 in Trabzon) is the former president of Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined ...

, the former president of

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...

*9 August –

Muazzez Ersoy Hatice Yıldız Levent, better known by her stage name Muazzez Ersoy, (born 9 August 1958) is a Turkish classical music singer. In 1998, with the suggestion of the 33rd government of Turkey's Ministry of Culture, she was chosen as a State Arti ...

(Hatice Yıldız Levent), singer *11 September- Altan Tan, writer

Gallery

Image:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar File:Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg, Adnan Menderes File:Inonu Ismet.jpg, İsmet İnönü Image:Cafer Tayyar Pasha.jpg, Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez File:Cemil.JPG, Cemil Topuzlu File:Yahya Kemal (Beyatlı).jpg, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı

References

{{Europe topic, 1958 in Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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 ...