1960 in Turkey
# 1960 in Turkey

Events in the year 1960 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 11th Parliament of Turkey (up to 27 May)

## Incumbents

* President

       Celal Bayar (up to 27 May)
       Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May)
* Prime Minister

       Adnan Menderes (up to 27 May)
       Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May)
* Leader of the opposition

       İsmet İnönü (up to 27 May)

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party

       Democrat Party (DP) (up to 27 May)
* Main opposition

       Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 27 May)

## Cabinet

* 23rd government of Turkey (up to 27 May)
* 24th government of Turkey (from 27 May)

## Events

* 2 April – In Yeşilhisar, because of the interference of ruling party partisans İsmet İnönü the leader of the opposition was not able to continue his election campaign
* 27 April – The ruling party formed a committee (popularly called Sancar komisyonu) to convict the opposition
* 5 May – Demonstrations in Ankara (known as 555K)
* 27 May – Coup d'état
* 12 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league.
* 22 October – Census (population 27754820)
* 15 November – 14 members of the junta were appointed to diplomatic missionaries (exiled)

## Births

* 23 January – Güldal Akşit, politician
* 3 February – İlyas Tüfekçi, footballer
* 8 May – Recep Akdağ, MD and politician
* 14 May – Sinan Alaağaç, footballer (goalkeeper)
* 11 June Mehmet Öz, MD
* 18 November – Yeşim Ustaoğlu, filmmaker and screenwriter
* 26 December – Cem Uzan, industrialist and politician

## Deaths

* 22 May – İbrahim Çallı (aged 78), painter
* 30 May – Namık Gedik (aged 49), former minister of Interior (suicide)
* 23 June – İsmail Hakkı Tonguç (aged 67), one of the founders of the Village Institutes.
* 29 July – Hasan Saka (aged 74), a former prime minister (1940s)

## Gallery

* Celal Bayar
* Cemal Gürsel
* Adnan Menderes
* İsmet İnönü
* Mehmet Öz
* Hasan Saka
