1954 in Turkey
# 1954 in Turkey

Events in the year 1954 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 9th Parliament of Turkey (up to 14 May)
* 10th 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

* 20th government of Turkey (up to 17 May)
* 21st government of Turkey (from 17 May)

## Establishments

* Refik Restaurant is established by Refik Arslan.

## Events

* 27 January – Village Institutes were closed
* 27 January – Nation Party (MP) was closed
* 25 April – Mersin Harbor groundbreaking
* 2 may – General election, winner takes all system (DP 404, CHP 30, CMP 5 and Independents 7)
* 30 May – Kırşehir Province which voted for Republican Nation Party (CMP) was abolished by the government
* 14 June – Sakarya and Adıyaman Provinces were founded
* 20 July – Nevşehir Province was founded
* 26 November – Fire in the historical Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

## Births

* 26 February – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president
* 17 may – Belkis Akkale, singer
* 19 May – Nükhet Duru, singer
* 5 June – Haluk Bilginer, actor
* 21 June – Nur Sürer, actress
* 12 September – Zeynep Değirmencioğlu, actress
* 13 September – Serra Yılmaz, actress
* 17 September – Gülsin Onay, concert pianist
* 5 December – Gülşen Bubikoğlu, actress
* 31 December – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, leader of the Great Union Party

## Deaths

* 11 May – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, writer
* 23 March – Nakiye Elgün, one of the first female MPs in 1935
* 23 June – Salih Omurtak, former chief of staff
* 4 September – Ahmet Zeki Soydemir, retired general

## Gallery

* Celal Bayar
* Adnan Menderes
* İsmet İnönü
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* Serra Yılmaz
* Nakiye Elgün
* Ahmet Zeki Soydemir
