1959 in Turkey
# 1959 in Turkey

Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 11th 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

* 23rd government of Turkey

## Events

* 11 February – Zürich Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
* 17 February – Turkish Airlines aircraft SEC crashed in London. Prime minister Adnan Menderes survived
* 18 February – London Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
* 1 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Uşak
* 4 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Istanbul (Topkapı event).
* 14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
* 27 September – Kasım Gülek, the secretary general of CHP resigned

## Births

* 12 February – Ercan Akbay, writer, painter and musician
* 26 February – Ahmet Davutoğlu, prime minister
* 3 May – Tuğba Çetin (Ahu Tuğba), actress
* 15 July – Bergen Sarılmışer, singer
* 27 November – Gani Müjde scriptwriter
* 23 December – Demet Akbağ, theatre actress

## Deaths

* 10 January – Şükrü Kaya (aged 76), former government minister (5th – 9th government of Turkey)
* 14 march – Faik Ahmet Barutçu (aged 63), former deputy prime minister (17th government of Turkey)
* 16 September – Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, Islamic scholar
* 24 October – Osman Nihat Akın, composer

## Gallery

* Celal Bayar
* Adnan Menderes
* İsmet İnönü
* Ahmet Davutoğlu
* Şükrü Kaya
* Faik Ahmet Barutçu
