1953 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
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
Events
- 21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
- 28 February – Triple agreement between Turkey, Greece and (former) Yugoslavia
- 18 March – 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake
- 4 April – TCG Dumlupınar submarine collided with a Swedish freighter and sank (81 deaths)
- 28/29 May – Heavy casualties of the Turkish brigade during the Battle of the Hook in Korea
- 18 June – Earthquake around Edirne
- 16 August – House of the Virgin Mary was opened to visits
- 10 November – Atatürk’s body was transferred to its final resting place (Anıtkabir) on his death day
- 14 December – All property and the furniture of CHP, the main opposition party was confiscated
Births
- 3 January – Fikri Karadağ, retired colonel
- 11 January – Mehmet Altan, economist, writer
- 20 January – Alaattin Çakıcı, former member of Grey Wolves
- 23 February – Adnan Polat, business man
- 1 March – Sinan Çetin, film director and producer
- 29 March – Güher and Süher Pekinel sisters, pianists
- 7 April – Fatih Erkoç, singer
- 4 September – Fatih Terim, footballer, coach
Deaths
- 28 January – Neyzen Tevfik, ney player and satirist
- 5 February – Halit Akmansü , retired officier who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
- 22 September – Necmettin Sadak, former foreign minister
- 11 December – Sedat Simavi, journalist and founder of Hürriyet newspaper
- 27 December – Şükrü Saracoğlu, former prime minister (13th and 14th government of Turkey)
Gallery
Celal Bayar
Adnan Menderes
İsmet İnönü
Adnan Polat
Fatih Terim
Fatih Erkoç
Halit Akmansü
Necmettin Sadak
Şükrü Saracoğlu
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 120–124
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