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Events in the year 1960 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents
Celal Bayar (up to 27 May)
Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May)
Adnan Menderes (up to 27 May)
Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May)
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

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.[2]
  • 22 October – Census (population 27754820)
  • 15 November – 14 members of the junta were appointed to diplomatic missionaries (exiled)

Births

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

See also

References
  1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 143–154
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