1953 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
[edit]Incumbents
[edit]Ruling party and the main opposition
[edit]- Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
- Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
[edit]Events
[edit]- 21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
- 25 February – Nonaggression and Friendship Pact signed with Greece and 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, close to Ephesus 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Celal Bayar
- Adnan Menderes
- Adnan Polat
- Fatih Terim
- Fatih Erkoç
- Halit Akmansü
- Necmettin Sadak
- Şükrü Saracoğlu
References
[edit]- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 120–124
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Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
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
- 25 February – Nonaggression and Friendship Pact signed with Greece and 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, close to Ephesus 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
- Adnan Polat
- Fatih Terim
- Fatih Erkoç
- Halit Akmansü
- Necmettin Sadak
- Şükrü Saracoğlu
References
- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 120–124