1966 in Turkey

← 1965 1964 1963 1966 in Turkey → 1967 1968 1969
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1966 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

• 13th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President

Cemal Gürsel (up to 28 March)

Cevdet Sunay (from 28 March)

• Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel
• Leader of the opposition -İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party (AP)
• Main opposition – Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 30th government of Turkey

Events

• 3 January – First pipeline of Turkey between Batman and İskenderun
• 26 March – A report by a medical board stating that the president Cemal Gürsel, a victim of paralysis was unable to resume his work. (This eventually led to the election of Cevdet Sunay as the president.)
• 29 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league.[2]
• 5 June – Turkish Senate 1/3 by elections
• 28 June – 504 Turks in Erenköy enclave, Cyprus, sieged by Greek forces were evacuated.
• 8 July – President Cevdet Sunay pardons former president Celal Bayar.[3]
• 19 August – The 6.8 M_w  Varto earthquake shook the Muş Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing at least 2,394 and injuring up to 1,500.
• 17 September – Unity Party was founded
• 8 December – 65 soldiers in Dumlu died because of an accident.

Births

• 16 May – Metin Şentürk, singer
• 28 June – Şenay Gürler, actress
• 20 June Fatma Şahin – mayor of Gaziantep and a former government minister
• 16 July – Yıldız Tilbe, singer
• 14 August – Tuncay Özkan, journalist

Deaths

• 2 February Hacı Ömer Sabancı , a well known industrialist
• 6 February Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman , a former chief of staff
• 14 February – Ahmet Esat Tomruk (İngiliz Kemal) (aged 74), former secret agent
• 28 June – Fuat Köprülü former vice prime minister and academic
• 14 September – Cemal Gürsel, former president

Gallery

• 
  Cemal Gürsel
• 
  Süleyman Demirel
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Fatma Şahin
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  Yıldız Tilbe
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  Fuat Köprülü

See also

• 1965–66 1.Lig

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 189–193
3. Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.