Events in the year 1966 in Turkey.

Parliament

13th Parliament of Turkey The 13th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 10 October 1965 to 12 October 1969. There were 456 MPs in the lower house. The majority of the MPs were the members of Justice Party (AP). The main opposition Party was the Republican People' ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Cemal Gürsel Cemal Gürsel (9 June 1894 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the fourth president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'état. Early life Gürsel was born in the town ...

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Cevdet Sunay Ahmet Cevdet Sunay (10 February 1899 – 22 May 1982) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the fifth president of Turkey from 1966 to 1973. Early life and career Sunay was born in 1899 in the village of Ataköy nea ...

(from 28 March) *

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Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...

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İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Justice Party (AP) * Main opposition –

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...

(CHP)

Cabinet

30th government of Turkey The 30th government of Turkey (27 October 1965 – 3 November 1969) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''the first Demirel government''. Background Justice Party (AP) won the elections held on 10 October 1965 by a la ...

Events

*3 January – First pipeline of Turkey between

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and

İskenderun İskenderun (), historically known as Alexandretta (, ) and Scanderoon, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 247 km2, and its population is 251,682 (2022). It is on the Mediterranean coas ...

*26 March – A report by a medical board stating that the president

, a victim of

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was unable to resume his work. (This eventually led to the election of

as the president.) *29 May –

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

won the championship of

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. *5 June –

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1/3 by elections *28 June – 504 Turks in Erenköy enclave, Cyprus, sieged by Greek forces were evacuated. *8 July –

pardons former president

Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Adan (b ...

. *19 August – The 6.8 Varto earthquake shook the

Muş Province Muş Province (; ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the east Anatolia region of Turkey (Türkiye). Its area is 8,718 km2, and its population is 399,202 (2022), down from 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş. Ano ...

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 Metin Şentürk (born May 16, 1966) is a Turkish artist. Family life Şentürk was born in Topkapı into a family with origins from Kosovo. He lost his eyesight in an accident at the age of three. For primary education, he attended a school f ...

, singer *28 June –

Şenay Gürler Şenay Gürler (born 28 June 1966) is a Turkish actress. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University with a degree in Fine Arts. She performed at the İzmir Art Theatre and worked as a presenter at TRT. After working as a dubbing artist, she ...

, actress *20 June

Fatma Şahin Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. Biography She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gazia ...

– mayor of

Gaziantep Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...

and a former government minister *16 July –

Yıldız Tilbe Yıldız Tilbe (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent and one of the best-selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads. Life and career Yıldız Tilbe was born in the Gültepe district ...

, singer *14 August –

Tuncay Özkan Ahmet Tuncay Özkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He was arrested on September 27, 2008, in relation to the odatv case of the Ergenekon trials, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life impri ...

, journalist

Deaths

*2 February

Hacı Ömer Sabancı Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1 January 1906 – 2 February 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiat ...

, a well known industrialist *6 February

Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman Abdelrahman or Abd al-Rahman or Abdul Rahman or Abdurrahman or Abdrrahman ( or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman'') is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' ...

, a former chief of staff *14 February – Ahmet Esat Tomruk (İngiliz Kemal) (aged 74), former secret agent *28 June –

Fuat Köprülü Fuat is a masculine Turkish given name and the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد ''fū’ād, fou’ād'') meaning "heart". Notable people named Fuat include: * Fuat Çapa (born 1968), Belgian-Turkish football manager ...

former vice prime minister and academic *14 September –

, former president

Gallery

File:Cemal Gürsel.jpg, Cemal Gürsel File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Fatma Sahin - World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012.jpg, Fatma Şahin File:Yıldız Tilbe - Konser01.jpg, Yıldız Tilbe File:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.jpg, Fuat Köprülü

References

{{Europe topic, 1966 in Years of the 20th century in Turkey

1966 in Europe Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...