title: 1959 in Turkey
text: # 1959 in Turkey
  
  Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.
  
  ## Parliament
  
  * 11th Parliament of Turkey
  
  ## 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
  
  * 23rd government of Turkey
  
  ## Events
  
  * 11 February – Zürich Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
  * 17 February – Turkish Airlines aircraft SEC crashed in London. Prime minister Adnan Menderes survived
  * 18 February – London Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
  * 1 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Uşak
  * 4 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Istanbul (Topkapı event).
  * 14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
  * 27 September – Kasım Gülek, the secretary general of CHP resigned
  
  ## Births
  
  * 12 February – Ercan Akbay, writer, painter and musician
  * 26 February – Ahmet Davutoğlu, prime minister
  * 3 May – Tuğba Çetin (Ahu Tuğba), actress
  * 15 July – Bergen Sarılmışer, singer
  * 27 November – Gani Müjde scriptwriter
  * 23 December – Demet Akbağ, theatre actress
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 10 January – Şükrü Kaya (aged 76), former government minister (5th – 9th government of Turkey)
  * 14 march – Faik Ahmet Barutçu (aged 63), former deputy prime minister (17th government of Turkey)
  * 16 September – Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, Islamic scholar
  * 24 October – Osman Nihat Akın, composer
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Celal Bayar
  * Adnan Menderes
  * İsmet İnönü
  * Ahmet Davutoğlu
  * Şükrü Kaya
  * Faik Ahmet Barutçu
  