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Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
20th government of Turkey
21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
28 February – Triple agreement between Turkey, Greece and (former) Yugoslavia
18 March - Earthquake in northwest Anatolia, around Balıkesir
4 April - TCG Dumlupınar submarine collided with a Swedish freighter and sank (81 deaths)
2 May – Earthquake around İzmir
28/29 May – Heavy casualty of the Turkish brigade During the Battle of the Hook in Korea
18 June – Earthquake around Edirne
16 August - House of the Virgin Mary 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
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
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)
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