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Events in the year 1956 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
22nd government of Turkey
20 February - Earthquake around Eskişehir.
23 February – Polemics in the parliament concerning the 6/7 September 1965 event (Istanbul pogrom)
1 March – In İstanbul the previously common seat of the governor and the mayor was split
8 April – Opening date of Seyhan Dam and hydroelectric plant, the biggest plant (in 1950s)
10 April – 625 metres (2,051 ft) Birecik Bridge over the Fırat River in service
8 July – Three opposition parties issued a common statement
26 October – Turkey joined the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA
1 January – Mehdi Eker ,government minister
6 February – Nazan Öncel, singer
9 February- Oktay Vural, politician
26 April – Emrehan Halıcı, politician
1 May – Coşkun Aral, journalist
1 June – İdris Naim Şahin, former government minister
8 July – Meral Akşener, vice speaker of the parliament
24 July - Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, former president of the Turkish Football Federation
12 January – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born in 1910), poet
18 January – Makbule Atadan (born in 1885), Atatürk’s sister
21 March - Hatı Çırpan (born in 1890), first female villager MP
15 July – Cemil Cahit Toydemir (born in 1883), a retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
7 December – Reşat Nuri Güntekin (born in 1889), novelist
26 December – Ercüment Ekrem Talu (born in 1886), journalist
1956 in Turkey Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
