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Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
23rd government of Turkey
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 İstanbul (Topkapı event).
14 June -Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
27 September – Kasım Gülek, the secretary general of CHP resigned
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
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
1959 in Turkey Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
