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1963 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1963 in Turkey

Decades:
  
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Events in the year 1963 in Turkey.

Contents

Parliament

  • 12th Parliament of Turkey
  • Incumbents

  • President – Cemal Gürsel
  • Prime Minister –İsmet İnönü
  • Leader of the opposition- Ragıp Gümüşpala
  • Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party - Republican People’s Party (CHP) (with coalition partners New Turkey Party (YTP) and Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP)up to 25 December, and then with the Independents)
  • Main opposition - Justice Party (AP)
  • Cabinet

  • 27th government of Turkey (up to 25 December)
  • 28th government of Turkey (from 25 December)
  • Events

  • 1 February – Two airplanes collided over Ankara. 87 deaths
  • 27 March – Demonstrations against Justice Party (AP)
  • 21 May – Attempted coup by Talat Aydemir.
  • 26 June - Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.
  • 12 September – Ankara Agreement between the European Union and Turkey
  • 17 November – Local elections
  • 27 November – After the prime minister İsmet İnönü went to United States to attend the funeral of John Kennedy, New Turkey Party a coalition partner withdrew from the government. This ended the 27th government.
  • 23 December - Bloody Christmas in Cyprus where Turkish villages were attacked
  • 24 December - Turkish military planes flew over Cyprus as a warning (without any action)
  • Births

  • 1 January -Fatih Altaylı, journalist
  • 2 February - Rıza Çalımbay, footballer and maneger
  • 10 February - Candan Erçetin, singer
  • 1 March - Aydan Şener, actress
  • 14 August - Yaprak Özdemiroğlu, ballet dancer and actress
  • 16 September -Yonca Evcimik, singer and actress
  • 10 October - Hülya Avşar, model and actress
  • 10 November - Tanju Çolak, footballer
  • 29 November - Emine Ülker Tarhan, politician, lawyer
  • Deaths

  • 3 May Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (aged 76), novelist
  • 2 October – Refet Bele (aged 82), retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
  • 3 June Nazım Hikmet (aged 61), poet
  • 31 October Mesut Cemil (aged 61), musician
  • References

    1963 in Turkey Wikipedia