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Events in the year 1966 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party - Justice Party (AP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)
30th government of Turkey
3 January – First pipeline of Turkey between Batman and İskenderun
16 January – Two letters exchanged between Turkish prime minister (in 1964) İsmet İnönü and US president Lyndon Johnson concerning Cyprus issue in 1964 were disclosed
26 March – A report by a medical board stating that the president Cemal Gürsel, a victim of paralysis was unable to resume his work. (This eventually led to the election of Cevdet Sunay as the president.)
29 May - Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league.
5 June – Turkish Senate 1/3 by elections
28 June – 504 Turks in Erenköy enclave, Cyprus, sieged by Greek forces were evacuated.*
19 August – Earthquake in Varto and the vicinity. Mote than 2000 deaths
17 September - Unity Party was founded
8 December - 65 soldiers in Dumlu died because of an accident.
16 May - Metin Şentürk, singer
28 June - Şenay Gürler, actress
20 June Fatma Şahin - mayor of Gaziantep and a former government minister
16 July - Yıldız Tilbe, singer
14 August - Tuncay Özkan, journalist
2 February Hacı Ömer Sabancı , a well known industrialist
6 February Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman , a former chief of staff
14 February - Ahmet Esat Tomruk (İngiliz Kemal) (aged 74), former secret agent
28 June - Fuat Köprülü former vice prime minister and academic
14 September - Cemal Gürsel, former president
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