1957 in Turkey

Events in the year 1957 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 10th Parliament of Turkey (up to 1 Nov)
• 11th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Celal Bayar
• Prime Minister – Adnan Menderes
• Leader of the opposition – Ä°smet Ä°nönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 22nd government of Turkey (up to 25 December)
• 23rd government of Turkey (from 25 December)

Events

• 24–25 April – 1957 Fethiye earthquakes
• 26 May - 1957 Abant earthquake
• 30 June – Ministry of Industry was established
• 2 July – Osman Bölükbaşı, the chairman of Republican Nation Party was arrested
• 25 September – Operation Deep Water, a big NATO exercise around Çanakkale.
• 27 October – General elections (DP 419 seats, CHP 173 seats CMP 4 seats, HP 4 seats)
• 20 October – Yarımburgaz train disaster, the worst train accident with 95 dead and 150 wounded people
• 25 November – Ministry of Tourism was established
• 28 November – Liberty Party (HP) was merged to Republican People's Party (CHP)

Births

• 8 February, Mehmet Ali Erbil, showman and actor
• 26 April – Bedri Baykam, painter
• 1 August – Sırrı Sakık, politician
• 17 September – Nurten Yılmaz, Austrian politician
• 23 September – Tunch Ilkin, footballer and broadcaster (died 2021)
• 28 October – Ahmet Kaya, singer (died 2000)
• 4 November – Zerrin Özer, singer
• 18 November – Ali Nesin, mathematician

Deaths

• 17 May – Nurullah Ataç (born in 1898), essayist and literary critic
• 1 October – Abdülhalik Renda (born in 1881), former government minister and the speaker of Parliament
• 13 November – Nuri Demirağ (born in 1886), industrialist and the founder of National Development Party
• 9 December – Ali Ä°hsan Sabis (born in 1882), retired general
• 17 December – Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (born in 1875), journalist, writer

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