Events in the year 1960 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 143–154
Parliament 11th Parliament of Turkey (up to 27 May)
Incumbents President Celal Bayar (up to 27 May) Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May) Prime Minister Adnan Menderes (up to 27 May) Cemal Gürsel (from 27 May) Leader of the opposition İsmet İnönü (up to 27 May)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party Democrat Party (DP) (up to 27 May) Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 27 May)
Cabinet 23rd government of Turkey (up to 27 May) 24th government of Turkey (from 27 May)
Events 2 April – In Yeşilhisar, because of the interference of ruling party partisans İsmet İnönü the leader of the opposition was not able to continue his election campaign 27 April – The ruling party formed a committee (popularly called Sancar komisyonu) to convict the opposition 5 May – Demonstrations in Ankara (known as 555K) 27 May – Coup d'état 12 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league. 22 October – Census (population 27754820) 15 November – 14 members of the junta were appointed to diplomatic missionaries (exiled)
Births 23 January – Güldal Akşit, politician 3 February – İlyas Tüfekçi, footballer 8 May – Recep Akdağ, MD and politician 14 May – Sinan Alaağaç, footballer (goalkeeper) 11 June Mehmet Öz, MD 18 November – Yeşim Ustaoğlu, filmmaker and screenwriter 26 December – Cem Uzan, industrialist and politician
Deaths 22 May – İbrahim Çallı (aged 78), painter 30 May – Namık Gedik (aged 49), former minister of Interior (suicide) 23 June – İsmail Hakkı Tonguç (aged 67), one of the founders of the Village Institutes. 29 July – Hasan Saka (aged 74), a former prime minister (1940s)
Gallery
See also 1959–60 Milli Lig Turkey at the 1960 Summer Olympics Turkey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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