1953 in Turkey

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Centuries:

20th
21st

Decades:

1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s

Parliament

9th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Ruling party - Democrat Party (DP)
Main opposition - Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Cabinet

20th government of Turkey

Events

21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
28 February – Triple agreement between Turkey, Greece and (former) Yugoslavia
18 March - Earthquake in northwest Anatolia, around Balıkesir
4 April - TCG Dumlupınar submarine collided with a Swedish freighter and sank (81 deaths)
2 May – Earthquake around İzmir
28/29 May – Heavy casualty of the Turkish brigade During the Battle of the Hook in Korea
18 June – Earthquake around Edirne
16 August - House of the Virgin Mary was opened to visits
10 November – Atatürk’s body was transferred to its final resting place (Anıtkabir) on his death day
14 December – All property and the furniture of CHP, the main opposition party was confiscated

Births

3 January – Fikri Karadağ, retired colonel
11 January – Mehmet Altan, economist, writer
20 January – Alaattin Çakıcı, former member of Grey Wolves
23 February – Adnan Polat, business man
1 March – Sinan Çetin, film director and producer
29 March – Güher and Süher Pekinel sisters, pianists
7 April – Fatih Erkoç, singer
4 September - Fatih Terim, footballer, coach

Deaths

28 January – Neyzen Tevfik, ney player and satirist
5 February - Halit Akmansü , retired officier who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
22 September – Necmettin Sadak, former foreign minister
11 December – Sedat Simavi, journalist and founder of Hürriyet newspaper
27 December - Şükrü Saracoğlu, former prime minister (13th and 14th government of Turkey)

Gallery

Celal Bayar
Adnan Menderes
İsmet İnönü
Adnan Polat
Fatih Terim
Fatih Erkoç
Halit Akmansü
Necmettin Sadak
Şükrü Saracoğlu

References

↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 120-124

Years in Turkey (1923–present)

1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1953 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Cyprus Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

1953 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia Ceylon China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaya Mongolia Nepal Oman East Pakistan West Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Soviet Union Syria Thailand Turkey North Vietnam North Yemen

States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain Brunei Colony of Aden Cyprus French India French Indochina Kuwait

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