1966 in 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.^[2]
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.

Births

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

Deaths

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

Gallery

Cevdet Sunay
Süleyman Demirel
İsmet İnönü
Fatma Şahin
Yıldız Tilbe
Fuat Köprülü

References

↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 189-193
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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 2016

1966 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

1966 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

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1966 in Turkey

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Cabinet

Events

Births

Deaths

Gallery

See also

References