1960 in Turkey

Parliament

• 11th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President
• Prime Minister
• Leader of the opposition

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 23rd government of Turkey
• 24th government of Turkey

  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 to convict the opposition
• 5 May – Demonstrations in Ankara
• 27 May – Coup d'état
• 12 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 22 October – Census
• 15 November – 14 members of the junta were appointed to diplomatic missionaries

  Births

• 23 January – Güldal Akşit, politician
• 3 February – İlyas Tüfekçi, footballer
• 8 May – Recep Akdağ, MD and politician
• 14 May – Sinan Alaağaç, footballer
• 11 June Mehmet Öz, MD
• 18 November – Yeşim Ustaoğlu, filmmaker and screenwriter
• 26 December – Cem Uzan, industrialist and politician

  Deaths

• 22 May – İbrahim Çallı, painter
• 30 May – Namık Gedik, former minister of Interior
• 23 June – İsmail Hakkı Tonguç, one of the founders of the Village Institutes.
• 29 July – Hasan Saka, a former prime minister

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