1962 in Turkey

Parliament

• 12th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Cemal Gürsel
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü
• Leader of the opposition

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Republican People’s Party , and then with New Turkey Party and Republican Villagers Nation Party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 26th government of Turkey
• 27th government of Turkey

  Events

• 22 February – Attempted coup by Talat Aydemir and Fethi Gürcan
• 22 may – Crisis in the government concerning amnesty law
• 27 May – First Nuclear reactor of Turkey in Küçükçekmece, a suburb of İstanbul
• 15 June – When most of CKMP members voted to participate in the ne government, Osman Bölükbaşı the chairman of the Party resigned and founded another party Nation Party
• 16 June – Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.

  Births

• 20 February – Hatice Aslan, theatre actress
• 3 April – Taner Yıldız, politician
• 7 July – Sırrı Süreyya Önder, film director and politician
• 12 September – Sunay Akın, journalist and TV host
• 14 September Nihat Ergün, politician

  Deaths

• 24 January – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, novelist
• 22 March – Hüsrev Gerede, retired officier, diplomat and politician
• 27 August – Reşit Süreyya Gürsey, MD, scientist and poet
• 14 September – Fuat Bulca, retired officer and politician

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