1967 in Turkey

Parliament

• 13th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel
• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Justice Party
• Main opposition – Republican People’s Party

  Cabinet

• 30th government of Turkey

  Events

• 3 January – Anadol, the first Turkish made car
• 12 May – Reliance Party was founded by Turhan Feyzioğlu
• 4 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league
• 22 July – The 7.1 Mudurnu earthquake affected the Bolu Province with high intensity shaking, killing 86.
• 27 July – Earthquake in Pülümür
• 13 September – An agreement about transporting a group of Turks living in the island Adakale in Romania.
• 17 September – More than 40 people died during a fight after the football match between Kayserispor and Sivasspor.
• 31 October – Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktaş was arrested by the Greek Cypriots
• 18 November – Following Greek attacks to Turkish villages in Cyprus Turkish air raids to Greek forces.
• 29 November – Turkey and Greece agreed on a plan to halt the hostilities
• 29 December – Turks in Cyprus formed their own government

  Birth

• 1 January – Mehmet Şimşek, government minister
• 27 February – Volkan Konak, singer
• 4 April – Ali Babacan, deputy prime minister
• 4 November – Yılmaz Erdoğan, filmmaker
• 20 November Teoman Yakupoğlu, singer

  Deaths

• 9 March – Vala Nureddin, poet and columnist
• 11 March – Yusuf Ziya Ortaç, humorist and publisher
• 17 May – Nurullah Ataç, essayist and literary critic
• 30 June – Yavuz Abadan, academic
• 20 July – Fikret Mualla Saygı, painter
• 23 July – Ahmet Kutsi Tecer, poet and politician
• 5 August – Mustafa İnan, academic and civil engineer
• 13 September – Şerif Muhiddin Targan, musician

  Gallery