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Events in the year 1957 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
- 10th Parliament of Turkey (up to 1 Nov)
- 11th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
- Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
- 22nd government of Turkey (up to 25 December)
- 23rd government of Turkey (from 25 December)
Events
- 24–25 April – 1957 Fethiye earthquakes
- 26 May - 1957 Abant earthquake
- 30 June – Ministry of Industry was established
- 2 July – Osman Bölükbaşı, the chairman of Republican Nation Party was arrested
- 25 September – Operation Deep Water, a big NATO exercise around Çanakkale.
- 27 October – General elections (DP 419 seats, CHP 173 seats CMP 4 seats, HP 4 seats)
- 20 October – Yarımburgaz train disaster, the worst train accident with 95 dead and 150 wounded people
- 25 November – Ministry of Tourism was established
- 28 November – Liberty Party (HP) was merged to Republican People's Party (CHP)
Births
- 8 February, Mehmet Ali Erbil, showman and actor
- 26 April – Bedri Baykam, painter
- 1 August – Sırrı Sakık, politician
- 23 September – Tunch Ilkin, footballer and broadcaster (died 2021)
- 28 October – Ahmet Kaya, singer (died 2000)
- 4 November – Zerrin Özer, singer
- 18 November – Ali Nesin, mathematician
Deaths
- 17 May – Nurullah Ataç (born in 1898), essayist and literary critic
- 1 October – Abdülhalik Renda (born in 1881), former government minister and the speaker of Parliament
- 13 November – Nuri Demirağ (born in 1886), industrialist and the founder of National Development Party
- 9 December – Ali İhsan Sabis (born in 1882), retired general
- 17 December – Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (born in 1875), journalist, writer
Gallery
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Celal Bayar
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Adnan Menderes
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İsmet İnönü
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Ahmet Kaya
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Abdülhalik Renda
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Nuri Demirağ
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Ali İhsan Sabis
References
- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 134–136