1953 in Turkey

Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Parliament

• 9th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Celal Bayar
• Prime Minister – Adnan Menderes
• Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
• Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)

Cabinet

• 20th government of Turkey

Events

• 21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
• 25 February – Nonaggression and Friendship Pact signed with Greece and Yugoslavia.
• 18 March – 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake
• 4 April – TCG Dumlupınar submarine collided with a Swedish freighter and sank (81 deaths)
• 28/29 May – Heavy casualties of the Turkish brigade during the Battle of the Hook in Korea
• 18 June – Earthquake around Edirne
• 16 August – House of the Virgin Mary, close to Ephesus was opened to visits
• 10 November – Atatürk’s body was transferred to its final resting place (Anıtkabir) on his death day
• 14 December – All property and the furniture of CHP, the main opposition party was confiscated

Births

• 3 January – Fikri Karadağ, retired colonel
• 11 January – Mehmet Altan, economist, writer
• 20 January – Alaattin Çakıcı, former member of Grey Wolves
• 23 February – Adnan Polat, business man
• 1 March – Sinan Çetin, film director and producer
• 29 March – Güher and Süher Pekinel sisters, pianists
• 7 April – Fatih Erkoç, singer
• 4 September – Fatih Terim, footballer, coach

Deaths

• 28 January – Neyzen Tevfik, ney player and satirist
• 5 February – Halit Akmansü, retired officier who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
• 22 September – Necmettin Sadak, former foreign minister
• 11 December – Sedat Simavi, journalist and founder of Hürriyet newspaper
• 27 December – Şükrü Saracoğlu, former prime minister (13th and 14th government of Turkey)

Gallery

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  Celal Bayar
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  Adnan Menderes
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Adnan Polat
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  Fatih Terim
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  Fatih Erkoç
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  Halit Akmansü
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  Necmettin Sadak
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  Şükrü Saracoğlu