1966 in Turkey

Parliament

• 13th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President
• 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 – First pipeline of Turkey between Batman and İskenderun
• 16 January – Two letters exchanged between Turkish prime minister İsmet İnönü and US president Lyndon Johnson concerning Cyprus issue in 1964 were disclosed
• 26 March – A report by a medical board stating that the president Cemal Gürsel, a victim of paralysis was unable to resume his work.
• 29 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of Turkish football league.
• 5 June – Turkish Senate 1/3 by elections
• 28 June – 504 Turks in Erenköy enclave, Cyprus, sieged by Greek forces were evacuated.*
• 19 August – The 6.8 Varto earthquake shook the Muş Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, killing at least 2,394 and injuring up to 1,500.
• 17 September – Unity Party was founded
• 8 December – 65 soldiers in Dumlu died because of an accident.

  Births

• 16 May – Metin Şentürk, singer
• 28 June – Şenay Gürler, actress
• 20 June Fatma Şahin – mayor of Gaziantep and a former government minister
• 16 July – Yıldız Tilbe, singer
• 14 August – Tuncay Özkan, journalist

  Deaths

• 2 February Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a well known industrialist
• 6 February Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman, a former chief of staff
• 14 February – Ahmet Esat Tomruk , former secret agent
• 28 June – Fuat Köprülü former vice prime minister and academic
• 14 September – Cemal Gürsel, former president

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