1953 in Turkey

Events in the year 1953 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)