1957 in Turkey

Events in the year 1957 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 10th Parliament of Turkey (up to 1 Nov)
 * 11th 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

 * 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
 * 25 April – Bedri Baykam, painter
 * 1 August – Sırrı Sakık, politician
 * 23 September – Tunch Ilkin, footballer and broadcaster (died 2021)
 * 22 October – Ahmet Kaya, singer
 * 1 November – Erkan Can, theatre actor
 * 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