1958 in Turkey

Events in the year 1958 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 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

 * 23rd government of Turkey

Events

 * 16 January – Nine army officers arrested for plotting against the government.
 * 1 March – Commuter boat Üsküdar sinks. Most of the passengers were students.
 * 2 June – Publication ban on the statements made by İsmet İnönü, the opposition leader
 * 7 June – Series of public demonstrations concerning Cyprus dispute begin.
 * 20 July – Partial mobilization after the revolution in Iraq

Deaths

 * 3 January – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (born in 1877), former general
 * 25 January – Cemil Topuzlu (born in 1868), one of the pioneers of modern medicine
 * 10 February – Nezihe Muhiddin, female activist, journalist
 * 28 February – Zeki Üngör (born in 1880), musician
 * 15 July – Cemil Cahit Toydemir (born in 1883), former government minister (15th government of Turkey)
 * 1 November – Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born in 1884), poet

Births

 * 9 January – Mehmet Ali Ağca, assassin
 * 16 January – Ayşenur İslam, government minister
 * 1 April – Banu Alkan, actress
 * 6 May – Haluk Ulusoy, the former president of Turkish Football Federation
 * 9 August – Muazzez Ersoy (Hatice Yıldız Levent), singer
 * 11 September- Altan Tan, writer