Events in the year 1959 in Turkey.^[1]

• 11th Parliament of Turkey

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

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

• 23rd government of Turkey

• 11 February – Zürich Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
• 17 February – Turkish Airlines aircraft SEC crashed in London. Prime minister Adnan Menderes survived
• 18 February – London Agreement concerning the Cyprus issue
• 1 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Uşak
• 4 May – Opposition leader İsmet İnönü got attacked in Istanbul (Topkapı event).^[2]
• 14 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league^[3]
• 27 September – Kasım Gülek, the secretary general of CHP resigned

• 12 February – Ercan Akbay, writer, painter and musician
• 26 February – Ahmet Davutoğlu, prime minister
• 3 May – Tuğba Çetin (Ahu Tuğba), actress
• 15 July – Bergen Sarılmışer, singer
• 27 November – Gani Müjde scriptwriter
• 23 December – Demet Akbağ, theatre actress

• 10 January – Şükrü Kaya (aged 76), former government minister (5th – 9th government of Turkey)
• 14 march – Faik Ahmet Barutçu (aged 63), former deputy prime minister (17th government of Turkey)
• 16 September – Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, Islamic scholar
• 24 October – Osman Nihat Akın, composer

• Celal Bayar
• Adnan Menderes
• İsmet İnönü
• Ahmet Davutoğlu
• Şükrü Kaya
• Faik Ahmet Barutçu

• 1959 Milli Lig