1964_in_Turkey
1964 in Turkey
List of events
Events in the year 1964 in Turkey.[1]
- Ragıp Gümüşpala (up to 5 June)
- Sadettin Bilgiç (acting, 5 June-29 November)
- Süleyman Demirel (from 29 November)
- Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) with Independents
- Main opposition – Justice Party (AP)
- 15 January – 31 January London Conference over the issue Cyprus (no consensus)
- 16 March – The government was authorized by the parliament for intervention to Cyprus
- 31 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.[2]
- 4 June – US president Lyndon Johnson’s letter to İsmet İnönü concerning Cyprus issue (the content of the letter was revealed on 16 January 1966)
- 7 June – Senate 1/3 by elections
- 8 August – After Greek forces attacked Turkish positions in St Hilarion heights in Cyprus, Turkish air forces bombed Greek positions
- 6 October - 1964 Manyas earthquake
- 29 November – Süleyman Demirel was elected as the chairman of the Justice Party (AP)
- 1 December – According to the Ankara Agreement, preparatory term for European Union membership began.
- 23 March – Okan Bayülgen, showman and actor
- 6 July – Sadullah Ergin, former government minister
- 22 September – Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu, Vali (governor)
- 7 October – Yavuz Bingöl, singer
- 10 October – Suat Atalık, chess player
- 14 October – Neşe Erberk, model, business women
- 21 October – Levent Yüksel, singer
- 12 November – Semih Saygıner, professional carom billiards player
- 4 December – Sertap Erener, singer
- 9 January – Halide Edib Adıvar (aged 80), novelist and a leader of Turkish women’s rights
- 3 June – Kazım Orbay (aged 60) retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
- 5 June – Ragıp Gümüşpala (aged 67,) chairman of the Justice Party (AP)
- 16 July – Rauf Orbay (aged 83), a former prime minister of the provisional Government of the Grand National Assembly
- 25 November – Naci Tınaz (aged 82), retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
- Cemal Gürsel
- İsmet İnönü
- Süleyman Demirel
- Suat Atalık
- Halide Edib Adıvar
- Kazım Orbay
- Rauf Orbay
- Naci Tınaz
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 167–183