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1955 in Turkey

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1955
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1955 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

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Incumbents

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Ruling party and the main opposition

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Cabinet

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Events

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19 February – Agreement between Turkey and Greece on the rehabilitation of the River Meriç.

  • 24 February – CENTO agreement
  • 15 April – Fuat Köprülü one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) resigned from the government
  • 22 May – Polemics in the parliament
  • 16 July – The magnitude 6.8 Soke–Aydin earthquake shook the Aydın Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing severe damage and four deaths.[2]
  • 6/7 September – Unchecked demonstrations in Istanbul and the other big cities against Greeks. Martial law in three cities.
  • 15 October – A crisis in the ruling party about the right to prove in press. Nine MPs were expelled from the party and Ten MPs resigned.
  • 23 October – Census (the population: 24,064,763)
  • 13 November – Local elections
  • 20 December – Liberty Party was founded by the MPs expelled from the DP.

Notable births

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Notable deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 128–132
  2. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K