Events in the year 1953 in Turkey.[1]

1953
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

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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  • 21 January – The first agreement with a US firm about oil exploration in Turkey
  • 25 February – Nonaggression and Friendship Pact signed with Greece and Yugoslavia.
  • 18 March – 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake
  • 4 April – TCG Dumlupınar submarine collided with a Swedish freighter and sank (81 deaths)
  • 28/29 May – Heavy casualties of the Turkish brigade during the Battle of the Hook in Korea
  • 18 June – Earthquake around Edirne
  • 16 August – House of the Virgin Mary, close to Ephesus was opened to visits
  • 10 November – Atatürk’s body was transferred to its final resting place (Anıtkabir) on his death day
  • 14 December – All property and the furniture of CHP, the main opposition party was confiscated

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 120–124