1964 in Turkey

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1964 in Turkey.^[1]

• 12th Parliament of Turkey

• President – Cemal Gürsel
• Prime Minister – İsmet İnönü
• Leader of the opposition

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)

• 28th government of Turkey

• 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.
• 16 March – Turkey unilaterally denounced the Greek-Turkish Convention of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation of 1930, marking the beginning of a mass expulsion of the Greek populace.
• 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

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  Cemal Gürsel
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  İsmet İnönü
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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Suat Atalık
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  Halide Edib Adıvar
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  Kazım Orbay
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  Rauf Orbay
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  Naci Tınaz

• 1963–64 1.Lig
• Turkey at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 1964 Winter Olympics