1956 in Turkey

Events in the year 1956 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

20 February – The magnitude 5.8 Eskişehir earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing moderate damage and four deaths.^[2]
23 February – Polemics in the parliament concerning the 6/7 September 1955 event (Istanbul pogrom)
1 March – In Istanbul the previously common seat of the governor and the mayor was split
8 April – Opening date of Seyhan Dam and hydroelectric plant, the biggest plant (in 1950s)
10 April – 625 metres (2,051 ft) Birecik Bridge over the Fırat River in service
8 July – Three opposition parties issued a common statement
26 October – Turkey joined the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA

1 January – Mehdi Eker, government minister
6 February – Nazan Öncel, singer
9 February – Oktay Vural, politician
1 May – Coşkun Aral, journalist
1 June – İdris Naim Şahin, former government minister
8 July – Meral Akşener, vice speaker of the parliament
24 July – Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, former president of the Turkish Football Federation

12 January – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born in 1910), poet
18 January – Makbule Atadan (born in 1885), Atatürk’s sister
21 March – Hatı Çırpan (born in 1890), first female villager MP
15 July – Cemil Cahit Toydemir (born in 1883), a retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
7 December – Reşat Nuri Güntekin (born in 1889), novelist
26 December – Ercüment Ekrem Talu (born in 1886), journalist

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 132–134
^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K