1954 in Turkey

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* 1956
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* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

See also:| List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1954 in Turkey.[1]

## Parliament

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* 9th Parliament of Turkey (up to 14 May)
* 10th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

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* President – Celal Bayar
* Prime Minister – Adnan Menderes
* Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü

## Ruling party and the main opposition

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* Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
* Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)

## Cabinet

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* 20th government of Turkey (up to 17 May)
* 21st government of Turkey (from 17 May)

## Establishments

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* Refik Restaurant is established by Refik Arslan.

## Events

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* 27 January – Village Institutes were closed
* 27 January – Nation Party (MP) was closed
* 25 April – Mersin Harbor groundbreaking
* 2 may – General election, winner takes all system (DP 404, CHP 30, CMP 5 and Independents 7)
* 30 May – Kırşehir Province which voted for Republican Nation Party (CMP) was abolished by the government
* 14 June – Sakarya and Adıyaman Provinces were founded
* 20 July – Nevşehir Province was founded
* 26 November – Fire in the historical Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

## Births

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* 26 February – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president
* 17 may – Belkis Akkale, singer
* 19 May – Nükhet Duru, singer
* 5 June – Haluk Bilginer, actor
* 21 June – Nur Sürer, actress
* 12 September – Zeynep Değirmencioğlu, actress
* 13 September – Serra Yılmaz, actress
* 17 September – Gülsin Onay, concert pianist
* 5 December – Gülşen Bubikoğlu, actress
* 31 December – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, leader of the Great Union Party

## Deaths

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* 11 May – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, writer
* 23 March – Nakiye Elgün, one of the first female MPs in 1935
* 23 June – Salih Omurtak, former chief of staff
* 4 September – Ahmet Zeki Soydemir, retired general

## Gallery

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* Celal Bayar

* Adnan Menderes

* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

* Serra Yılmaz

* Nakiye Elgün

* Ahmet Zeki Soydemir

## References

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1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 124–128

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1954 in Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
*   *   * Austria
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   * Czechoslovakia
*   * Denmark
*   * East Germany
*   *   * Finland
* France
*   *   *   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
*   *   *   * Liechtenstein
*   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   *   *   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   * Poland
* Portugal
*   * Romania
*   * San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   * Soviet Union
* Armenian SSR
* Azerbaijan SSR
* Byelorussian SSR
* Estonian SSR
* Georgian SSR
* Kazakh SSR
* Latvian SSR
* Lithuanian SSR
* Moldavian SSR
* Russian SFSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
*   * United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
*   * West Germany
*   * Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Åland
* Cyprus
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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1954 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   * Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
* Ceylon
* China
*   * Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
*   *   * Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaya
*   *   * Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   * East Pakistan
* West Pakistan
*   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   * Syria
*   * Thailand
*   *   * Turkey
*   *   *   *   * North Vietnam
* South Vietnam
*   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   *   *   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
*   *   *   * Brunei
*   *   * Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
*   *   * French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   *   *   *   *

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