1958 in Turkey
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Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP)
- Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet
Events
- 16 January – Nine army officers arrested for plotting against the government.
- 1 March – Commuter boat Üsküdar sinks. Most of the passengers were students.
- 2 June – Publication ban on the statements made by İsmet İnönü, the opposition leader
- 7 June – Series of public demonstrations concerning Cyprus dispute begin.
- 20 July – Partial mobilization after the revolution in Iraq
Deaths
- 3 January – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (born in 1877), former general
- 25 January – Cemil Topuzlu (born in 1868), one of the pioneers of modern medicine
- 10 February – Nezihe Muhiddin, female activist, journalist
- 28 February – Zeki Üngör[2] (born in 1880), musician
- 15 July – Cemil Cahit Toydemir (born in 1883), former government minister (15th government of Turkey)
- 1 November – Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born in 1884), poet
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