Events in the year 1958 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 136–140
Parliament 11th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Celal Bayar Prime Minister – Adnan Menderes Leader of the opposition – İsmet İnönü
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Democrat Party (DP) Main opposition – Republican People's Party (CHP)
Cabinet 23rd government of Turkey
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 ÜngörBiography page (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
Births 9 January – Mehmet Ali Ağca, assassin 16 January – Ayşenur İslam, government minister 1 April – Banu Alkan, actress 6 May – Haluk Ulusoy, the former president of Turkish Football Federation 9 August – Muazzez Ersoy (Hatice Yıldız Levent), singer 11 September- Altan Tan, writer
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