1961 in Turkey

Events in the year 1961 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Cemal Gürsel (up to 26 October)

Fahri Özdilek, acting (26 October – 20 November)

İsmet İnönü (from 20 November)

Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) and coalition partner (Justice Party (AP)) (from 20 November)
Main opposition – New Turkey Party (YTP) (from 20 November)

6 January – constituent assembly
1 April – The ban on political activities was lifted
3 June – Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.^[2]
9 July – Referendum on the new Turkish constitution (65% approved)
15 September – Verdicts (on the Democrat Party (DP) members) pronounced
16/17 September – Executions of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Minister of Finance Hasan Polatkan
15 October – General elections (CHP 173 seats, AP 158 seats, YTP 65 seats, CKMP 54 seats)
26 October – Cemal Gürsel was elected as the new president. Fahri Özdilek was appointed as the acting prime minister.
20 November - Civilian government

8 January – Yaşar Doğu (aged 48), wrestler
26 February – Hasan Ali Yücel (aged 64), writer and former minister of National education
16 June – Peyami Safa (aged 62), writer and journalist
16 September – Hasan Polatkan (aged 46), former minister of Finance
16 September – Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (aged 51), former minister of Foreign Affairs
17 September – Adnan Menderes (aged 62), former prime minister (19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd government of Turkey)
19 September – Şemsettin Günaltay (aged 78), former prime minister (1940s)