1964 in Turkey

Events in the year 1964 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Sadettin Bilgiç (acting, 5 June-29 November)

Süleyman Demirel (from 29 November)

15 January – 31 January London Conference over the issue Cyprus (no consensus)
16 March – The government was authorized by the parliament for intervention to Cyprus.
16 March – Turkey unilaterally denounced the Greek-Turkish Convention of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation of 1930, marking the beginning of a mass expulsion of the Greek populace.
31 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of Turkish football league.^[2]
4 June – US president Lyndon Johnson’s letter to İsmet İnönü concerning Cyprus issue (the content of the letter was revealed on 16 January 1966)
7 June – Senate 1/3 by elections
8 August – After Greek forces attacked Turkish positions in St Hilarion heights in Cyprus, Turkish air forces bombed Greek positions
6 October - 1964 Manyas earthquake
29 November – Süleyman Demirel was elected as the chairman of the Justice Party (AP)
1 December – According to the Ankara Agreement, preparatory term for European Union membership began.

9 January – Halide Edib Adıvar (aged 80), novelist and a leader of Turkish women’s rights
3 June – Kazım Orbay (aged 60) retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
5 June – Ragıp Gümüşpala (aged 67,) chairman of the Justice Party (AP)
16 July – Rauf Orbay (aged 83), a former prime minister of the provisional Government of the Grand National Assembly
25 November – Naci Tınaz (aged 82), retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence