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Turkey in 1961

Name: Turkey in 1961 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Turkey in 1961, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records

6Events

4Named people

1Places

1Categories

Historical records

January

5 January 1961Prime Minister of TurkeyCemal Gursel

Government / Government of Turkey

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term

September

September 1961CoupAdnan Menderes

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Deposed by the army

September 1961Death of Adnan MenderesAdnan Menderes

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Death of Adnan Menderes, executed

September 1961ExecutionAdnan Menderes

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Had taken dictatorial powers, was deposed by the army & hanged for treason

September 1961TreasonAdnan Menderes

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Had taken dictatorial powers, was deposed by the army & hanged for treason

October

30 October 1961Prime Minister of TurkeyFahri Ozdilek

Government / Government of Turkey

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, acting

Other Events

1961GovernmentIsmet Inonu

Government / Government of Turkey

Forms a left of centre democratic coalition

Names involved

Adnan MenderesCemal GurselFahri OzdilekIsmet Inonu

Places involved

Istanbul

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.