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Events in the year 1962 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Ekrem Alican (up to 25 June)

Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 25 June with Justice Party (AP), and then with New Turkey Party (YTP) and Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP)
Main opposition

New Turkey Party (YTP) (up tp 25 June)

Justice Party (AP) (from 25 June)

22 February – Coup attempt led by Colonel Talat Aydemir fails.
22 May – Crisis in the government concerning amnesty law
27 May – First Nuclear (test) reactor of Turkey in Küçükçekmece, a suburb of Istanbul
15 June – When most of CKMP members voted to participate in the new government, Osman Bölükbaşı, the chairman of the Party, resigns and founds another party Nation Party (MP)
16 June – Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.^[2]
26 August – U.S. vice president Lyndon B. Johnson visits Turkey.