1966 Turkish Senate election Politics of TurkeyConstitution History Secularism Human rights LGBT rights Legislature Grand National Assembly (Parliament) Speaker: Numan Kurtulmuş Leader of the main oppositionÖzgür Özel Political parties Executive President (list) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz Cabinet (list) Current cabinet (67th) Ministries National Security Council Governors Judiciary Constitutional Court President: Kadir Özkaya Court of Cassation President: Mehmet Akarca Court of Accounts President: Metin Yener Council of State President: Zeki Yiğit Elections Electoral system Electoral cycle Supreme Election Council Recent elections Parliamentary 20182023next Presidential 201820232028 Local 201420192024 Referendum 200720102017 Political parties Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Hakan Fidan (list) Diplomatic missions of Turkey Diplomatic missions in Turkey Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Membership of internationalorganizations Turkey and the United Nations Permanent Representative European Union AccessionrelationsCustoms Union See also History History of the Republic Armed Forces Turkey portal Other countries Senate elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1966.[1] In this election 52 members of the senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the senate and two vacant seats.[2] ResultsPartyVotes%SeatsJustice Party1,688,31656.9035Republican People's Party877,06629.5613Nation Party157,1155.291Workers' Party116,3753.921New Turkey Party70,0432.361Republican Villagers Nation Party57,3671.931Independents9800.030Total2,967,262100.0052Total votes3,072,393–Registered voters/turnout5,466,28456.21Source: Department of State, Nohlen et al.[3]References ^ Türkiye'nin 75 yılı Hürgüç Gazetecilik, İstanbul, 1998 p 191 ^ "Results of the senate elections" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-20. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp269–273 ISBN 0-19-924958-X Elections and referendums in TurkeyPresidential elections 2014 2018 2023 2028 Parliamentary elections 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1946 1950 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2007 2011 2015 (Jun) 2015 (Nov) 2018 2023 Next Local elections 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1955 1963 1968 1973 1977 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Senate elections 1961 1964 1966 1968 1973 1975 1977 1979 Referendums 1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 2017 See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire