# 1993 in Turkey

Events in the year 1993 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 19th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President –
       Turgut Özal (up to 17 April)
       Süleyman Demirel (from 16 May)
* Prime Minister –
       Süleyman Demirel (up to 16 May)
       Erdal İnönü (acting 16 May-25 June)
       Tansu Çiller (from 25 June)
* Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
* Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)

## Cabinet

* 49th government of Turkey (up to 25 June)
* 50th government of Turkey (from 25 June)

## Events

* 11 January – 15 tonnes of narcotics were seized by the police in a Panama ensign ship
* 15 January – PKK camps were bombarded in Bingöl Province
* 12 January – Avalanche in Bayburt Province
* 27 January – Burial service of Uğur Mumcu
* 21 March – Kurdish Demonstrations in Nevrouz day celebration
* 17 April – 5 day-official mourning following the death of the president Turgut Özal
* 21 April – Burial service of Turgut Özal
* 28 April – Methane explosion in a garbage dump; 28 deaths
* 16 May – Süleyman Demirel was appointed as the 9th president of Turkey. Erdal İnönü was appointed as the acting prime minister.
* 25 May – PKK killed 33 unarmed dischargees in Bingöl Province
* 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
* 13 June – Tansu Çiller was elected as the new president of the True Path Party.
* 25 June – Tansu Çiller together with Erdal İnönü of the SHP formed the new government
* 2 July – Sivas incidents: An Islamist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, killing 37 people.
* 12 July – Hülya Avşar wins the "best actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival
* 9 August – Corruption investigation in Istanbul municipality (known as ISKİ suit)
* 11 September – Erdal İnönü resigned from his post in the party and Murat Karayalçın replaced him
* 5 October – PKK killed 35 civilians in Siirt Province and Batman Province
* 19 December – Kanal D, a satellite and cable television station, as first regular broadcasts service to start.

## Births

* 7 January – Ozan Evrim Özenç, footballer
* 3 March – Ayşe Cora, female basketball player
* 20 March – Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, female basketball player
* 22 May – Berkay Candan, basketball player
* 18 April, Okan Derici, footballer
* 2 June – Melis Sezer, female tennis player
* 16 June – Süleyman Zorba, Turkish-born Austrian politician
* 13 July – Olcay Çakır, female basketball player

## Deaths
### January

* January 24 - Uğur Mumcu, investigative journalist (b. 1942)

### February

* February 5 - Adnan Kahveci, politician (b. 1949)
* February 17 - Eşref Bitlis, general of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1933)
* February 19 - Yaman Okay, actor (b. 1951)
* February 25 - Eren Özker, puppeteer, performed during the first season of The Muppet Show (b. 1933)

### March

* March 22 - Samiha Ayverdi, writer and Sufi mystic (b. 1905)

### April

* April 17 - Turgut Özal, politician and 8th President of Turkey (b. 1927)

### May

* May 6 - Şükrü Balcı, high-ranking civil servant, governor and chief of police (b. 1929)
* May 9 - Fitnat Özdil, first female sport rowers in Turkey (b. 1910)
* May 26 - Ulvi Yenal, footballer (b. 1908)

### June

* June 12 - Ekrem Koçak, middle distance runner (b. 1931)

### July

* July 2 - People killed during the Sivas massacre
** Muhlis Akarsu, folk singer and musician (b. 1948)
** Behçet Aysan, poet (b. 1949)
** Asım Bezirci, critic, writer and poet (b. 1927)
** Nesimi Çimen, folk singer and poet (b. 1931)
** Hasret Gültekin, musician and poet (b. 1971)
* July 7 - Rıfat Ilgaz, writer and poet (b. 1911)
* July 9 - Metin Altıok, poet (b. 1940)
* July 28 - Cemal Madanoğlu, soldier and general (b. 1907)

### August

* August 3 – Vural Arıkan, politician (born 1929)
* August 4 - Sabri Berkel, modernist painter (born 1907)

### September

* September 5 - Samim Kocagöz, novelist (b. 1916)
* September 18 - Nida Tüfekçi, folk music artist (b. 1929)

### October

* 3 October – Mahmut Dikerdem, diplomat and peace activist (born 1916)
* October 6 - Nejat Eczacıbaşı, chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1913)
* October 13 - Tekin Arıburun, soldier and statesman (b. 1903)
* October 15 - Aydın Sayılı, historian of science (b. 1913)
* October 22 - Bahtiyar Aydın, army general (b. 1946)

### November

* November 4 - Cem Ersever, commander of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1950)

### December

* December 7 - Abidin Dino, painter (b. 1913)
* December 20
** Hulusi Kentmen, actor (b. 1912)
** Nazife Güran, composer (b. 1921)
* December 30 - İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, politician and acting President of Turkey (b. 1908)

## Gallery

* Süleyman Demirel
* Uğur Mumcu
* Murat Karayalçın
* Ozan Evrim Özenç
* Ayşe Cora
* İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil