# 1989 in Turkey

Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 18th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President –
       Kenan Evren (up to 9 November)
       Turgut Özal (from 9 November)
* Prime Minister –
       Turgut Özal (up tp 9 November)
       Yıldırım Akbulut (from 9 November)
* Leader of the opposition – Erdal İnönü

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
* Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)

## Cabinet

* 46th government of Turkey (up to 9 November)
* 47th government of Turkey (from 9 November)

## Events
### June

* 11 June – Some 2,000 Bulgarian Turks deported to Turkey following forced name changes.
* 11 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship of the championship
* 15 June – 4 new provinces established: Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale

### September

* 17 September – Central Bank announces that rescheduled foreign debts have been repaid.

### October

* 21 October – Two Syrian warplanes shoot down a civil cartography plane within Turkey, killing five.
* 31 October – Parliament elects Prime Minister Turgut Özal as President.

### September

* 17 September – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu wins 4 gold medals in the Athens World Weightlifting Championships.

### November

* 9 November – President Turgut Özal appoints Yıldırım Akbulut as the new prime minister.
* 17 November – Yıldırım Akbulut elected chairman of Motherland Party.
* 29 November – Turkey approves European Social Charter.

### December

* 8 December – The United Communist Party announces its intention to regain its legal status.

## Births

* 1 January – Fatih Avan, javelin thrower
* 27 January – Melek Hu (Naturalized citizen), table tennis player
* 28 January – Gamze Tazim, actress
* 9 February – Deniz Aslan, footballer
* 22 February – Gülşah Gümüşay, basketball player
* 17 May - Kadir Korkut, poet and writer
* 21 May – Gülcan Mıngır, middle distance runner
* 5 July – Dilara Buse Günaydın, swimmer
* 10 September – Tolga Ünlü, footballer
* 28 September – Çağla Büyükakçay, tennis player
* 10 October – Rıza Kayaalp, wrestler
* 29 October – Leyla Tuğutlu, model and beauty pageant contestant
* 8 November - Can Yaman, actor
* 10 December – İlknur Melis Durası, engineer and model

## Deaths
### January

* January 12 - Adil Candemir, wrestler (b. 1917)
* January 20
** Mete Adanır, footballer (b. 1961)
** Muzaffer Badalıoğlu, footballer (b. 1960)

### February

* February 15 - Hüseyin Akbaş, wrestler (b. 1933)

### March

* March 6 - Fecri Ebcioğlu, songwriter and composer, (b. 1929)
* March 13 - Fahrettin Özdilek, military officer, politician and interim Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1898)

### April - June

* April 16 - Hakkı Yeten, footballer, football manager and sports executive (b. 1910)
* April 18
** Adil Atan, wrestler (b. 1929)
** Candan Tarhan, footballer and football manager (b. 1942)
* June 24 – Saadet Çağatay, turkologist, professor and writer(b. 1907)

### July

* July 15 - Nesuhi Ertegün, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records (b. 1925)

### August

* August 14 – Bergen, singer (b. 1959)

### September

* September 13 – İsmail Rüştü Aksal, civil servant and politician (b. 1911)
* September 21 – Ertem Eğilmez, film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1929)

### October - December

* October 9 – Yusuf Atılgan, novelist (b. 1921)
* December 15 – Ali Şen, actor (b. 1918)

## Gallery

* Kenan Evren
* Bülent Ecevit
* Fatih Avan
* Melek Hu
* Melek Tazim
* Gülcan Mıngır
* Tolga Ünlü
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Rıza Kayaalp
* Leyla Tuğutlu
* İlknur Melis Durası