# 1998 in Turkey

Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 20th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President – Süleyman Demirel
* Prime Minister – Mesut Yılmaz
* Leader of the opposition –
       Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)
       Recai Kutan (from 14 May)

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party
       Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)
* Main opposition
       Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)
       Virtue Party (from 14 May)

## Cabinet

* 55th government of Turkey

## Events

* 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
* 17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) was closed by the court
* 17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
* 10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
* 27 June – The 6.3 M$_w$  Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
* 1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
* 18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
* 16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."
* 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as Istanbul Mayor

## Deaths
### January

* January 11 – Aydan Siyavuş, basketball coach and player (born 1947)
* January 12 – Sadi Koçaş, military officer and politician (born 1919)
* January 14 – Safiye Ayla, singer of Turkish classical music (born 1907)

### March

* March 16 - Pertev Naili Boratav, folklorist and researcher of folk literature (b. 1907)
* March 17 - Ecmel Kutay, general and 24th Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1927)
* March 19 - Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, visual artist and illustrator (b. 1904)

### April

* April 12 - Hanzade Osmanoğlu, Ottoman princess (b. 1923)

### May

* May 15 - Naim Talu, economist, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
* May 16 - Sevim Tanürek, singers of Turkish classical music (b. 1934)

### June

* June 26 - Hacı Sabancı, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

### July

* July 17 - Sedat Celasun, general and former General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (b. 1915)
* July 26 - Zeki Kuneralp, diplomat (b. 1914)

### August

* August 7 - Bekir Büyükarkın, poet and novelist (b. 1921)
* August 23 - Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, judge and former president Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1920)
* August 31 - Sabiha Gökçül Erbay, teacher and politician (b. 1900)

### September

* September 1 - Osman F. Seden, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1924)
* September 5 - Lütfü Aksoy, footballer (b. 1911)
* September 7 - Şaban Kartal, footballer (b. 1952)
* September 13 - Necdet Calp, civil servant and politician (b. 1922)

### October

* October 5 - Ahmet Uzel, composer (b. 1930)

### November

* November 8 - Erol Taş, actor Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1928)

### December
## Gallery

* Süleyman Demirel
* Necmettin Erbakan
* Recai Kutan
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* Erol Taş