1989 in Turkey

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
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
See also
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
1988–89 1.Lig
References
Years of the 20th century in Turkey
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