1993 in Turkey

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 İstanbul 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
13 Temmuz – 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
See also
1992-93 1.Lig
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
References
Years of the 20th century in Turkey
1990s in Turkey
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