1982_in_Turkey
1982 in Turkey
List of events
Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.[1]
- Ruling party – (Technocrat government)
January
- 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosporus was changed from left to right.[2]
- 28 January – Turkish diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Los Angeles.[2]
April
May
- 4 May – Turkish diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.
June
- 2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest.[2]
- 7 June – Turkish diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Lisbon.
- 13 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship[3]
July
August
- 4 August – NSC lifts some of the restrictions on political expression.[2]
- 7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack.
- 27 August – Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
September
- 9 September – Turkish diplomat in Bulgaria Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Burgas.
October
- 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal wins the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.
November
December
- 16 January – Tuncay, footballer
- 4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
- 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
- 26 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
- 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
- 2 October – Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
- 2 November – Serkan Yalçın, footballer
- 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballers
- 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated)
- 9 April – Turan Güneş (born 1922), politician
- 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated)
- 22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born 1899), army general and politician
- 27 August – Atilla Altıkat (born 1937), military attaché (assassinated)
- 4 November – Burhan Felek (born 1899), journalist
- Kenan Evren
- Turgut Özal
- Tuncay
- Sencer Sarı
- Elvan Abeylegesse
- Esra Gümüş
- Serkan Yalçın
- Halil Altıntop
- Hamit Altıntop
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 304–309
- Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
- "Mackolik page". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-10-01.