1989_in_Turkey
1989 in Turkey
List of events
Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.[1]
- Kenan Evren (up to 9 November)
- Turgut Özal (from 9 November)
- Turgut Özal (up tp 9 November)
- Yıldırım Akbulut (from 9 November)
- Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
- Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
- 46th government of Turkey (up to 9 November)
- 47th government of Turkey (from 9 November)
June
- 11 June – Some 2,000 Bulgarian Turks deported to Turkey following forced name changes.
- 11 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship of the championship[2]
- 15 June – 4 new provinces established: Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale
September
- 17 September – Central Bank announces that rescheduled foreign debts have been repaid.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3]
- 29 November – Turkey approves European Social Charter.[3]
December
- 8 December – The United Communist Party announces its intention to regain its legal status.[3]
- 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
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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
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)
- Kenan Evren
- Bülent Ecevit
- Fatih Avan
- Melek Hu
- Melek Tazim
- Gülcan Mıngır
- Tolga Ünlü
- Çağla Büyükakçay
- Rıza Kayaalp
- Leyla Tuğutlu
- İlknur Melis Durası
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- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 367–377
- Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.