1989 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.[1]

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[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]

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

• 15 February – Hüseyin Akbaş (born 1933), wrestler
• 6 March – Fecri Ebcioğlu (born in 1927), DJ and lyricist
• 16 April – Hakkı Yeten (born in 1910) footballer and coach
• 14 August – Bergen Sarılmışer (born in 1959), singer
• 13 September – İsmail Rüştü Aksal (born in 1911), civil servant, politician
• 21 September – Ertem Eğilmez (born in 1929), film director
• 9 October – Yusuf Atılgan (born in 1921), novelist

Gallery

• 
  Kenan Evren
• 
  Bülent Ecevit
• 
  Fatih Avan
• 
  Melek Hu
• 
  Melek Tazim
• 
  Gülcan Mıngır
• 
  Tolga Ünlü
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  Çağla Büyükakçay
• 
  Rıza Kayaalp
• 
  Leyla Tuğutlu
• 
  İlknur Melis Durası

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
• 1988–89 1.Lig

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 367–377
2. Mackolik page
3. Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.