1994 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1994 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

• 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister – Tansu Çiller
• Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
• Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)

Cabinet

• 50th government of Turkey

Events

• 10 January – CIA warned the Turkish prime minister Tansu Çiller about a possible assassination in Belgium
• 23 January – Terrorists killed 20 villagers in Mardin Province
• 26 January – Devaluation
• 13 March – Two Greek Cypriot tankers collided in Bosphorous.
• 27 March – Local elections
• 5 April – Economic rehabilitation program (known as bitter recipe)
• 5 May – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu gained the title European champion
• 15 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
• 10 August – First Turkish telecommunication satellite Turksat 1B
• 18 October – Turkic Council in İstanbul
• 8 November – Rahmi Koç was elected as the new president of the International Chamber of Commerce
• 19 November – Weightlifter Halil Mutlu broke 3 world records in 54 kg
• 20 November – Weightlifter Nain Süleymanoğlu broke 3 world records in 64 kg
• 29 December – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport killing 57. Nineteen survived the incident.

Births

• 15 January – Sinan Gümüş, footballer
• 6 February – İbrahim Yılmaz, footballer
• 9 March – Okay Yokuşlu, footballer
• 12 March – Yusuf Emre Gültekin, footballer
• 1 May – İlkay Durmuş, footballer
• 25 May – Samed Yeşil, footballer

Deaths

• 20 January – Bedia Muvahhit (born in 1897), theatre actress
• 15 March – Mehmed Orhan (born in 1909), head of the Ottoman dynasty
• 14 May – Cihat Arman (born in 1919), footballer and coach
• 31 May – Uzay Heparı (born in 1969), musician

Gallery

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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Sinan Gümüş
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  İbrahim Yılmaz
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  Okay Yokuşlu
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  Samed Yeşil

See also

• 1993-94 1.Lig
• Turkey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 422–446
2. Mackolik page