1989 in Turkey

Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

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
• 15 June – 4 new provinces established: Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale

September

• 17 September – Central Bank announces that rescheduled foreign debts have been repaid.

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.

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.
• 29 November – Turkey approves European Social Charter.

December

• 8 December – The United Communist Party announces its intention to regain its legal status.

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
• 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

Deaths

Hakkı Yeten

Nesuhi Ertegün

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

• August 14 – Bergen, singer (b. 1959)

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)

Gallery

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

See also

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