1991 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1991 in Turkey.

Incumbents

• President – Turgut Özal
• Prime Minister -

Yıldırım Akbulut (up to 23 June)

Mesut Yılmaz (23 June -20 November)

Süleyman Demirel (from 20 November)

• Leader of the opposition –

Erdal İnönü (up to 20 November)

Mesut Yılmaz (from 20 November)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party-

Motherland Party (ANAP) (up to 20 November)

True Path Paty (DYP) (from 20 November)

• Main opposition-

Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (up to 20 November)

Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 20 November)

Cabinet

• 47th government of Turkey
• 48th government of Turkey
• 49th government of Turkey

Events

• 5 January – Prime minister Yıldırım Akbulut met with the coal mine workers who were on strike.
• 1 April – A tent city in Hakkari Province for Iraqi refuges was founded
• 8 April – It was announced that the number of refuges in Turkey was 300000
• 30 April- A sharp raise in government controlled commodity prices
• 19 May - Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 9 June – Socialist International summit in İstanbul sponsored by SHP
• 23 June – After the party congress of ANAP Yıldırım Akbulut was replaced by Mesut Yılmaz in the government
• 6 July – Lale Aytaman was appointed as the Muğla Province governor. She was the first female governor
• 7 August - Compulsory education term was increased from 5 years to 8 years .
• 28 August – 52 deaths in an international bus (Iran-Liiban) accident in Ağrı Province
• 20 October – General elections ( DYP 178 seats, ANAP 115 seats, SHP 88 seats, RP 62 seats, DSP 7 seats)
• 20 November – First coalition government (DYP-SHP) of Turkey after 1980 period
• 5 December – An assassination attempt to Doğan Güreş the chief of staff (by poison)

Births

• 3 January- Özgür Çek, footballer
• 30 January - Arzu Karabulut, female footballer
• 24 February - Semih Kaya, footballer
• 1 March - Berkan Afşarlı, footballer
• 1 March - Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, female yacht racer
• 8 April - Alper Potuk, footballer
• 14 April - Melisa Aslı Pamuk, model
• 3 July -Ezgi Çağlar, female footballer
• 5 July - Günay Güvenç ,footballer
• 13 September - Noyan Öz, footballer
• 17 September - Ali Gökdemir, footballer
• 27 October - Hüseyin Atalay, footballer
• 11 December - Alper Uludağ, footballer

Deaths

• 6 January - Adnan Saygun (born, in 1907), musician
• 22 April - Feriha Tevfik (born in 1910), first beauty pageant of Turkey
• 23 May - Kemal Satır (born in 1911) MD, politician
• 2 June - Ahmet Arif (born in 1927), poet
• 6 June - Adnan Süvari (born in 1926), football coach
• 5 September - Fahrelnissa Zeid (born in 1901), painter
• 13 September - Metin Oktay (born in 1936) footballer
• 13 October- Adnan Ersöz (born in 1917), general (assassinated)

Gallery

• Turgut Özal
  Turgut Özal
• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• Erdal İnönü
  Erdal İnönü
• 
  Özgür Çek
• 
  Özgür Karabulut
• 
  Alper Potuk
• 
  Ezgi Çağlar
• 
  Günay Güvenç
• 
  Alper Uludağ
• Adnan Saygun
  Adnan Saygun
• 
  Feriha Tevfik
• 
  Fahrelnissa Zeid

See also

• 1990–91 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991