1988 in Turkey
Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.[1]
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Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
- Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Cabinet
Events
January
February
- 1 February – Socialist Party founded.[2]
- 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University)
April
- 6 April – State visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.[2]
- 27 April – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins three gold medals in Cardiff European Weightlifting Championships.
May
- 29 May – Galatasaray wins the championship[3]
June
- 26 June – State visit of Kenan Evren to the United States.[2]
July
September
- 20 September – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
October
- 16 October – State visit of Evren to West Germany.[2]
- 22 October - Esat Oktay Yıldıran was assassinated by PKK.
November
- 20 November – Suat Atalık gains the title Grandmaster in Chess Olympiad.
December
- 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students.[2]
- 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party.[2]
- 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.[2]
Births
- 5 January – Ziya Erdal, footballer
- 8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player
- 2 February – Turgut Doğan Şahin, footballer
- 10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer
- 1 May – Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, hammer thrower
- 11 May – Tuğçe Hocaoğlu, volleyball player
- 31 May – Didem Ege, volleyball player
- 8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player
- 13 July – Neriman Özsoy, volleyball player
- 7 September – Yağmur Koçyiğit, volleyball player
- 26 September – Servet Tazegül, taekwondo practitioner
- 28 September – Bahar Çağlar, basketball player
- 15 October – Mesut Özil, footballer
Deaths
- 8 January – Duygu Aykal (born in 1943), ballerina
- 24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born in 1922), lawyer, politician
- 18 April – Oktay Rifat (born in 1914), novelist
- 1 May – Altan Erbulak (born in 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor
- 31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born in 1902), lawyer
- 3 September – Ferit Melen (born in 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey)
- 29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician
Gallery
Kenan Evren
Bülent Ecevit
Suat Atalık
Ziya Erdal
Turgut Doğan Şahin.jpg.webp)
Tuğçe Hocaoğlu
Neriman Özsoy.JPG.webp)
Yağmur Koçyiğit_TWBL_20180521.jpg.webp)
Bahar Çağlar.jpg.webp)
Bahar Kızıl
Mesut Özil
See also
References
- Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
- Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
- Mackolik page
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