1986 in Turkey explained

Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

17th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

- - President – Kenan Evren Prime Minister – Turgut Özal Leader of the opposition –

Aydın Güven Gürkan (up to 30 May)

Erdal İnönü (from 30 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

- Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)

Cabinet

45th government of Turkey

Events

May

4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) is dissolved.^[2]
9 May – Free Democratic Party founded.
16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group.^[2]
16 May – Eyüp Can wins bronze at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States
30 May – Erdal Inönü elected chairman of Social Democratic Populist Party (SDPP).^[2]

June

1 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship^[3]

August

15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.^[2]

September

6 September – 22 die in the terror attack to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul.

October

6 October – TRT 2, the second TV channel, starts airing.
24 October – Construction starts on Soviet natural gas pipeline.^[2]

November

12 November – Tanju Çolak wins European Golden Shoe.
30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.^[2]

December

26 December – People’s Party established.^[2]
29 December – People’s Party dissolves.^[2]

Births

9 February – Azize Tanrıkulu, taekwondo athlete
16 February – Nevin Yanıt, sprinter
22 February – Işıl Alben, basketball player
23 February – Serhat Çetin, basketball player
3 March – Mehmet Topal, footballer
4 June – Tolgahan Acar, footballer
25 June – Seda Tokatlıoğlu, volleyball player
16 September – Resul Tekeli, basketball player

Deaths

9 January – Nurullah Berk (born 1906), painter
10 January – Celal Yardımcı (born 1911), politician
7 May – Haldun Taner (born 1915), writer
28 May – Edip Cansever, (born 1928), poet
22 August – Celal Bayar (born 1883), former president

See also

References

Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 335–345
Book: Heper . Metin . Historical Dictionary of Turkey . 2009 . The Scarecrow Press . Lanham, Maryland.
http://www.mackolik.com/Standings/Default.aspx?sId=3143 Mackolik page