• Source: 1988 in Turkey

Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.




Parliament


18th Parliament of Turkey




Incumbents


President – Kenan Evren
Prime Minister – Turgut Özal
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




Events






= January

=
11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.”
25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.




= February

=
1 February – Socialist Party founded.
28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University)




= April

=
6 April – State visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
27 April – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins three gold medals in Cardiff European Weightlifting Championships.




= May

=
29 May – Galatasaray wins the championship




= June

=
26 June – State visit of Kenan Evren to the United States.




= July

=
3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens.
12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.




= September

=
20 September – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.




= October

=
16 October – State visit of Evren to West Germany.
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.
8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party.
16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.




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 1943), ballerina
21 January – Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (born 1906), lawyer, politician and journalist
24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born 1922), lawyer, politician
18 April – Oktay Rifat (born 1914), novelist
1 May – Altan Erbulak (born 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor
31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born 1902), lawyer
3 September – Ferit Melen (born 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey)
29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician




Gallery



















































See also


Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
1987–88 1.Lig
Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Turkey at the 1988 Winter Olympics




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Turki
• The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey
• The Making of Modern Turkey
• Britania Raya
• Ruud Gullit
• Bayezid II
• Partenogenesis
• Perang Nagorno-Karabakh
• Jean Claude Van Damme
• Perang Dunia I
• 1988 in Turkey
• Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
• Economy of Turkey
• 1988
• 1988–89 Turkish Cup
• 1988 Turkish constitutional referendum
• Communist Party of Turkey
• Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
• Telephone numbers in Turkey