1981 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1981 in Turkey.[1]
Incumbents
[edit ]Ruling party and the main opposition
[edit ]- Ruling party – (Technocrat government)
Cabinet
[edit ]Events
[edit ]January
[edit ]- 17 January – Cargo ship Deniz Sönmez sinks near Crete, resulting in 32 fatalities.
March
[edit ]- 4 March – Two Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian terrorists.[2]
May
[edit ]- 13 May – Assassination attempt on John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Ağca
- 24 May – Trabzonspor won the championship of the Turkish football league [3]
July
[edit ]- 27 July – Turkey elects state artists for the first time.
October
[edit ]- 16 October – NSC dissolves all political parties.[2]
- 23 October – Consultative Assembly inaugurated.
November
[edit ]- 3 November – 3 November – Former prime minister Bülent Ecevit receives prison sentence for making political statements.[2]
- 30 November – Ministry of Culture merges with the Ministry of Tourism.[2]
Births
[edit ]- 10 January – Mert Fırat, actor
- 17 February – Songül Öden
- 34 March – Aysun Kayacı, model
- 27 October – Volkan Demirel, footballer
- 20 November – İbrahim Toraman, footballer
Deaths
[edit ]- 4 March – Reşat Moralı and Tecelli Arı (assassinated)
- 18 March – Cahide Sonku (born in 1919), artist
- 27 April – Münir Nurettin Selçuk, singer
- 18 May – Fuat Sirmen (born in 1899), former speaker of the parliament
- 26 December – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (born in 1903), former prime minister (29th government of Turkey)
Gallery
[edit ]-
Kenan Evren
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]Media related to 1981 in Turkey at Wikimedia Commons
