1988 in Turkey

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.[1]

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.”[2]
• 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.[2]

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

• 3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens.
• 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.[2]

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]

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)

Gallery

• 
  Kenan Evren
• 
  Bülent Ecevit
• 
  Suat Atalık
• 
  Ziya Erdal
• 
  Turgut Doğan Şahin
• 
  Tuğçe Hocaoğlu
• 
  Neriman Özsoy
• 
  Yağmur Koçyiğit
• 
  Bahar Çağlar
• 
  Bahar Kızıl
• 
  Mesut Özil

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

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
2. Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
3. Mackolik page