1993 in Turkey

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1993 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President –

Turgut Özal (up to 17 April)

Süleyman Demirel (from 16 May)

• Prime Minister –

Süleyman Demirel (up to 16 May)

Erdal İnönü (acting 16 May-25 June)

Tansu Çiller (from 25 June)

• Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
• Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)

Cabinet

• 49th government of Turkey (up to 25 June)
• 50th government of Turkey (from 25 June)

Events

• 11 January – 15 tonnes of narcotics were seized by the police in a Panama ensign ship
• 15 January – PKK camps were bombarded in Bingöl Province
• 12 January – Avalanche in Bayburt Province
• 27 January – Burial service of Uğur Mumcu
• 21 March – Kurdish Demonstrations in Nevrouz day celebration
• 17 April – 5 day-official mourning following the death of the president Turgut Özal
• 21 April – Burial service of Turgut Özal
• 28 April – Methane explosion in a garbage dump; 28 deaths
• 16 May – Süleyman Demirel was appointed as the 9th president of Turkey. Erdal İnönü was appointed as the acting prime minister.
• 25 May – PKK killed 33 unarmed dischargees in Bingöl Province
• 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 13 June – Tansu Çiller was elected as the new president of the True Path Party.
• 25 June – Tansu Çiller together with Erdal İnönü of the SHP formed the new government
• 2 July – Sivas incidents: An Islamist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, killing 37 people.
• 12 July – Hülya Avşar wins the "best actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival
• 9 August – Corruption investigation in Istanbul municipality (known as ISKİ suit)
• 11 September – Erdal İnönü resigned from his post in the party and Murat Karayalçın replaced him
• 5 October – PKK killed 35 civilians in Siirt Province and Batman Province
• 19 December – Kanal D, a satellite and cable television station, as first regular broadcasts service to start.

Births

• 7 January – Ozan Evrim Özenç, footballer
• 3 March – Ayşe Cora, female basketball player
• 20 March – Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, female basketball player
• 22 May – Berkay Candan, basketball player
• 18 April, Okan Derici, footballer
• 2 June – Melis Sezer, female tennis player
• 16 June – Süleyman Zorba, Turkish-born Austrian politician
• 13 July – Olcay Çakır, female basketball player

Deaths

Turgut Özal

Abidin Dino

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

January

• January 24 - Uğur Mumcu, investigative journalist (b. 1942)

February

• February 5 - Adnan Kahveci, politician (b. 1949)
• February 17 - Eşref Bitlis, general of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1933)
• February 19 - Yaman Okay, actor (b. 1951)
• February 25 - Eren Özker, puppeteer, performed during the first season of The Muppet Show (b. 1933)

March

• March 22 - Samiha Ayverdi, writer and Sufi mystic (b. 1905)

April

• April 17 - Turgut Özal, politician and 8th President of Turkey (b. 1927)

May

• May 6 - Şükrü Balcı, high-ranking civil servant, governor and chief of police (b. 1929)
• May 9 - Fitnat Özdil, first female sport rowers in Turkey (b. 1910)
• May 26 - Ulvi Yenal, footballer (b. 1908)

June

• June 12 - Ekrem Koçak, middle distance runner (b. 1931)

July

• July 2 - People killed during the Sivas massacre
  • Muhlis Akarsu, folk singer and musician (b. 1948)
  • Behçet Aysan, poet (b. 1949)
  • Asım Bezirci, critic, writer and poet (b. 1927)
  • Nesimi Çimen, folk singer and poet (b. 1931)
  • Hasret Gültekin, musician and poet (b. 1971)
• July 7 - Rıfat Ilgaz, writer and poet (b. 1911)
• July 9 - Metin Altıok, poet (b. 1940)
• July 28 - Cemal Madanoğlu, soldier and general (b. 1907)

August

• August 3 – Vural Arıkan, politician (born 1929)
• August 4 - Sabri Berkel, modernist painter (born 1907)

September

• September 5 - Samim Kocagöz, novelist (b. 1916)
• September 18 - Nida Tüfekçi, folk music artist (b. 1929)

October

• 3 October – Mahmut Dikerdem, diplomat and peace activist (born 1916)
• October 6 - Nejat Eczacıbaşı, chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1913)
• October 13 - Tekin Arıburun, soldier and statesman (b. 1903)
• October 15 - Aydın Sayılı, historian of science (b. 1913)
• October 22 - Bahtiyar Aydın, army general (b. 1946)

November

• November 4 - Cem Ersever, commander of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1950)

December

• December 7 - Abidin Dino, painter (b. 1913)
• December 20
  • Hulusi Kentmen, actor (b. 1912)
  • Nazife Güran, composer (b. 1921)
• December 30 - İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, politician and acting President of Turkey (b. 1908)

Gallery

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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Uğur Mumcu
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  Murat Karayalçın
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  Ozan Evrim Özenç
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  Ayşe Cora
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  İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

See also

• 1992-93 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993