1981 in Turkey

Events in the year 1981 in Turkey.

← 1980 1979 1978 1981 in Turkey → 1982 1983 1984
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

• 44th government of Turkey

Events

January

• 17 January – Cargo ship Deniz Sönmez sinks near Crete, resulting in 32 fatalities.

March

• 4 March – Two Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian terrorists.

May

• 13 May – Assassination attempt on John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Ağca
• 24 May – Trabzonspor won the championship of the Turkish football league

July

• 27 July – Turkey elects state artists for the first time.

October

• 16 October – NSC dissolves all political parties.
• 23 October – Consultative Assembly inaugurated.

November

• 3 November – 3 November – Former prime minister Bülent Ecevit receives prison sentence for making political statements.
• 30 November – Ministry of Culture merges with the Ministry of Tourism.

Births

• 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

• 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

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  Kenan Evren
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  Bülent Ecevit
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  Songül Öden
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  Volkan Demirel
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  İbrahim Toraman
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  Fuat Sirmen
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  Suat Hayri Ürgüplü

See also

• 1980–81 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

External links

Media related to 1981 in Turkey at Wikimedia Commons