1983 in Turkey

16 January – Turkish Airlines Flight 158, catches fire, resulting in 45 deaths.
28 January – Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe considers expulsion of Turkey because of alleged human rights violations.^[2]

2 March – Free trade zones created in Aliağa, Antalya and Yumurtalık.
7 March – Mining accident in Zonguldak results in 79 deaths.
9 March – Turkish diplomat Galip Balkar was assassinated by Armenian terrorists.

1 June – BTP closed by the military rulers. Süleyman Demirel, former prime minister as well as other politicians of the former Justice Party and Republican People's Party were arrested
23 June – True Path Party founded.^[2]

5 July – 1983 Biga earthquake
7 July – National Security Council vetoes 30 founders of True Path Party.^[2]
14 July – Turkish diplomat Dursun Aksoy assassinated by Armenian terrorists.
15 July – Armenian terrorists bomb the Turkish Airlines check-in counter in Paris, resulting in 7 deaths.

24 August – Motherland Party receives permission to participate in 6 November elections.^[2]
24 August – TPP and SDP are disqualified from taking part in the elections.^[2]

30 October 1983 Erzurum earthquake with the moment magnitude of 6.6 results in 1,342 deaths.

Births

8 January – Hüseyin Alp (born 1935), basketball player
19 January – Muhittin Taylan, (born 1910) chief of constitutional court and one time candidate of presidency
9 March – Galip Balkar (born 1836), ambassador (assassinated)
24 May – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (born 1904), poet
28 May – Çiğdem Talu (born 1939), music lyricist
2 September – Feri Cansel (born 1944), actress (killed)
10 October – Salise Abanozoğlu (born 1904), teacher and politician^[3]
9 November – Rüştü Erdelhun (born 1894), army general

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 309–316
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
^ Candeğer, Ümmügülsüm (2015). TBMM Kadın Matematikçi Üyeleri [Female Mathematician Members of Parliament] (in Turkish). Woman Mathematics Association Workshop.