1995 in Turkey

Events in the year 1995 in Turkey.

← 1994 1993 1992 1995 in Turkey → 1996 1997 1998
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Parliament

• 19th Parliament of Turkey (up to 24 December)
• 20th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister – Tansu Çiller
• Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

• 50th government of Turkey (up to 5 October)
• 51st government of Turkey (5 October – 30 October)
• 52nd government of Turkey (from 30 October)

Events

• 4 January – Two parties with the same background, namely Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) and Republican People's Party (CHP) decided to merge.
• 12 February – Although SHP was the bigger partner, Erdal İnönü, the former leader of SHP proposed that the fusion should be in CHP.
• 12 February – Because of dense smog, schools were temporarily closed in İstanbul.
• 18 February – SHP merged with the CHP and Hikmet Çetin was elected as the caretaker leader of CHP.
• 12/13 March – Gazi Quarter riots in İstanbul
• 20 March – Operation Steel launched against Kurdish separatists
• 11 April – Tansu Çiller started irrigation through the Şanlıurfa Irrigation Tunnels
• 21 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 12 June – 22 soldiers were killed by Kurdish separatists in Tunceli Province
• 7 July – Operation against Kurdish separatists around the Iraq border
• 25 July – Gold exchange market was opened
• 29 August – Flood in Rize; 10 deaths
• 7 September – Militants killed 9 workers in Hatay Province
• 15 September – Clash between government forces and militants in Diyarbakır Province
• 1 October – Earthquake in Dinar, Afyonkarahisar; 90 deaths
• 9 September – Deniz Baykal was elected as the new president of CHP
• 19 September – Tansu Çiller and Deniz Baykal could not agree on the coalition protocol and the 50th government dissolved (but continued up to the formation of the new government)
• 13 October – Tansu Çiller’s 2nd government (founded on 5 October) lost a vote of confidence
• 5 November – Tansu Çiller’s 3rd government (founded on 30 October, with their coalition partner CHP) received the vote of confidence
• 13 December – Customs Union with European Union
• 24 December – General elections :Welfare Party 158 seats, ANAP 132 seats, DYP 135 seats, DSP 76 seats, CHP 49 seats

Deaths

• 11 January – Onat Kutlar (born 1936), writer
• 15 January – Sadi Eldem (born 1910), diplomat
• 18 March – Sadri Alışık (born 1925), actor
• 25 March – Belgin Doruk (born 1936), actress
• 6 July – Aziz Nesin (born 1915), writer humorist
• 10 July – Mehmet Ali Aybar (born 1908), politician
• 27 July – Melih Esenbel (born 1915), diplomat
• 1 September – Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata (born 1911), politician and lawyer
• 27 September – Baha Akşit (born 1914), politician
• 8 November – Mükerrem Sarol (born 1909), physician and politician

Gallery

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  Süleyman Demirel
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  Hikmet Çetin

See also

• 1994-95 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995