1998 in Turkey

Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.

← 1997 1996 1995 1998 in Turkey → 1999 2000 2001
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

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

Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)

Recai Kutan (from 14 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party

Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)

• Main opposition

Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)

Virtue Party (from 14 May)

Cabinet

• 55th government of Turkey

Events

• 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
• 17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) was closed by the court
• 17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
• 10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 27 June – The 6.3 M_w  Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
• 1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
• 18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
• 16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."
• 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as Istanbul Mayor

Deaths

January

• January 11 – Aydan Siyavuş, basketball coach and player (born 1947)
• January 12 – Sadi Koçaş, military officer and politician (born 1919)
• January 14 – Safiye Ayla, singer of Turkish classical music (born 1907)

March

• March 16 - Pertev Naili Boratav, folklorist and researcher of folk literature (b. 1907)
• March 17 - Ecmel Kutay, general and 24th Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1927)
• March 19 - Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, visual artist and illustrator (b. 1904)

April

• April 12 - Hanzade Osmanoğlu, Ottoman princess (b. 1923)

May

• May 15 - Naim Talu, economist, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
• May 16 - Sevim Tanürek, singers of Turkish classical music (b. 1934)

June

• June 26 - Hacı Sabancı, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

July

• July 17 - Sedat Celasun, general and former General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (b. 1915)
• July 26 - Zeki Kuneralp, diplomat (b. 1914)

August

• August 7 - Bekir Büyükarkın, poet and novelist (b. 1921)
• August 23 - Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, judge and former president Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1920)
• August 31 - Sabiha Gökçül Erbay, teacher and politician (b. 1900)

September

• September 1 - Osman F. Seden, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1924)
• September 5 - Lütfü Aksoy, footballer (b. 1911)
• September 7 - Şaban Kartal, footballer (b. 1952)
• September 13 - Necdet Calp, civil servant and politician (b. 1922)

October

• October 5 - Ahmet Uzel, composer (b. 1930)

November

• November 8 - Erol Taş, actor Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1928)

Gallery

• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  Necmettin Erbakan
• 
  Recai Kutan
• 
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• 
  Erol Taş

See also

• 1997-98 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics