1988 in Turkey

Turkey Events 1988 1988 Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366 Parliament 18th Parliament of Turkey Incumbents President – Kenan Evren Prime Minister – Turgut Özal Leader of the opposition – Erdal İnönü Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Cabinet 46th government of Turkey Events January 11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.”Heper Metin Historical Dictionary of Turkey 2009 The Scarecrow Press Lanham, Maryland 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture. February 1 February – Socialist Party founded. 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University) April 6 April – State visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. 27 April – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins three gold medals in Cardiff European Weightlifting Championships. May 29 May – Galatasaray wins the championshipMackolik page June 26 June – State visit of Kenan Evren to the United States. July 3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens. 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain. September 20 September – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. October 16 October – State visit of Evren to West Germany. 22 October - Esat Oktay Yıldıran was assassinated by PKK. November 20 November – Suat Atalık gains the title Grandmaster in Chess Olympiad. December 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students. 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party. 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States. Births 5 January – Ziya Erdal, footballer 8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player 2 February – Turgut Doğan Şahin, footballer 10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer 1 May – Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, hammer thrower 11 May – Tuğçe Hocaoğlu, volleyball player 31 May – Didem Ege, volleyball player 8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player 13 July – Neriman Özsoy, volleyball player 7 September – Yağmur Koçyiğit, volleyball player 26 September – Servet Tazegül, taekwondo practitioner 28 September – Bahar Çağlar, basketball player 15 October – Mesut Özil, footballer Deaths 8 January – Duygu Aykal (born 1943), ballerina 21 January – Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (born 1906), lawyer, politician and journalist 24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born 1922), lawyer, politician 18 April – Oktay Rifat (born 1914), novelist 1 May – Altan Erbulak (born 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor 31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born 1902), lawyer 3 September – Ferit Melen (born 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey) 29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician Gallery See also Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 1987–88 1.Lig Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics Turkey at the 1988 Winter Olympics References expanded 1988 in 1988 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey