1982 in Turkey
Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.
Incumbents
Ruling party
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Cabinet
Events
January
- 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosporus was changed from left to right.
- 28 January – Turkish diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Los Angeles.
April
- 8 April – Romanian–Turkish Economic Cooperation protocol signed.
- 10 April – Bülent Ecevit arrested for an article he wrote.
- 23 April The national broadcaster TRT broadcasts in color.
- 26 April – Second arrest of Ecevit, for a letter he wrote to a journalist.
May
- 4 May – Turkish diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.
June
- 2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest.
- 7 June – Turkish diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Lisbon.
- 13 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship
July
August
- 4 August – NSC lifts some of the restrictions on political expression.
- 7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack.
- 27 August – Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
September
- 9 September – Turkish diplomat in Bulgaria Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Burgas.
October
- 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal wins the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.
November
- 7 November: 91 percent approve the new constitution in a national referendum.
- 16 November: Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu and Soviet prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov meet in Moscow.
- 29 November: Turkey and United States plan improvements to ten airfields in Turkey.
December
- 15 December: Turkey and China sign an economic accord.
Births
- 16 January – Tuncay, footballer
- 4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
- 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
- 26 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
- 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
- 2 October – Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
- 2 November – Serkan Yalçın, footballer
- 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballers
Deaths
- 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul
- 9 April – Turan Güneş, politician
- 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul
- 22 May – Cevdet Sunay, army general and politician
- 27 August – Atilla Altıkat, military attaché
- 4 November – Burhan Felek, journalist