1989 in Turkey

Parliament

• 18th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President –
• Prime Minister –
• 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
• 47th government of Turkey

Events

June

• 11 June – Some 2,000 Bulgarian Turks deported to Turkey following forced name changes.
• 11 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship of the championship
• 15 June – 4 new provinces established: Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale

September

• 17 September – Central Bank announces that rescheduled foreign debts have been repaid.

October

• 21 October – Two Syrian warplanes shoot down a civil cartography plane within Turkey, killing five.
• 31 October – Parliament elects Prime Minister Turgut Özal as President.

September

• 17 September – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu wins 4 gold medals in the Athens World Weightlifting Championships.

November

• 9 November – President Turgut Özal appoints Yıldırım Akbulut as the new prime minister.
• 17 November – Yıldırım Akbulut elected chairman of Motherland Party.
• 29 November – Turkey approves European Social Charter.

December

• 8 December – The United Communist Party announces its intention to regain its legal status.

Births

• 1 January – Fatih Avan, javelin thrower
• 27 January – Melek Hu, table tennis player
• 28 January – Gamze Tazim, actress
• 9 February – Deniz Aslan, footballer
• 22 February – Gülşah Gümüşay, basketball player
• 17 May - Kadir Korkut, poet and writer
• 21 May – Gülcan Mıngır, middle distance runner
• 5 July – Dilara Buse Günaydın, swimmer
• 10 September – Tolga Ünlü, footballer
• 28 September – Çağla Büyükakçay, tennis player
• 10 October – Rıza Kayaalp, wrestler
• 29 October – Leyla Tuğutlu, model and beauty pageant contestant
• 8 November - Can Yaman, actor
• 10 December – İlknur Melis Durası, engineer and model

Deaths

January

• January 12 - Adil Candemir, wrestler
• January 20
• * Mete Adanır, footballer
• * Muzaffer Badalıoğlu, footballer

February

• February 15 - Hüseyin Akbaş, wrestler

March

• March 6 - Fecri Ebcioğlu, songwriter and composer,
• March 13 - Fahrettin Özdilek, military officer, politician and interim Prime Minister of Turkey

April - June

• April 16 - Hakkı Yeten, footballer, football manager and sports executive
• April 18
• * Adil Atan, wrestler
• * Candan Tarhan, footballer and football manager
• June 24 – Saadet Çağatay, turkologist, professor and writer

July

• July 15 - Nesuhi Ertegün, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records

August

• August 14 – Bergen, singer

September

• September 13 – İsmail Rüştü Aksal, civil servant and politician
• September 21 – Ertem Eğilmez, film director, producer and screenwriter

October - December

• October 9 – Yusuf Atılgan, novelist
• December 15 – Ali Şen, actor