1989 in Turkey
Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
- Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Cabinet
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
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