1993 in Turkey
Events in the year 1993 in Turkey.
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
- Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)
Cabinet
Events
- 11 January – 15 tonnes of narcotics were seized by the police in a Panama ensign ship
- 15 January – PKK camps were bombarded in Bingöl Province
- 12 January – Avalanche in Bayburt Province
- 27 January – Burial service of Uğur Mumcu
- 21 March – Kurdish Demonstrations in Nevrouz day celebration
- 17 April – 5 day-official mourning following the death of the president Turgut Özal
- 21 April – Burial service of Turgut Özal
- 28 April – Methane explosion in a garbage dump; 28 deaths
- 16 May – Süleyman Demirel was appointed as the 9th president of Turkey. Erdal İnönü was appointed as the acting prime minister.
- 25 May – PKK killed 33 unarmed dischargees in Bingöl Province
- 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
- 13 June – Tansu Çiller was elected as the new president of the True Path Party.
- 25 June – Tansu Çiller together with Erdal İnönü of the SHP formed the new government
- 2 July – Sivas incidents: An Islamist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, killing 37 people.
- 12 July – Hülya Avşar wins the "best actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival
- 9 August – Corruption investigation in Istanbul municipality
- 11 September – Erdal İnönü resigned from his post in the party and Murat Karayalçın replaced him
- 5 October – PKK killed 35 civilians in Siirt Province and Batman Province
- 19 December – Kanal D, a satellite and cable television station, as first regular broadcasts service to start.
Births
- 7 January – Ozan Evrim Özenç, footballer
- 3 March – Ayşe Cora, female basketball player
- 20 March – Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, female basketball player
- 22 May – Berkay Candan, basketball player
- 18 April, Okan Derici, footballer
- 2 June – Melis Sezer, female tennis player
- 16 June – Süleyman Zorba, Turkish-born Austrian politician
- 13 July – Olcay Çakır, female basketball player
Deaths
January
February
- February 5 - Adnan Kahveci, politician
- February 17 - Eşref Bitlis, general of Turkish Gendarmerie
- February 19 - Yaman Okay, actor
- February 25 - Eren Özker, puppeteer, performed during the first season of The Muppet Show
March
- March 22 - Samiha Ayverdi, writer and Sufi mystic
April
- April 17 - Turgut Özal, politician and 8th President of Turkey
May
- May 6 - Şükrü Balcı, high-ranking civil servant, governor and chief of police
- May 9 - Fitnat Özdil, first female sport rowers in Turkey
- May 26 - Ulvi Yenal, footballer
June
July
- July 2 - People killed during the Sivas massacre
- *Muhlis Akarsu, folk singer and musician
- *Behçet Aysan, poet
- *Asım Bezirci, critic, writer and poet
- *Nesimi Çimen, folk singer and poet
- *Hasret Gültekin, musician and poet
- July 7 - Rıfat Ilgaz, writer and poet
- July 9 - Metin Altıok, poet
- July 28 - Cemal Madanoğlu, soldier and general
August
- August 3 – Vural Arıkan, politician
- August 4 - Sabri Berkel, modernist painter
September
- September 5 - Samim Kocagöz, novelist
- September 18 - Nida Tüfekçi, folk music artist
October
- 3 October – Mahmut Dikerdem, diplomat and peace activist
- October 6 - Nejat Eczacıbaşı, chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- October 13 - Tekin Arıburun, soldier and statesman
- October 15 - Aydın Sayılı, historian of science
- October 22 - Bahtiyar Aydın, army general
November
- November 4 - Cem Ersever, commander of Turkish Gendarmerie
December
- December 7 - Abidin Dino, painter
- December 20
- * Hulusi Kentmen, actor
- * Nazife Güran, composer
- December 30 - İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, politician and acting President of Turkey