1994 in Turkey
Events in the year 1994 in Turkey.
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
- Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)
Cabinet
Events
- 10 January – CIA warned the Turkish prime minister Tansu Çiller about a possible assassination in Belgium
- 23 January – Pkk killed 20 villagers in Mardin Province
- 26 January – Devaluation
- 13 March – Two Greek Cypriot tankers collided in Bosphorous.
- 27 March – Local elections
- 5 April – Economic rehabilitation program
- 5 May – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu gained the title European champion
- 15 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
- 10 August – First Turkish telecommunication satellite Turksat 1B
- 18 October – Turkic Council in Istanbul
- 8 November – Rahmi Koç was elected as the new president of the International Chamber of Commerce
- 19 November – Weightlifter Halil Mutlu broke 3 world records in 54 kg
- 20 November – Weightlifter Nain Süleymanoğlu broke 3 world records in 64 kg
- 29 December – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van [Ferit Melen Airport] killing 57. Nineteen survived the incident.
- Full date unknown –
- *Kuzeybatı real estate services firm is founded
Births
- 15 January – Sinan Gümüş, footballer
- 6 February – İbrahim Yılmaz, footballer
- 9 March – Okay Yokuşlu, footballer
- 12 March – Yusuf Emre Gültekin, footballer
- 1 May – İlkay Durmuş, footballer
- 25 May – Samed Yeşil, footballer
Deaths
- 20 January – Bedia Muvahhit, theatre actress
- 15 March – Mehmed Orhan, head of the Ottoman dynasty
- 16 March – Medeni Berk, banker and politician
- 14 May – Cihat Arman, footballer and coach
- 31 May – Uzay Heparı, musician