1996 in Turkey


Events in the year 1996 in Turkey.

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party
  • Main opposition

Cabinet

Events

  • 16 January – The Panamanian ferry MV Avrasya was hijacked by pro-Chechen separatists
  • 29 January – Beginning of Kardak crises between Turkey and Greece
  • 8 February – BirgenAir accident 189 deaths
  • 6 March – A coalition government
  • 4 April – Novelist Yaşar Kemal was awarded
  • 21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
  • 24 May – After corruption accuses Tansu Çiller the chairman of DYP announced that DYP will end the coalition’
  • 2 June – By local elections
  • June 3/14 – Habitat II
  • 14 June – Operation against militants
  • 28 June – New coalition government
  • 10 July – Türksat 1C satellite
  • 17 July – According to Fortune, Koç Holding was one of the 500 greatest companies of the World
  • October 2/8 – Prime minister Erbakan's African tour. His visit to Libya caused sharp reactions
  • 24 October – Osmaniye Province was established
  • 3 November – Susurluk car crash
  • 10 November - NTV Turkey launched.
  • 25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Budapest, Hungary. This event was probably connected to Susurluk scandal

Births

Deaths