1998 in Turkey

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister – Mesut Yılmaz
• Leader of the opposition –

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 55th government of Turkey

  Events

• 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
• 17 January – Welfare Party was closed by the court
• 17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
• 10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 27 June – The 6.3 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
• 1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
• 18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
• 16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."
• 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as Istanbul Mayor

  Deaths

January

• January 11 – Aydan Siyavuş, basketball coach and player
• January 12 – Sadi Koçaş, military officer and politician
• January 14 – Safiye Ayla, singer of Turkish classical music

  February

March

• March 16 - Pertev Naili Boratav, folklorist and researcher of folk literature
• March 17 - Ecmel Kutay, general and 24th Mayor of Istanbul
• March 19 - Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, visual artist and illustrator

  April

• April 12 - Hanzade Osmanoğlu, Ottoman princess

  May

• May 15 - Naim Talu, economist, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey
• May 16 - Sevim Tanürek, singers of Turkish classical music

  June

• June 26 - Hacı Sabancı, businessman and philanthropist

  July

• July 17 - Sedat Celasun, general and former General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey
• July 26 - Zeki Kuneralp, diplomat

  August

• August 7 - Bekir Büyükarkın, poet and novelist
• August 23 - Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, judge and former president Constitutional Court of Turkey
• August 31 - Sabiha Gökçül Erbay, teacher and politician

  September

• September 1 - Osman F. Seden, film director, screenwriter and film producer
• September 5 - Lütfü Aksoy, footballer
• September 7 - Şaban Kartal, footballer
• September 13 - Necdet Calp, civil servant and politician

  October

• October 5 - Ahmet Uzel, composer

  November

• November 8 - Erol Taş, actor Constitutional Court of Turkey

  December