1998 in Turkey
Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party
- Main opposition
Cabinet
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
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