1999 in Turkey
Events in the year '''1999 in Turkey'''
Parliament
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party
- Main opposition
Cabinet
Events
- 11 January – Bülent Ecevit formed a minority government
- 15–16 February – Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested in Kenya
- 18 April – The General election
- 22 April – CHP president Deniz Baykal resigned
- 23 April – Altan Öymen was elected as the new president of CHP
- 2 May – Merve Kavakçı was protested in the parliament
- 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
- 31 May – Abdullah Öcalan’s trial
- 17 August – The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
- 12 November – The 7.2 Düzce earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving 845–894 dead and 4,948 injured.
- 11 December – During the European Union summit in Helsinki, Turkey’s future membership was approved
Deaths
- 11 January – Öztürk Serengil, actor
- 1 February – Barış Manço, singer
- 16 February – Necil Kazım Akses, composer
- 18 May – Hayrettin Erkmen, politician
- 20 June – Konca Kuriş, feminist writer
- 10 July – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, political scientist
- 1 August – Paris Pişmiş, astronomer
- 3 October – Mübeccel Göktuna – founder of Women's Party