1998 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.[1]
Incumbents
- Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)
- Recai Kutan (from 14 May)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party
- Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)
- Main opposition
- Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)
- Virtue Party (from 14 May)
Cabinet
Events
- 3 January - First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
- 17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) 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[2]
- 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."[3]
- 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as İstanbul Mayor [4]
Deaths
- 14 January - Safiye Ayla (born in 1907), singer
- 15 May- Naim Talu (born in 1919), former prime minister (36th government of Turkey)
- 16 May - Sevim Tanürek (born in 1934), singer
- 26 June - Hacı Sabancı (born in 1935), industrailist
- 27 June - Kerim Tekin (born in 1975), pop singer and actor
- 17 July - Sedat Celasun (born in 1915), retired general
- 13 September - Necdet Calp (born in 1922), politician
- 8 November -Erol Taş (born in 1926), actor
Gallery
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Süleyman Demirel
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Necmettin Erbakan
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Recai Kutan
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Erol Taş
See also
References
- ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 505-511
- ↑ Mackolik page
- ↑ Hürriyet newspaper
- ↑ Vowturkey
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