1982 in Turkey

← 1981 1980 1979 1982 in Turkey → 1983 1984 1985
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.^[1]

Incumbents

• President – Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party

• Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

• 44th government of Turkey

Events

• 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosphorous was changed from left to right
• 29 January – Kemal Arıkan, the Turkish concul in Los Angeles was assassinated by a group of Armenians
• 23 April – First Color broadcasting of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
• 6 May – Fahri Gündüz, Turkish council in Boston was assassinated by an Armenian group
• 8 June – Erkut Akbay, a member of Turkish embassy in Lisbon was assassinated by an Armenian group
• 13 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league^[2]
• 20 June – Bankers’scandal. Cevher Özden, a symbol name of Turkish bankers escaped to Switzerland.
• 15 July – A revision in the cabinet after the banker’s scandal. Vice prime minister Turgut Özal resigned
• 7 August – Eight deaths in Esenboğa (Ankara) airport as a result of ASALA attack
• 28 August – Atilla Altıkat Turkish attache in Ottawa was assassinated by a group of Armenians
• 9 September – Bora Sülkan, a member of Turkish consulate in Sofia, was assassinated by a group of Armenians
• 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal won Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
• 20 October – Ban on political activities of the former politicians by the military rule
• 26 October – Yılmaz Güney, a well known cinema director and actor was denationalized by the then-military rule
• 7 November – Referendum on the new Turkish constitution (More than 91% voted for t he constitution)

Births

• 16 January – Tuncay Şanlı, footballer
• 3 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
• 15 March – Sencer Sarı, ceramicist
• 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
• 25 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
• 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
• 2 October, Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
• 2 November- Serkan Yalçın, footballer
• 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballer

Deaths

• 29 January – Kemal Arıkan, council (assassinated)
• 9 April – Turan Güneş (born in 1922), former vice prime minister
• 6 May – Osman Gündüz, council (assassinated)
• 22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born in 1899), former president (1966–1973)
• 28 August Atilla Altıkat (born in 1937), attaché (assassinated)
• 5 November – Burhan Felek (born in 1899) journalist

Gallery

• 
  Tuncay Şanlı
• 
  Sencer Sarı
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  Elvan Abeylegesse
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  Esra Gümüş
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  Serkan Yalçın
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  Halil Altıntop
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  Hamit Altıntop
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  Cevdet Sunay

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• 1981–82 1.Lig

References

1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 304–309
2. ↑ Mackolik page

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