1996 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1996 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister –

Tansu Çiller (up to 6 March)

Mesut Yılmaz (6 March-28 June)

Necmettin Erbakan (from 28 June)

• Leader of the opposition –

Mesut Yılmaz (up to 6 March)

Necmettin Erbakan (6 March-28 March)

Mesut Yılmaz (from 28 June)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party

True Path Paty (DYP)

Motherland Party (ANAP)

Welfare Party (RP)

• Main opposition

Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 6 March)

Welfare Party (RP) (6 March-28 June)

Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 28 June)

Cabinet

• 52nd government of Turkey (up to 6 March)
• 53rd government of Turkey (6 March −28 June)
• 54th government of Turkey (from 28 June)

Events

• 16 January – The Panamanian ferry MV Avrasya was hijacked by pro-Chechen separatists
• 29 January – Beginning of Kardak crises between Turkey and Greece
• 8 February – BirgenAir accident 189 deaths
• 6 March – A coalition government (ANAP and DYP)
• 4 April – Novelist Yaşar Kemal was awarded (Prix Méditerranée Étranger)
• 21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league^[2]
• 24 May – After corruption accuses Tansu Çiller the chairman of DYP announced that DYP will end the coalition’
• 2 June – By local elections
• June 3/14 – Habitat II (conference)
• 14 June – Operation against militants
• 28 June – New coalition government (RP and DYP)
• 10 July – Türksat 1C satellite
• 17 July – According to Fortune (magazine), Koç Holding was one of the 500 greatest companies of the World
• October 2/8 – Prime minister Erbakan’s African tour. His visit to Libya caused sharp reactions
• 24 October – Osmaniye Province was established
• 3 November – Susurluk car crash
• 25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Badapest. This event was probably connected to Susurluk scandal

Births

• 2 January – Sıla Saygı, female ice skater
• 6 February – Emel Dereli, female track and field athlete competing in shot put
• 15 April – İpek Soylu , female tennis player
• 27 August – Ebru Topçu, female footballer
• 7 September – Aslı Sahra Altunbaş, female cosplayer known as Anzujaamu

Deaths

• 9 January – Özdemir Sabancı (born in 1941), industrialist (assassinated)
• 28 January – Müfide İlhan, first female city mayor
• 19 January – Kasım Gülek (born in 1905), politician
• 25 February – Vehbi Koç (born in 1901), industralist
• 23 May – Tanju Okan (born in 1938), singer
• 28 July – Ömer Lütfü Topal (bor n in 1942), casino owner
• 29 August – Aliye Rona (born in1921), actress
• 24 September – Zeki Müren (born in 1931), singer
• 3 November – Abdullah Çatlı (born in 1956), agent

Gallery

• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  Necmettin Erbakan
• 
  Sıla Saygı
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  Ebru Topçu
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  İpek Soylu
• 
  Kasım Gülek

See also

• Turkey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• 1995-96 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

References

1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 462–498
2. ↑ Mackolik page

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