1982 in Turkey

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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

January

9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosporus was changed from left to right.^[2]
28 January – Turkish diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Los Angeles.^[2]

April

8 April – Romanian–Turkish Economic Cooperation protocol signed.^[2]
10 April – Bülent Ecevit arrested for an article he wrote.^[2]
23 April The national broadcaster TRT broadcasts in color.
26 April – Second arrest of Ecevit, for a letter he wrote to a journalist.^[2]

May

4 May – Turkish diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.

June

2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest.^[2]
7 June – Turkish diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Lisbon.
13 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship ^[3]

July

23 July – Turkey and Greece sign an accord.^[2]

August

4 August – NSC lifts some of the restrictions on political expression.^[2]
7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack.
27 August – Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.

September

9 September – Turkish diplomat in Bulgaria Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Burgas.

October

15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal wins the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

November

7 November: 91 percent approve the new constitution in a national referendum.^[2]
16 November: Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu and Soviet prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov meet in Moscow.^[2]
29 November: Turkey and United States plan improvements to ten airfields in Turkey.^[2]

December

15 December: Turkey and China sign an economic accord.^[2]

Births

16 January – Tuncay, footballer
4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
26 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, footballers

Deaths

28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated)
9 April – Turan Güneş (born 1922), politician
4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated)
22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born 1899), army general and politician
27 August – Atilla Altıkat (born 1937), military attaché (assassinated)
4 November – Burhan Felek (born 1899), journalist

Gallery

Kenan Evren
Turgut Özal
Tuncay
Sencer Sarı
Elvan Abeylegesse
Esra Gümüş
Serkan Yalçın
Halil Altıntop
Hamit Altıntop

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References

↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 304–309
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
↑ "Mackolik page". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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[1] Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 304–309

[hep-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.

[3] "Mackolik page". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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