1992 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1992 in Turkey. ^[1]

Parliament

• 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Turgut Özal
• Prime Minister – Süleyman Demirel
• Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
• Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)

Cabinet

• 49th government of Turkey

Events

• 2 January – Avalanche in Hakkari Province, 19 deaths
• 1 February – Avalanche in Şırnak Province, 91 deaths
• 3 March – Mine accident in Zonguldak Province, 122 deaths
• 7 March – Ehud Sadan, the security chief for the Israeli embassy in Ankara, is assassinated in a car bombing. ^[2]
• 13 March – The 6.7 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shook area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 498–652 and injuring 2,000.
• 16 May – Clash between the armed forces and the Pkk in Şırnak Province
• 17 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league ^[3]
• 15 June – In European Double trap championship, Turkish team won the gold medal
• 19 June – All parties closed by the previous military government were given the right to be reestablished
• 24 June – Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation treaty was signed in İstanbul
• 28 July – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu won gold medal in World championship in Barselona
• 30 August – Clash between the armed forces and Pkk.
• 9 September – Republican People's Party (CHP) was refounded on the 59th anniversary of the CHP's former establishment (Most members are from the Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP)
• 29 September – Clash between the armed forces and Pkk in Hakkari Province
• 16 October and the following days – In a hot pursuit operation armed forces entered Iraq
• 23 November – In World Karate championship held in Granada, Veysel Bumin won the gold medal
• 13 January – President vetoed the ILO convention
• 2 December – Split in ANAP
• 31 December – The film Basic Instinct was banned

Births

• 1 January – Esma Aydemir, middle-distance runner
• 3 February – Berkin Kamil Arslan, footballer
• 7 February – Engin Bekdemir, footballer
• 14 August – Barış Yardımcı, footballer
• 23 February – Şaziye Okur, weightlifter
• 2 March – Kerem Bulut, footballer
• 27 March – Kıvılcım Kaya, hammer thrower
• 10 April – Atila Turan, footballer
• 10 May – Barış Örücü, footballer
• 3 August – Gamze Bulut, distance runner
• 16 August – Nur Tatar, taekwondo practitioner
• 7 September – Gizem Karaca, model
• 24 October – Emel Türkyılmaz, basketball player
• 26 October – Ayşegül Günay, basketball player

Deaths

• 7 February – Mevhibe İnönü (born 1897), İsmet İnönü's wife
• 13 April – Feza Gürsey (born 1921), physicist
• 22 July – Toto Karaca (born 1912), theatre actor
• 29 July – Kemal Kayacan (born 1915), admiral
• 9 August – Aytekin Kotil (born 1934), politician
• 5 October – Adile Ayda (born 1912), diplomat

Gallery

• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  Kerem Bulut

Sports

• Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Turkey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992
• 1991-92 1.Lig

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 378–410
2. Cowell, Alan (8 March 1992). "Car Bomb Kills an Israeli Embassy Aide in Turkey". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
3. Mackolik page