Events in the year 1980 in Turkey.

Parliament

16th Parliament of Turkey The 16th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 5 June 1977 to 12 September 1980. There were 450 MPs in the lower house. Republican People's Party (CHP) held the plurality. Justice Party (Turkey), Justice Party (AP) was the next party. Nati ...

(up to 12 September)

Incumbents

* President – :: Fahri Korutürk (up to 6 April) :: İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (acting, 6 April – 12 September) ::

Kenan Evren Ahmet Kenan Evren (; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer, who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish ...

(from 12 September) * Prime Minister – ::

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...

(up to 12 September) ::

Bülent Ulusu Bülent is a Turkish masculine given name and a family name meaning "tall" and "high", from Persian ''boland'' ( fa, بلند) which means ''tall'' or ''high''. The equivalent form in Azeri is Bülənd. It may refer to: Bülend *Bulend Biščevi ...

(from 20 September) *

Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

– ::

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in ...

(up to 12 September)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party :: Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 September) * Main opposition ::

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP) (up to 12 September)

Cabinet

* 43rd government of Turkey (up to 12 September) *

44th government of Turkey The 44th government of Turkey (20 September 1980 – 13 December 1983) was a technocratic government in the history of Turkey. The elections The 43rd government of Turkey came to an end because of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. Parliament was dis ...

(from 21 September)

Events

January

* 2 January – Military leaders issue a warning letter about terrorism.

February

* 2 February – DİSK initiates a general strike.

April

* 18 April – Turkey signs a nuclear nonproliferation accord.

May

* 25 May – Trabzonspor wins the championship

July

* 1 July – Turkey signs an association agreement with the European Community. * 19 July – Former Premier Nihat Erim killed by terrorists.

August

* 5 August – Hazal by Ali Özgentürk wins the Grand Prix in France. * 6 August – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish Consulate in Lyon.

September

* 12 September –

1980 Turkish coup d'état The 1980 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by ...

October

* 11 October – Census (Population: 44,736,947) * 15 October – NSP chairman Erbakan and 21 party members arrested for acting against secular principles of the republic. * 27 October – Work begins on a new constitution. * 30 October –

resigns from CHP for its passivity during the coup.

Births

*4 February –

Gündüz Gürol Azer Gündüz Gürol Azer (born 4 February 1980 in Istanbul) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Giresunspor in the TFF First League. He previously played fullback for Çaykur Rizespor and Sivasspor in the Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super L ...

, footballer *12 April –

Arda Kural Arda Kural (born 12 April 1980) is a Turkish actor. He studied at Yalova Teknik and Endüstri Meslek High School. Following 2 years of drama training, he started acting professionally at the Tiyatroroman Theatre. He also worked at Kral TV as a VJ ...

, actor *16 June –

Nehir Erdoğan Nehir Erdoğan (born 16 June 1980) is a Turkish actress. She became famous in ''Yabancı Damat'', the first Turkish TV series sold to channels of Greece. She later played in other hit movies and series. With Engin Altan Düzyatan, she played in ...

, actress *29 September –

Ümit Şamiloğlu Ümit Şamiloğlu (born 29 September 1980) is a male Turkish artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He competes in the horizontal bar event and has won numerous gold medals in international competition. He is said to be the "oldest gymn ...

, artistic gymnast *14 October –

Cansu Dere Cansu Dere (born 14 October 1980, Ankara) is a Turkish actress, model and former Miss Turkey. Biography Her mother is originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, while her father is originally from the Bulgaria. She completed her primary and seconda ...

, actress

Deaths

*11 April –

Ümit Kaftancıoğlu Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1935 – 11 April 1980) was a Turkish TV producer, writer and columnist of the newspaper ''Cumhuriyet''. Life and career Kaftancıoğlu was born in Saskara village, Hanak, Ardahan Province. He graduated from Cilavuz Villa ...

(born 1935), TV producer (assassinated) *18 May –

Gündüz Kılıç "Baba" Gündüz Kılıç (29 October 1918 – 17 May 1980) was a Turkish football player and coach. He was Ali Kılıç's son and Altemur Kılıç's brother. Biography Born in 1918 in Istanbul, Gündüz Kılıç attended Galatasaray Lycee an ...

(born 1918), football coach *21 June –

Feridun Cemal Erkin This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. List The position of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. List of ministers of foreign affairs by time in office ...

(born 1899), diplomat and politician *19 July – Nihat Erim (born 1912), former prime minister ( 33rd and

34th government of Turkey The 34th government of Turkey (11 December 1971 – 22 May 1972) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''the second Erim government''. Background Eleven members of the previous government, resigned claiming that they coul ...

, assassinated) *22 July –

Kemal Türkler Kemal Türkler (1926 – 22 July 1980) was a Turkish socialist labor union leader. He was founder and first president of Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (Türkiye Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu, DISK), and ...

(born 1926), trade union leader (assassinated) *27 June –

Ahmet Muhip Dıranas Ahmet Muhip Dıranas (1909 – 27 June 1980) was a leading Turkish poet and writer. Biography He was born in Sinop, Ottoman Empire in 1909. Having completed his primary education in Sinop, he moved to Ankara and graduated from Ankara High School ...

(born 1909), poet and author *30 November –

Orhan Eyüpoğlu Orhan Eyüpoğlu (1918 – 30 November 1980) was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Istanbul University's Faculty of Law, he was deputy director of the Istanbul Police force. In 1973 he was elected as the secretary general of the Republican Pe ...

(born 1918), politician

Gallery

File:Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil (1968).jpg, İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil File:Kenan Evren.png, Kenan Evren File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Bülent_Ecevit-Davos_2000.jpg, Bülent Ecevit File:Sibel Kekilli (Berlinale 2012) cropped.jpg, Sibel Kekilli File:Nihat Erim in Washington D.C (cropped).jpg, Nihat Erim

References

Years of the 20th century in Turkey