Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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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 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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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 ...

Ruling party

* Ruling party – ( Technocrat government)

Cabinet

* 44th government of Turkey

Events

January

* 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in

Bosporus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern T ...

was changed from left to right. * 28 January –

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in

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April

* 8 April – Romanian–Turkish Economic Cooperation protocol signed. * 10 April –

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 ...

arrested for an article he wrote. * 23 April The national broadcaster

TRT The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish : ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio i ...

broadcasts in

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. * 26 April – Second arrest of Ecevit, for a letter he wrote to a journalist.

May

* 4 May –

diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.

June

* 2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest. * 7 June –

diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. * 13 June –

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

wins the

championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

July

* 23 July – Turkey and

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

sign an accord.

August

* 4 August –

NSC NSC may refer to: Sport and competition * NSC United, an American soccer team * National Scholastics Championship, an American quiz bowl competition * National Scrabble Championship, now known as the Scrabble Players Championship * National Sho ...

lifts some of the restrictions on political expression. * 7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack. * 27 August –

diplomat

Atilla Altıkat Colonel Atilla Altıkat was the Turkish military attaché to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was assassinated in 1982. The Armenian militant group ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack."Turks honour memory of assassina ...

assassinated by Armenian terrorists in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

September

* 9 September –

diplomat Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in

Burgas Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...

October

* 15 October – Turkish novelist

Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel ...

wins the

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is an international literary award. With an award amount of , it is among the richest literary prizes. Origins and operations It was established in 1969 in France by Simone Del Duca (19 ...

November

* 7 November: 91 percent approve the new constitution in a national referendum. * 16 November: Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu and

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

prime minister

Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov (russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов; ukr, Микола Олександрович Тихонов; – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. H ...

meet in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. * 29 November: Turkey and United States plan improvements to ten airfields in Turkey.

December

* 15 December: Turkey and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

sign an economic accord.

Births

*16 January –

Tuncay Tuncay (; ''toonj-eye'') is a Turkish given name for males and a surname. People named Tuncay include: Given name * Tuncay Güney (born 1972), Turkish spy * Tuncay Karakaya (born 1989), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Tuncay Mataracı (b ...

, footballer *4 March –

Yasemin Mori Yasemin Aygün Savgı (born 4 March 1982), better known as Yasemin Mori, is a Turkish alternative rock singer. Biography As daughter of military architect father and Edirne-born mother worked as a sales chief on Turkish Airlines, her original ...

, singer *15 March –

Sencer Sarı Sencer Sarı (born 15 March 1982) is a Turkish ceramicist, sculptor, ceramic & glass technology expert, and academic researcher. Academic activity Sencer Sarı started his studies in Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts, D ...

, ceramicist *12 August –

Meryem Uzerli Meryem Sarah Uzerli (; born on 12 August 1983) is a Turkish-German actress who rose to prominence by playing Hürrem Sultan in the Turkish TV series ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (2011–2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won numerous ...

, actress *26 August –

Gamze Özçelik Gamze Özçelik (born 26 August 1982) is a Turkish actress, model and TV hostess. She is best known for hit crime series "Arka Sokaklar" which played with ex husband Uğur Pektaş. Arka Sokaklar is the longest Turkish series. She played in serie ...

, model and TV artist *11 September –

Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can ( Turkish); born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born naturalized Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over d ...

, track athlete *2 October –

Esra Gümüş Esra Gümüş Kirici (born 2 October 1982 in Ankara) is a former Turkish volleyball player. She is 181 cm and plays as an outside hitter. She is a former team captain of the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She started her career wit ...

, volleyball player *2 November –

Serkan Yalçın Serkan Yalçın (born 2 November 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ame ...

, footballer *8 December –

Halil Altıntop Halil Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He is a trainer scout for Bayern Munich. During his playing days, he was deployed as an attacking midfielder, centre-forward, or winger. Halil is the identica ...

and

Hamit Altıntop Hamit Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer and current board member of the Turkish Football Federation. He was a versatile midfielder who could play either in a defending or attacking role and on both ...

, footballers

Deaths

*28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated) *9 April –

Turan Güneş (politician) Turan Güneş (1922–1982) was a Turkish academic and politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in the 1970s. He started his political career in the Democrat Party, but soon he joined the Republican Peo ...

(born 1922), Turkish politician *4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated) *22 May –

Cevdet Sunay Cevdet Sunay (; 10 February 1899 – 22 May 1982) was a Turkish politician and army officer, who served as the fifth President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973. Early life and career Sunay was born in 1899 in Trabzon, in the Ottoman Empire. A ...

(born 1899), Turkish army general and politician *27 August –

(born 1937), military attaché (assassinated) *4 November –

Burhan Felek Burhan Felek (May 11, 1889 in Istanbul – November 4, 1982 in Istanbul) was a Turkish journalist, columnist, sportsperson and writer. He was born on May 11, 1889, in Istanbul. After graduating in 1910 from Istanbul Law School, later the Faculty ...

(born 1899), journalist

Gallery

File:Kenan Evren.png, Kenan Evren File:Turgut Özal 1986.jpg, Turgut Özal File:Tuncay Şanlı '14.JPG, Tuncay File:Dr.sencer sari - Flickr - Sencer Sarı.jpg, Sencer Sarı File:Elvan Abeylegesse-Osaka 2007.jpg, Elvan Abeylegesse File:Esra Gümüş 2.jpg, Esra Gümüş File:Serkan yalçın.JPG, Serkan Yalçın File:Halil Altıntop.jpg, Halil Altıntop File:Schalke Hamit Altintop0.jpg, Hamit Altıntop

References

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