Events in the year 1983 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 309–316

Parliament

17th Parliament of Turkey The 17th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 6 November 1983 to 29 November 1987. Actually there is one other parliament between the 16th parliament of Turkey and the 17th parliament of Turkey. But the members of the chamber of deputies i ...

(from 6 November)

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 ...

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Turgut Özal Halil Turgut Özal (; 13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Mothe ...

(from 13 December) *

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 ...

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Necdet Calp Necdet Calp (September 7, 1922 – September 13, 1998) was a Turkish civil servant and politician. Early life He was born in Karamürsel ilçe of Kocaeli Province, Turkey on 7 September 1922. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, ...

(from 13 December)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party :: (Technocrat government) (up to 13 December) :: Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 13 December) *Main opposition – People’s Party (HP) (from 13 December)

Cabinet

:: 44th government of Turkey (up to 13 December) ::

45th government of Turkey The 45th government of Turkey (13 December 1983 – 21 December 1987) was the first civilian government founded after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. It is also known as ''the first Özal government''. Background Motherland Party (ANAP) won t ...

(from 13 December)

Events

January

* 16 January –

Turkish Airlines Flight 158 Turkish Airlines Flight 158 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey. On 16 January 1983, the aircraft operating the flight, a Boeing 727-200, landed about short of the runwa ...

, catches fire, resulting in 45 deaths. * 28 January – Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe considers expulsion of Turkey because of alleged human rights violations.

March

* 2 March – Free trade zones created in

Aliağa Aliağa is a town and a district of Izmir Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The town is situated at about north of Izmir. Aliağa has a large port, mainly for oil and bulk cargo. Its economic activity is based on tourism, shipbreaking, ...

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

and

Yumurtalık Yumurtalık (meaning "egg nest") is a resort town and a district in the Adana Province of Turkey. It was formerly called Aegeae, Ayas, Lyeys or Laiazzo. It is a Mediterranean port at a distance of about from Adana city. Yumurtalık's population do ...

. * 7 March – Mining accident in

Zonguldak Zonguldak () is a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli and the coal trade remains its main economic activity. According to the ...

results in 79 deaths. * 9 March –

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

Galip Balkar 200px, Galip Balkar's grave at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Memorial Cemetery, in Ankara Galip Balkar (1936 – 11 March 1983) was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by two Armenian gunmen in 1983 during his duty as the Turkish ambassado ...

was assassinated by Armenian terrorists.

April

* 24 April – Ban on political activities lifted.

May

* 4 May –

Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party ( tr, Vatan Partisi, VP) since 2015. He was also a member of the Ta ...

is sentenced to 12 years in prison. * 16 May –

Nationalist Democracy Party Nationalist Democracy Party ( tr, Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi, MDP) was a former political party in Turkey. Background About one year after the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military regime, or the so-called National ...

founded. * 19 May – Populist Party formed. * 20 May – Turgut Özal forms Motherland Party. * 20 May –

Great Turkey Party Great Turkey Party ( tr, Büyük Türkiye Partisi, BTP) was a short lived Turkish political party in 1983. Background After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule (so called National Security Council or tr ...

founded. * 26 May – Social Democracy Party (SODEP) was founded * 29 May – Professor

Erdal Inönü Erdal may refer to: Given name * Erdal Akdarı, Turkish footballer * Erdal Arıkan, Turkish professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Bilkent University * Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Turkish actor * Erdal Bibo, Turkish professi ...

founds Social Democracy Party. * 31 May – Military administration closes down Grand the Turkey Party.

June

* 1 June – BTP closed by the military rulers.

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 ...

, former prime minister as well as other politicians of the former Justice Party and Republican People’s Party were arrested * 23 June – True Path Party founded.

July

* 5 July – 1983 Biga earthquake * 7 July – National Security Council vetoes 30 founders of True Path Party. * 14 July –

diplomat Dursun Aksoy assassinated by Armenian terrorists. * 15 July – Armenian terrorists

bomb A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the Exothermic process, exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-t ...

the

Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines ( Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları'') is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 340 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the w ...

check-in counter in Paris, resulting in 7 deaths.

August

* 24 August – Motherland Party receives permission to participate in 6 November elections. * 24 August – TPP and SDP are disqualified from taking part in the elections.

October

* 30 October 1983 Erzurum earthquake with the moment magnitude of 6.6 results in 1,342 deaths.

November

* 2 November – First successful

kidney transplantation Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantati ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. * 6 November – MP wins elections by majority. * 15 November –

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

recognizes

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

December

* 13 December – First civilian government after the coup of 1980. * 18 December – Erdal İnönü replaces Cezmi Kartay as the chairman of SODEP.

Births

*23 January – Makbule Baldik, hang glider pilot *16 June –

Naz Elmas Naz Elmas (born 16 June 1983) is a Turkish actress. Biography Naz Elmas was born in Istanbul on 16 June 1983. Her mother is a teacher and her father works in advertising. Her sister, Açelya Elmas, who is 6 years older than her, is also an actr ...

, actress *29 August –

Saadet Aksoy Saadet Işıl Aksoy (born 29 August 1983) is a Turkish actress, who received critical acclaim with her portrayal of ''Aska'', a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's film '' Twice Born'', in which she co-s ...

, actress *10 October –

Tolga Zengin Tolga Zengin (born October 10, 1983) is a Turkish retired football goalkeeper. His impressive performances at the start of the 2006–07 season for Trabzonspor earned him a call-up to the Turkey national football team for a friendly against Lux ...

, footballer *29 October –

Nurcan Taylan Nurcan Taylan (born 29 October 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting. She holds six European and one world record (and tied two more world records). She was banned by the International Weight ...

, weight lifter *9 December –

Neslihan Demir Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish people, Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among Fédération Internationale de Volleyball#FIVB Heroes, FIVB Heroes. She represent ...

volleyball player

Deaths

*5 January – İbrahim Safi (born in 1898), painter *8 January –

Hüseyin Alp Hüseyin Alp (May 12, 1935 – January 8, 1983) was a Turkish professional basketball player and supporting role movie actor. With his height of 2.15 m (7'1") tall, he was one of the tallest Turkish basketball players. Early life Alp was bo ...

(born in 1935), basketball player *19 January –

Muhittin Taylan Muhittin Taylan (1910–1983) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( tr, , sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey. ...

, (born in 1910) chief of constitutional court and one time candidate of presidency *9 March –

(born in 1836), ambassador (assassinated) *24 May –

Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Ahmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (May 26, 1904 – May 25, 1983) was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, and Islamist ideologue. He is also known simply by his initials NFK. He was noticed by the French philosopher Henri Bergson, who later ...

(born in 1904), poet *28 May –

Çiğdem Talu Çiğdem Talu (October 31, 1939 – May 28, 1983) was a Turkish pop music lyricist. The writer Ercüment Ekrem Talu was her grandfather. Çiğdem wrote her first song "''Ağlıyorum Yine''", which was sung by Nilüfer and released on her sing ...

(born in 1939), music lyricist *2 September –

Feri Cansel Feriha "Feri" Cansel (7 July 1944 – 2 September 1983) was a Turkish Cypriot actress. She was born in Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Cyprus and spent her early youth in the United Kingdom, acquiring British citizenship and she became a hairdresser in ...

(born in 1944), actress (killed)

Gallery

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References

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