These are the following events which occurred in the year 1984 in Turkey.

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 ...

Incumbents

* President –

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 – Turgut Özal *

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 ...

– Necdet Calp

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) * Main opposition – People’s Party (HP)

Cabinet

* 45th government of Turkey (from 21 September)

Events

February

* 18 February –

Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu (born c. 1960) is a Turkish people, Turkish ballet dancer and a former beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1982. Biography She was educated in ballet dancing at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Turkey. S ...

wins Miss Europe.

March

* 13 March – President Li Xiannian of

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 ...

visits Turkey.

May

* 1 May – The first issue of weekly magazine ''

Yeni Gündem ''Yeni Gündem'' ( tr, New Agenda) was a weekly political magazine which appeared between 1984 and 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey. It was started by a group of leftist intellectuals, including Murat Belge. History and profile ''Yeni Gündem'' was esta ...

'' appears * 2 May – Turkey and West Germany sign a nuclear energy agreement. * 9 May – Novelist Yaşar Kemal wins Légion d'honneur. * 17 May – Trabzonspor wins the championship

June

* 20 June – Turkey diplomat Erdoğan Özen assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Vienna.

November

* 11 November – Melek Gürkan wins Miss Asia Pacific International. * 19 November – Turkish diplomat Enver Ergun was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Vienna. * 25 November – Professor Muzaffer Aksoy shares the Ramazzini award with Prof. Enrico C. Vigliani.

December

* 25 December – Soviet premier Nikolai Tikhonov arrives in Ankara for official visit.

Births

*9 February – Şebnem Schaefer, model *19 February –

Onur Tuncer Onur Tuncer (born February 19, 1984 in Kocaeli, Turkey) is a Turkish football player who last played for Yeni Malatyaspor. Career He transferred from İstanbulspor and been a player for youth team of Fenerbahçe till 2004. Fenerbahçe de ...

, footballer *26 February –

Beren Saat Beren Saat (; born 26 February 1984) is a Turkish actress. Since the beginning of her career, she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for her acting. While studying at Başkent University, she participated in the acting competit ...

, actress *1 March –

İbrahim Şahin İbrahim Şahin (born 20 August 1956) is a Turkish Ultranationalist and co conspirator in the murder of the Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink. He led General Directorate of Security's special forces unit, the Special Operations Department ( tr, ...

, footballer *31 July –

İpek Yaylacıoğlu İpek Yaylacıoğlu Usta (born 31 July 1984) is a Turkish actress from Istanbul. Her grandmother is of Bosnian descent. Between 2009-2019, she played as Pınar in police series ''Arka Sokaklar'' which one of the longest Turkish series. The fo ...

, actress and photographer *13 August –

Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu (born August 13, 1984) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 169 cm tall and plays as libero. She has been playing for Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team since the 2009 season and wears number 8. She has played 53 ...

, volleyball player *25 August – Kenan Sofuoğlu, motorcycle racer *2 November – Berrak Tüzünataç, actress *18 November – Melikshah Soyturk, modern Turkish topographic painter *10 December –

Şenol Akın Şenol Akın (born 20 December 1984) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bucaspor. Career Akın began his career in the amateur leagues of Kocaeli with Körfez Belediyesi Hereke Yıldızspor. In 2002, Ak ...

, footballer

Deaths

*14 January – Fazıl Küçük (born in 1906) former leader of the Turkish Cypriots *25 February –

Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil (1927 – 26 February 1984) was a leading Turkish socialist realist poet. He was born in Gürün, Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Centr ...

(born in 1927), folk poet *19 March – Kerime Nadir (born in 1917), writer *28 September –

Cihat Baban Mustafa Cihad Baban (''Cihad'' also spelled ''Cihat''; 26 September 1911 – 28 September 1984) was a Turkish journalist, author, and a parliamentary deputy in the 1950s and 1960s. Background Baban was born in Istanbul, where he attended Gala ...

(born in 1911), former government minister *4 October - Muazzez Tahsin Berkand (born in 1899), writer *4 November – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (born in 1926), poet *8 December – Semih Sancar (born in 1911), former chief of staff

Gallery

File:Kenan Evren.png, Kenan Evren File:Turgut Özal 1986.jpg, Turgut Özal File:Onur Tuncer.JPG, Onur Tuncer File:Ayça Naz.JPG, Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu File:Kenan.jpg, Kenan Sofuoğlu File:Berrak Tuzunatac.jpg, Berrak Tüzünataç File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F014934-0068, Fazil Kutschuk.jpg, Fazıl Küçük

References

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