Events in the year 1986 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 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 ...

–

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 ...

–

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 ...

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 ...

– ::

Aydın Güven Gürkan Aydın Güven Gürkan (May 10, 1941 Elazığ-January 22, 2006 Istanbul) was a Turkish academic and politician. Early life He was born in Elazığ on 10 May 1941. In 1963, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University. ...

(up to 30 May) ::

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

(from 30 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) * Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)

Cabinet

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 ...

Events

May

* 4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) is dissolved. * 9 May – Free Democratic Party founded. * 16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group. * 16 May – Eyüp Can wins bronze at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States * 30 May –

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 ...

elected chairman of Social Democratic Populist Party (SDPP).

June

* 1 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 ...

Mackolik page
/ref>

August

* 15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.

September

* 6 September – 22 die in the terror attack to the

Neve Shalom Synagogue Neve Shalom Synagogue ( tr, Neve Şalom Sinagogu, he, בית הכנסת נווה שלום; lit. "Oasis of Peace" or "Valley of Peace") is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in Istanbul, Turkey. The synagogue was built in ...

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, ...

October

* 6 October – TRT 2, the second TV channel, starts airing. * 24 October – Construction starts on

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, ...

natural gas pipeline.

November

* 12 November –

Tanju Çolak Tanju Çolak (born 10 November 1963 in Samsun) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career He made his debut for Samsun Yolspor. From there he was transferred to Samsunspor in 1981 where he was the top scorer in both t ...

wins

European Golden Shoe The European Golden Shoe, also known as European Golden Boot, is an award that is presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of a European national league. The trophy is a sculpture of a football boot. ...

. * 30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.

December

* 26 December – People’s Party established. * 29 December – People’s Party dissolves.

Births

*9 February –

Azize Tanrıkulu Azize Tanrıkulu (born February 9, 1986) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China and won the silver medal. She lost the final match against Lim Su-Jeong by 0-1. ...

, taekwondo athlete *16 February –

Nevin Yanıt Nevin Yanıt (born February 16, 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling. On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013. After IAAF appealed ...

, sprinter *22 February –

Işıl Alben Işıl Alben (born 22 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray, who is often considered to be among the top Turkish female athletes. She was the captain of the first Turkish team that won the EuroLeague title in ...

, basketball player *23 February –

Serhat Çetin Serhat Çetin (born 23 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player, who lastly played for CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională. Standing at , he mainly plays the small forward position but he also has the ability to play as a sh ...

, basketball player *3 March –

Mehmet Topal Mehmet Topal (born 3 March 1986) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was nicknamed ''Örümcek'' (Spider), due to his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut passes. He spent most o ...

, footballer *4 June –

Tolgahan Acar Tolgahan Acar (born 4 June 1986) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the TFF Third League side Adana 1954 FK. He has been capped at youth level for the U-18, U-19 and U-20 Turkey squads. Early career Acar was born ...

, footballer *25 June –

Seda Tokatlıoğlu Seda Aslanyürek Tokatlıoğlu (born 25 June 1986) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 192 cm tall and plays as an outside spiker. However, she played as an opposite both in Turkey women's national volleyball team and Beijing from China. ...

, volleyball player *16 September – Resul Tekeli, basketball player

Deaths

*9 January –

Nurullah Berk Nurullah Berk (March 22, 1906, İstanbul – January 9, 1982, İstanbul) was a Turkish painter, writer and an academician who pioneered cubism and constructivism in Turkey. After finishing Galatasaray Lycee he attended Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, t ...

(born 1906), painter *10 January –

Celal Yardımcı Celal Yardımcı (1911–1986) was a Turkish politician who served as the minister of education and minister of justice in the 1950s. Being a member of the Democrat Party (DP) he was arrested and imprisoned following the military coup in 1960. ...

(born 1911), politician *7 May –

Haldun Taner Haldun Taner (March 16, 1915 – May 7, 1986) was a well-known Turkish playwright and short story writer. Biography He was born on March 16, 1915 in Istanbul. After graduating from the Galatasaray High School in 1935, he studied politics and ec ...

(born 1915), writer *28 May –

Edip Cansever Edip Cansever (pronounced ; August 8, 1928 – May 28, 1986) was a Turkish poet. Biography Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Cansever attended Trade Academy for some time, and worked as an antiquity salesman in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul The Grand ...

, (born 1928), poet * 22 August –

Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Esat Arsev ...

(born 1883), former president

Gallery

File:Kenan Evren.png, Kenan Evren File:Turgut Özal 1986.jpg, Turgut Özal File:Nevin Yanıt 2010 Europeans.jpg, Nevin Yanıt File:Işıl Alben Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball vs Galatasaray Women's Basketball TWBL 20180408.jpg, Işıl Alben File:Mehmet Topal.jpg, Mehmet Topal File:Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg, Celal Bayar

References

{{Asia topic, 1986 in Years of the 20th century in Turkey

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 ...