Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.

Parliament

18th Parliament of Turkey The 18th term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey lasted from 29 November 1987 to 20 October 1991. There were 450 MPs in the parliament. Motherland Party (Turkey), Motherland Party (ANAP) held the majority. Social Democratic Populist Party (T ...

Incumbents

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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 ...

– Turgut Özal *

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– Erdal İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

* 46th government of Turkey

Events

January

* 11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.” * 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.

February

* 1 February – Socialist Party founded. * 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (

Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ...

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April

* 6 April – State visit of British prime minister

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. * 27 April –

Naim Süleymanoğlu Naim Süleymanoğlu ( bg, Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian-born Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist ...

wins three gold medals in Cardiff

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May

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June

* 26 June – State visit of

to the United States.

July

* 3 July – Second bridge over the

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opens. * 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.

September

* 20 September –

wins gold in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul.

October

* 16 October – State visit of Evren to

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. * 22 October -

Esat Oktay Yıldıran Esat Oktay Yıldıran (15 February 1949 – 22 October 1988) was a Turkish military officer who was appointed governor of the Diyarbakır Prison after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. Yıldıran became known for his extensive torture of PKK aligne ...

was assassinated by PKK.

November

* 20 November – Suat Atalık gains the title Grandmaster in Chess Olympiad.

December

* 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students. * 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party. * 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.

Births

*5 January –

Ziya Erdal Ziya Erdal (born 5 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Sivasspor in the Süper Lig. Honours Sivasspor * Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup compet ...

, footballer *8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player *2 February –

Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 2 February 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer. Life and career Şahin was born in Tarsus, Mersin. He began his footballing career as an 11-year-old with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor. He was transferred to Sefakö ...

, footballer *10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer *1 May –

Tuğçe Şahutoğlu Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (born May 1, 1988 in Mersin, Turkey) is a Turkish female hammer thrower. The tall athlete at was a member of Beşiktaş J.K. Athletics Team before she transferred to Fenerbahçe Athletics, where she is coached by Muzaffer ...

, hammer thrower *11 May –

Tuğçe Hocaoğlu Tuğçe Hocaoğlu (born March 11, 1988 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is tall and plays as a setter. She plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü and wears the number 9. Clubs * VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom ...

, volleyball player *31 May –

Didem Ege Didem Ege (born 31 May 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 173 cm tall and plays as libero. She plays for Turkish professional club Fenerbahçe Universal. She started her professional career with Enka Spor where she played for 2 ...

, volleyball player *8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player *13 July –

Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and currently plays as an outside hitter in Japan for Denso Airybees. Career She played for Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, DYO Karşıyaka in Turkey and VC Uralochka in Russia ...

, volleyball player *7 September –

Yağmur Koçyiğit Yağmur Koçyiğit (born September 7, 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She stands tall and plays as an outside hitter. She plays for Fenerbahçe and signed a three-year contract with the team in July 2010. She has also played for Jamper A ...

, volleyball player *26 September –

Servet Tazegül Servet Tazegül ( (born 26 September 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division. He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olym ...

, taekwondo practitioner *28 September –

Bahar Çağlar Bahar Çağlar Ökten (born 28 September 1988) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Botaş SK. She competed at two Summer Olympic Games: the 2012 and 2016. Married to the advocate Emin Ökten since 29 August 2020. Honors * Galatasaray ...

, basketball player *15 October –

Mesut Özil Mesut Özil (, ; born 15 October 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir. Özil is known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He can ...

, footballer

Deaths

*8 January – Duygu Aykal (born in 1943), ballerina *24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born in 1922), lawyer, politician *18 April – Oktay Rifat (born in 1914), novelist *1 May –

Altan Erbulak Altan may refer to: * Altan (name) * Altan (band) Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. The group were primarily influenced by traditional ...

(born in 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor *31 May –

Lütfi Akadlı Ömer Lütfi Akadlı (1902–1988) was a Turkish judge. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( tr, , sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutional r ...

(born in 1902), lawyer *3 September –

Ferit Melen Ferit Sadi Melen (2 November 1906 – 3 September 1988) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey. Biography After graduating from high school in Bursa, he obtained a degree in finance from the School of Political ...

(born in 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey) *29 September –

Sıtkı Yırcalı Sıtkı Yırcalı (1908–1988) was a Turkish jurist and politician who served in various cabinet posts during the period between 1950 and 1958. He was a member of the Democrat Party and then of the Justice Party. Early life and education Yır ...

(born 1908), politician

Gallery

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References

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