Events in the year 1996 in Turkey.

Parliament

20th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of the 550 Members of Parliament elected in the 1995 Turkish general election, 1995 general election held in Turkey. The MPs are listed by Provinces of Turkey, province. Turkey uses a D'Hondt formula, D'Hondt proportional representati ...

Incumbents

* President –

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 ...

* Prime Minister – :: Tansu Çiller (up to 6 March) :: Mesut Yılmaz (6 March-28 June) :: Necmettin Erbakan (from 28 June) *

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 ...

– :: Mesut Yılmaz (up to 6 March) :: Necmettin Erbakan (6 March-28 March) :: Mesut Yılmaz (from 28 June)

Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party :: True Path Party (DYP) :: Motherland Party (ANAP) :: Welfare Party (RP) * Main opposition :: Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 6 March) :: Welfare Party (RP) (6 March-28 June) :: Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 28 June)

Cabinet

52nd government of Turkey The 52nd government of Turkey (30 October 1995 – 6 March 1996) was a caretaker coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Republican People's Party (CHP). Background The 50th government of Turkey came to an end because Deniz Bay ...

(up to 6 March) *

53rd government of Turkey The 53rd government of Turkey (6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996), known as "''ANAYOL''" or "''Second Mesut Yılmaz government''," was a coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Motherland Party (ANAP). It was the first rotation gov ...

(6 March −28 June) *

54th government of Turkey The 54th government of Turkey governed Turkey from 28 June 1996 to 30 June 1997. It was a coalition government formed by Welfare Party (RP) and True Path Party (DYP), and was known as ''Refahyol'' (a portmanteau of the Turkish names of the two pa ...

(from 28 June)

Events

*16 January – The Panamanian ferry MV Avrasya was hijacked by pro- Chechen separatists *29 January – Beginning of Kardak crises between Turkey and Greece *8 February – BirgenAir accident 189 deaths * 6 March – A coalition government (ANAP and DYP) *4 April – 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 ...

was awarded (Prix Méditerranée Étranger) *21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the

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/ref> *24 May – After corruption accuses Tansu Çiller the chairman of DYP announced that DYP will end the coalition’ *2 June – By local elections *June 3/14 – Habitat II (conference) *14 June – Operation against militants *28 June – New coalition government (RP and DYP) *10 July – Türksat 1C satellite *17 July – According to Fortune (magazine),

Koç Holding Koç Holding A.Ş. () is the largest industrial conglomerate in Turkey, and the only company in the country to be listed on the Fortune Global 500 as of 2016. The company, headquartered in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul, is controlled by the Koç family, ...

was one of the 500 greatest companies of the World *October 2/8 – Prime minister Erbakan's African tour. His visit to Libya caused sharp reactions *24 October – Osmaniye Province was established *3 November –

Susurluk car crash The Susurluk car crash took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the death of three of the passengers: Abdullah Çatlı, a former ultra-rightist militant wanted by police for mult ...

*10 November – NTV Turkey launched. *25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Badapest. This event was probably connected to Susurluk scandal

Births

*2 January – Sıla Saygı, female ice skater *6 February –

Emel Dereli Emel Dereli (born February 25, 1996) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in shot put and occasionally in discus throw. For the shot put event, she holds a IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, world record in the cadets a ...

, female track and field athlete competing in shot put *15 April – İpek Soylu , female tennis player *27 August –

Ebru Topçu Ebru Topçu (born August 27, 1996) is a Turkish women's football striker currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Galatasaray in Istanbul with jersey number 16. She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football ...

, female footballer *7 September - Anzujaamu, female cosplayer

Deaths

*9 January – Özdemir Sabancı (born in 1941), industrialist (assassinated) *28 January – Müfide İlhan, first female city mayor *19 January –

Kasım Gülek Kasım Gülek (1905 – 1996) was a prominent Turkish statesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses. Biography He was born and lived in Adana, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, ...

(born in 1905), politician *25 February –

Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Holding, Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime he came to be one of Turkey's wea ...

(born in 1901), industrialist *23 May –

Tanju Okan Tanju Okan (August 27, 1938 – May 23, 1996) was a Turkish singer. Life He was born in İzmir on 27 August 1938. He received his primary and secondary education in Manisa and Balıkesir. Afterwards, he went to Italy for vocal training. In 1961 ...

(born in 1938), singer *28 July –

Ömer Lütfü Topal Ömer Lütfü Topal, sometimes spelled Lütfi (1942 – July 28, 1996), was a Turkish businessman, who was deeply involved in the Susurluk scandal. He had convictions for drug smuggling, and was dubbed the "casino king" for the gambling ventures ...

(born in 1942), casino owner *29 August –

Aliye Rona Aliye Rona (née Dilligil; 14 October 1921 – 27 August 1996) was a Turkish film actress starring in more than 130 movies, mostly of drama and romance genre, from 1947 until her death. She was born in Daraa, French Mandate for Syria and the Le ...

(born in 1921), actress *24 September –

Zeki Müren Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of the Ottoman classical music, Turkish cla ...

(born in 1931), singer *3 November –

Abdullah Çatlı Abdullah Çatlı (1 June 1956 – 3 November 1996) was a Turkish secret government agent, as well as a contract killer for the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). He led the Grey Wolves, the youth branch of the Nationalist Movement Party ...

(born in 1956), agent

Gallery

File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Necmettin-Erbakan.jpg , Necmettin Erbakan File:Sila Saygi JWC 2010.jpg, Sıla Saygı File:EbruTopçu02.JPG, Ebru Topçu File:Ipek Soylu (TUR).jpg, İpek Soylu File:Kasım Gülek.jpg, Kasım Gülek

References

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