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List of events
Events in the year 1996 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- Tansu Çiller (up to 6 March)
- Mesut Yılmaz (6 March-28 June)
- Necmettin Erbakan (from 28 June)
- Mesut Yılmaz (up to 6 March)
- Necmettin Erbakan (6 March-28 March)
- Mesut Yılmaz (from 28 June)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- True Path Party (DYP)
- Motherland Party (ANAP)
- Welfare Party (RP)
- Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 6 March)
- Welfare Party (RP) (6 March-28 June)
- Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 28 June)
Cabinet
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 was awarded (Prix Méditerranée Étranger)
- 21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
- 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 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
- 10 November – NTV Turkey launched.[page needed]
- 25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Badapest. This event was probably connected to Susurluk scandal
Births
Deaths
Gallery
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Süleyman Demirel
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Necmettin Erbakan
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Sıla Saygı
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Ebru Topçu
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İpek Soylu
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Kasım Gülek
See also
References