1981 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1981 in Turkey.[1]
Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – (Technocrat government)
Cabinet
Events
- 17 January – Cargo ship Deniz Sönmez sank around Crete, 32 deaths
- 4 March – Two members of Turkish diplomatic mission in Paris were assassinated by an Armenian group.
- 13 May – Assassination attempt on John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Ağca
- 24 May – Turkish airlines DC-9 aircraft was hijacked by a leftist group. The passengers seized the hijackers
- 24 May – Trabzonspor won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
- 27 July – For the first time 10 state artists were elected
- 22 September – A military aircraft crashed over a military base in Edirne 40 deaths
- 16 October – All former political parties were closed by the military rule
- 23 October – Advisory parliament was opened
- 3 November – Former prime minister Bülent Ecevit was sentenced for making statements.
- 30 November – Ministry of Culture was merged to Ministry of Tourism
Births
- 10 January – Mert Fırat, actor
- 17 February – Songül Öden
- 34 March – Aysun Kayacı, model
- 27 October – Volkan Demirel, footballer
- 20 November – İbrahim Toraman, footballer
Deaths
- 4 March – Reşat Moralı and Tecelli Arı (assassinated)
- 18 March – Cahide Sonku (born in 1919), artist
- 27 April – Münir Nurettin Selçuk, singer
- 18 May – Fuat Sirmen (born in 1899), former speaker of the parliament
- 26 December – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (born in 1903), former prime minister (29th government of Turkey)
Gallery
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See also
References
- ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 301–304
- ^ "Türkiye 1.Ligi". Mackolik.com.
External links
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