1982 in Turkey

Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.

Incumbents

 * President – Kenan Evren
 * Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party

 * Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

 * 44th government of Turkey

January

 * 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosporus was changed from left to right.
 * 28 January – Turkish diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Los Angeles.

April

 * 8 April – Romanian–Turkish Economic Cooperation protocol signed.
 * 10 April – Bülent Ecevit arrested for an article he wrote.
 * 23 April The national broadcaster TRT broadcasts in color.
 * 26 April – Second arrest of Ecevit, for a letter he wrote to a journalist.

May

 * 4 May – Turkish diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.

June

 * 2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest.
 * 7 June – Turkish diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Lisbon.
 * 13 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship

July

 * 23 July – Turkey and Greece sign an accord.

August

 * 4 August – NSC lifts some of the restrictions on political expression.
 * 7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack.
 * 27 August – Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.

September

 * 9 September – Turkish diplomat in Bulgaria Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Burgas.

October

 * 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal wins the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

November

 * 7 November: 91 percent approve the new constitution in a national referendum.
 * 16 November: Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu and Soviet prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov meet in Moscow.
 * 29 November: Turkey and United States plan improvements to ten airfields in Turkey.

December

 * 15 December: Turkey and China sign an economic accord.

Births

 * 16 January – Tuncay, footballer
 * 4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
 * 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
 * 26 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
 * 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
 * 2 October – Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
 * 2 November – Serkan Yalçın, footballer
 * 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballers

Deaths

 * 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated)
 * 9 April – Turan Güneş (born 1922), politician
 * 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated)
 * 22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born 1899), army general and politician
 * 27 August – Atilla Altıkat (born 1937), military attaché (assassinated)
 * 4 November – Burhan Felek (born 1899), journalist