1985 in Turkey

Events in the year 1985 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 17th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Kenan Evren
 * Prime Minister – Turgut Özal
 * Leader of the opposition –
 * Necdet Calp (up to 27 June)
 * Aydın Güven Gürkan (from 27 June)

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
 * Main opposition
 * People’s Party (HP) (up to 3 November)
 * Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (from 3 November)

Cabinet

 * 45th government of Turkey

January

 * 1 January – Value added tax (KDV) introduced.

February

 * 13 February – National Salvation Party leaders are acquitted.
 * 26 February – Tarık Akan's Pehlivan wins honorable mention in 35th Berlin International Film Festival.

March

 * 12 March – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish embassy in Ottawa.

April

 * 2 April – Prime Minister Turgut Özal meets President Ronald Reagan.

June

 * 2 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship.

July

 * 9 July – State visit of Helmut Kohl, chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany.

October

 * 20 October – Census (population 50,664,45)

November

 * 3 November – Populist Party and Social Democracy Party merge to form Social Democratic Populist Party.
 * 7 November – Heavy rainfall in Istanbul
 * 14 November – Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, founds Democratic Left Party (DSP).
 * 18 November – Rahşan Ecevit elected as the chairperson of Democratic Left Party (DSP).

Births

 * 12 March – Binnaz Uslu, middle distance runner
 * 13 March – Taner Sağır, weightlifter
 * 23 April – Emrah Keskin, singer and winner of Türkstar
 * 17 August – Sema Apak, short distance runner
 * 5 November – Pınar Saka, sprinter

Deaths

 * 20 September – Ruhi Su (born in 1912), folk singer
 * 7 October – Cemal Reşit Rey (born in 1904), composer
 * 24 November – Sinan Alaağaç (born 1960), footballer (goalkeeper)
 * 29 November – Afet İnan (born in 1908), academic (Atatürk's adoptive daughter)