1986 in Turkey

Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 17th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Kenan Evren
 * Prime Minister – Turgut Özal
 * Leader of the opposition –
 * Aydın Güven Gürkan (up to 30 May)
 * Erdal İnönü (from 30 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
 * Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)

Cabinet

 * 45th government of Turkey

May

 * 4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) is dissolved.
 * 9 May – Free Democratic Party founded.
 * 16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group.
 * 16 May – Eyüp Can wins bronze at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States
 * 30 May – Erdal Inönü elected chairman of Social Democratic Populist Party (SDPP).

June

 * 1 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship

August

 * 15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.

September

 * 6 September – 22 die in the terror attack to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul.

October

 * 6 October – TRT 2, the second TV channel, starts airing.
 * 24 October – Construction starts on Soviet natural gas pipeline.

November

 * 12 November – Tanju Çolak wins European Golden Shoe.
 * 30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.

December

 * 26 December – People’s Party established.
 * 29 December – People’s Party dissolves.

Births

 * 9 February – Azize Tanrıkulu, taekwondo athlete
 * 16 February – Nevin Yanıt, sprinter
 * 22 February – Işıl Alben, basketball player
 * 23 February – Serhat Çetin, basketball player
 * 3 March – Mehmet Topal, footballer
 * 4 June – Tolgahan Acar, footballer
 * 25 June – Seda Tokatlıoğlu, volleyball player
 * 16 September – Resul Tekeli, basketball player

Deaths

 * 9 January – Nurullah Berk (born 1906), painter
 * 10 January – Celal Yardımcı (born 1911), politician
 * 7 May – Haldun Taner (born 1915), writer
 * 28 May – Edip Cansever, (born 1928), poet
 * 22 August – Celal Bayar (born 1883), former president