1989 in Turkey

Events in the year 1989 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 18th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President –
 * Kenan Evren (up to 9 November)
 * Turgut Özal (from 9 November)


 * Prime Minister –
 * Turgut Özal (up tp 9 November)
 * Yıldırım Akbulut (from 9 November)


 * Leader of the opposition – Erdal İnönü

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

 * 46th government of Turkey (up to 9 November)
 * 47th government of Turkey (from 9 November)

June

 * 11 June – Some 2,000 Bulgarian Turks deported to Turkey following forced name changes.
 * 11 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship of the championship
 * 15 June – 4 new provinces established: Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale

September

 * 17 September – Central Bank announces that rescheduled foreign debts have been repaid.

October

 * 21 October – Two Syrian warplanes shoot down a civil cartography plane within Turkey, killing five.
 * 31 October – Parliament elects Prime Minister Turgut Özal as President.

September

 * 17 September – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu wins 4 gold medals in the Athens World Weightlifting Championships.

November

 * 9 November – President Turgut Özal appoints Yıldırım Akbulut as the new prime minister.
 * 17 November – Yıldırım Akbulut elected chairman of Motherland Party.
 * 29 November – Turkey approves European Social Charter.

December

 * 8 December – The United Communist Party announces its intention to regain its legal status.

Births

 * 1 January – Fatih Avan, javelin thrower
 * 27 January – Melek Hu (Naturalized citizen), table tennis player
 * 28 January – Gamze Tazim, actress
 * 9 February – Deniz Aslan, footballer
 * 22 February – Gülşah Gümüşay, basketball player
 * 17 May - Kadir Korkut, poet and writer
 * 21 May – Gülcan Mıngır, middle distance runner
 * 5 July – Dilara Buse Günaydın, swimmer
 * 10 September – Tolga Ünlü, footballer
 * 28 September – Çağla Büyükakçay, tennis player
 * 10 October – Rıza Kayaalp, wrestler
 * 29 October – Leyla Tuğutlu, model and beauty pageant contestant
 * 8 November - Can Yaman, actor
 * 10 December – İlknur Melis Durası, engineer and model

January

 * January 12 - Adil Candemir, wrestler (b. 1917)
 * January 20
 * Mete Adanır, footballer (b. 1961)
 * Muzaffer Badalıoğlu, footballer (b. 1960)

February

 * February 15 - Hüseyin Akbaş, wrestler (b. 1933)

March

 * March 6 - Fecri Ebcioğlu, songwriter and composer, (b. 1929)
 * March 13 - Fahrettin Özdilek, military officer, politician and interim Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1898)

April - June

 * April 16 - Hakkı Yeten, footballer, football manager and sports executive (b. 1910)
 * April 18
 * Adil Atan, wrestler (b. 1929)
 * Candan Tarhan, footballer and football manager (b. 1942)
 * June 24 – Saadet Çağatay, turkologist, professor and writer(b. 1907)

July

 * July 15 - Nesuhi Ertegün, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records (b. 1925)

August

 * August 14 – Bergen, singer (b. 1959)

September

 * September 13 – İsmail Rüştü Aksal, civil servant and politician (b. 1911)
 * September 21 – Ertem Eğilmez, film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1929)

October - December

 * October 9 – Yusuf Atılgan, novelist (b. 1921)
 * December 15 – Ali Şen, actor (b. 1918)