1991 in Turkey

Events in the year 1991 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 18th Parliament of Turkey (up to 20 October)
 * 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Turgut Özal
 * Prime Minister –
 * Yıldırım Akbulut (up to 23 June)
 * Mesut Yılmaz (23 June – 20 November)
 * Süleyman Demirel (from 20 November)


 * Leader of the opposition –
 * Erdal İnönü (up to 20 November)
 * Mesut Yılmaz (from 20 November)

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party –
 * Motherland Party (ANAP) (up to 20 November)
 * True Path Party (DYP) (from 20 November)


 * Main opposition-
 * Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (up to 20 November)
 * Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 20 November)

Cabinet

 * 47th government of Turkey
 * 48th government of Turkey
 * 49th government of Turkey

Events

 * 5 January – Prime minister Yıldırım Akbulut met with the coal mine workers who were on strike.
 * 1 April – A tent city in Hakkari Province for Iraqi refugees was founded
 * 8 April – It was announced that the number of refugees in Turkey was 300000
 * 30 April – A sharp raise in government controlled commodity prices
 * 19 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
 * 9 June – Socialist International summit in Istanbul sponsored by SHP
 * 23 June – After the party congress of ANAP Yıldırım Akbulut was replaced by Mesut Yılmaz in the government
 * 6 July – Lale Aytaman was appointed as the Muğla Province governor. She was the first female governor
 * 7 August – Compulsory education term was increased from 5 years to 8 years.
 * 28 August – 52 deaths in an international bus (Iran-Liiban) accident in Ağrı Province
 * 20 October – General elections ( DYP 178 seats, ANAP 115 seats, SHP 88 seats, RP 62 seats, DSP 7 seats)
 * 20 November – First coalition government (DYP-SHP) of Turkey after 1980 period
 * 5 December – An assassination attempt to Doğan Güreş the chief of staff (by poison)

Births

 * 3 January – Özgür Çek, footballer
 * 30 January – Arzu Karabulut, female footballer
 * 24 February – Semih Kaya, footballer
 * 1 March – Berkan Afşarlı, footballer
 * 1 March – Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, female yacht racer
 * 8 April – Alper Potuk, footballer
 * 14 April – Melisa Aslı Pamuk, model
 * 3 July – Ezgi Çağlar, female footballer
 * 5 July – Günay Güvenç, footballer
 * 25 July – Hasan Piker, youtuber
 * 13 September – Noyan Öz, footballer
 * 17 September – Ali Gökdemir, footballer
 * 27 October – Hüseyin Atalay, footballer
 * 11 December – Alper Uludağ, footballer

Deaths

 * 6 January – Adnan Saygun (born 1907), musician
 * 21 March – Vedat Dalokay (born 1927), architect
 * 22 April – Feriha Tevfik (born 1910), first beauty pageant of Turkey
 * 23 May – Kemal Satır (born 1911) MD, politician
 * 2 June – Ahmet Arif (born 1927), poet
 * 6 June – Adnan Süvari (born 1926), football coach
 * 5 September – Fahrelnissa Zeid (born 1901), painter
 * 13 September – Metin Oktay (born 1936) footballer
 * 13 October – Adnan Ersöz (born 1917), military general