1993 in Turkey

Events in the year 1993 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President –
 * Turgut Özal (up to 17 April)
 * Süleyman Demirel (from 16 May)


 * Prime Minister –
 * Süleyman Demirel (up to 16 May)
 * Erdal İnönü (acting 16 May-25 June)
 * Tansu Çiller (from 25 June)


 * Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party – True Path Party (DYP)
 * Main opposition – Motherland Party (ANAP)

Cabinet

 * 49th government of Turkey (up to 25 June)
 * 50th government of Turkey (from 25 June)

Events

 * 11 January – 15 tonnes of narcotics were seized by the police in a Panama ensign ship
 * 15 January – PKK camps were bombarded in Bingöl Province
 * 12 January – Avalanche in Bayburt Province
 * 27 January – Burial service of Uğur Mumcu
 * 21 March – Kurdish Demonstrations in Nevrouz day celebration
 * 17 April – 5 day-official mourning following the death of the president Turgut Özal
 * 21 April – Burial service of Turgut Özal
 * 28 April – Methane explosion in a garbage dump; 28 deaths
 * 16 May – Süleyman Demirel was appointed as the 9th president of Turkey. Erdal İnönü was appointed as the acting prime minister.
 * 25 May – PKK killed 33 unarmed dischargees in Bingöl Province
 * 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
 * 13 June – Tansu Çiller was elected as the new president of the True Path Party.
 * 25 June – Tansu Çiller together with Erdal İnönü of the SHP formed the new government
 * 2 July – Sivas incidents: An Islamist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, killing 37 people.
 * 12 July – Hülya Avşar wins the "best actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival
 * 9 August – Corruption investigation in Istanbul municipality (known as ISKİ suit)
 * 11 September – Erdal İnönü resigned from his post in the party and Murat Karayalçın replaced him
 * 5 October – PKK killed 35 civilians in Siirt Province and Batman Province
 * 19 December – Kanal D, a satellite and cable television station, as first regular broadcasts service to start.

Births

 * 7 January – Ozan Evrim Özenç, footballer
 * 3 March – Ayşe Cora, female basketball player
 * 20 March – Özge Kavurmacıoğlu, female basketball player
 * 22 May – Berkay Candan, basketball player
 * 18 April, Okan Derici, footballer
 * 2 June – Melis Sezer, female tennis player
 * 16 June – Süleyman Zorba, Turkish-born Austrian politician
 * 13 July – Olcay Çakır, female basketball player

Deaths




January

 * January 24 - Uğur Mumcu, investigative journalist (b. 1942)

February

 * February 5 - Adnan Kahveci, politician (b. 1949)
 * February 17 - Eşref Bitlis, general of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1933)
 * February 19 - Yaman Okay, actor (b. 1951)
 * February 25 - Eren Özker, puppeteer, performed during the first season of The Muppet Show (b. 1933)

March

 * March 22 - Samiha Ayverdi, writer and Sufi mystic (b. 1905)

April

 * April 17 - Turgut Özal, politician and 8th President of Turkey (b. 1927)

May

 * May 6 - Şükrü Balcı, high-ranking civil servant, governor and chief of police (b. 1929)
 * May 9 - Fitnat Özdil, first female sport rowers in Turkey (b. 1910)
 * May 26 - Ulvi Yenal, footballer (b. 1908)

June

 * June 12 - Ekrem Koçak, middle distance runner (b. 1931)

July

 * July 2 - People killed during the Sivas massacre
 * Muhlis Akarsu, folk singer and musician (b. 1948)
 * Behçet Aysan, poet (b. 1949)
 * Asım Bezirci, critic, writer and poet (b. 1927)
 * Nesimi Çimen, folk singer and poet (b. 1931)
 * Hasret Gültekin, musician and poet (b. 1971)
 * July 7 - Rıfat Ilgaz, writer and poet (b. 1911)
 * July 9 - Metin Altıok, poet (b. 1940)
 * July 28 - Cemal Madanoğlu, soldier and general (b. 1907)

August

 * August 3 – Vural Arıkan, politician (born 1929)
 * August 4 - Sabri Berkel, modernist painter (born 1907)

September

 * September 5 - Samim Kocagöz, novelist (b. 1916)
 * September 18 - Nida Tüfekçi, folk music artist (b. 1929)

October

 * 3 October – Mahmut Dikerdem, diplomat and peace activist (born 1916)
 * October 6 - Nejat Eczacıbaşı, chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1913)
 * October 13 - Tekin Arıburun, soldier and statesman (b. 1903)
 * October 15 - Aydın Sayılı, historian of science (b. 1913)
 * October 22 - Bahtiyar Aydın, army general (b. 1946)

November

 * November 4 - Cem Ersever, commander of Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1950)

December

 * December 7 - Abidin Dino, painter (b. 1913)
 * December 20
 * Hulusi Kentmen, actor (b. 1912)
 * Nazife Güran, composer (b. 1921)
 * December 30 - İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, politician and acting President of Turkey (b. 1908)