1994 in Turkey

Events in the year 1994 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 19th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Süleyman Demirel
 * Prime Minister – Tansu Çiller
 * Leader of the opposition – Mesut Yılmaz

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

 * 50th government of Turkey

Events

 * 10 January – CIA warned the Turkish prime minister Tansu Çiller about a possible assassination in Belgium
 * 23 January – Pkk killed 20 villagers in Mardin Province
 * 26 January – Devaluation
 * 13 March – Two Greek Cypriot tankers collided in Bosphorous.
 * 27 March – Local elections
 * 5 April – Economic rehabilitation program (known as bitter recipe)
 * 5 May – Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu gained the title European champion
 * 15 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
 * 10 August – First Turkish telecommunication satellite Turksat 1B
 * 18 October – Turkic Council in Istanbul
 * 8 November – Rahmi Koç was elected as the new president of the International Chamber of Commerce
 * 19 November – Weightlifter Halil Mutlu broke 3 world records in 54 kg
 * 20 November – Weightlifter Nain Süleymanoğlu broke 3 world records in 64 kg
 * 29 December – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport killing 57. Nineteen survived the incident.
 * Full date unknown –
 * Kuzeybatı real estate services firm is founded

Births

 * 15 January – Sinan Gümüş, footballer
 * 6 February – İbrahim Yılmaz, footballer
 * 9 March – Okay Yokuşlu, footballer
 * 12 March – Yusuf Emre Gültekin, footballer
 * 1 May – İlkay Durmuş, footballer
 * 25 May – Samed Yeşil, footballer

Deaths

 * 20 January – Bedia Muvahhit (born 1897), theatre actress
 * 15 March – Mehmed Orhan (born 1909), head of the Ottoman dynasty
 * 16 March – Medeni Berk (born 1913), banker and politician
 * 14 May – Cihat Arman (born 1919), footballer and coach
 * 31 May – Uzay Heparı (born 1969), musician