1998 in Turkey

Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.

Parliament

 * 20th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

 * President – Süleyman Demirel
 * Prime Minister – Mesut Yılmaz
 * Leader of the opposition –
 * Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)
 * Recai Kutan (from 14 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

 * Ruling party
 * Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)


 * Main opposition
 * Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)
 * Virtue Party (from 14 May)

Cabinet

 * 55th government of Turkey

Events

 * 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
 * 17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) was closed by the court
 * 17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
 * 10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
 * 27 June – The 6.3 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
 * 1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
 * 18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
 * 16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."
 * 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as Istanbul Mayor

January

 * January 11 – Aydan Siyavuş, basketball coach and player (born 1947)
 * January 12 – Sadi Koçaş, military officer and politician (born 1919)
 * January 14 – Safiye Ayla, singer of Turkish classical music (born 1907)

March

 * March 16 - Pertev Naili Boratav, folklorist and researcher of folk literature (b. 1907)
 * March 17 - Ecmel Kutay, general and 24th Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1927)
 * March 19 - Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, visual artist and illustrator (b. 1904)

April

 * April 12 - Hanzade Osmanoğlu, Ottoman princess (b. 1923)

May

 * May 15 - Naim Talu, economist, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
 * May 16 - Sevim Tanürek, singers of Turkish classical music (b. 1934)

June

 * June 26 - Hacı Sabancı, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

July

 * July 17 - Sedat Celasun, general and former General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (b. 1915)
 * July 26 - Zeki Kuneralp, diplomat (b. 1914)

August

 * August 7 - Bekir Büyükarkın, poet and novelist (b. 1921)
 * August 23 - Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, judge and former president Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1920)
 * August 31 - Sabiha Gökçül Erbay, teacher and politician (b. 1900)

September

 * September 1 - Osman F. Seden, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1924)
 * September 5 - Lütfü Aksoy, footballer (b. 1911)
 * September 7 - Şaban Kartal, footballer (b. 1952)
 * September 13 - Necdet Calp, civil servant and politician (b. 1922)

October

 * October 5 - Ahmet Uzel, composer (b. 1930)

November

 * November 8 - Erol Taş, actor Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1928)