1986 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 17th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President - Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister - Turgut Özal
• Leader of the opposition -

Aydın Güven Gürkan (up to 30 May)

Erdal İnönü (from 30 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

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

Cabinet

• 45th government of Turkey

Events

• 31 January- Turgut Özal-Andreas Papandreou summit in Davos
• 18 March – Citizen’s party (Turkish: Vatandaş Partisi) was founded by Vural Arıkan the, former Minister of Finance.
• 4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) dissolves itself
• 8 May – MPs of the former MDP joined other parties (18 to ANAP and 22 to True Path Party (DYP)
• 9 May – Free democratic Party (HDP) was founded by Mehmet Yazar, most of the party members were from the former MDP
• 16 May –Eyüp Can won bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States
• 30 May – Erdal İnönü was elected as the new chairman of SHP
• 1 June -Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 6 September – Neve Shalom Synagogue in İstanbul was attacked by an Palestenian group. 22 deaths
• 28 September – By elections
• 6 October- TRT 2 , the second TV channel of Turkey
• 12 November – Tanju Çolak, footballer won the European Golden Shoe
• 28 November - HDP dissolved itself and joined ANAP
• 25 December – 20 MP s of SHP joined Democratic Left Party (DSP)

Births

• 9 February - Azize Tanrıkulu, taekwondo athlete
• 16 February -Nevin Yanıt, sprinter
• 22 February - Işıl Alben, basketball player
• 23 February - Serhat Çetin, basketball player
• 3 March - Mehmet Topal, footballer
• 4 June - Tolgahan Acar, footballer
• 4 June - Fahriye Evcen, actress
• 16 September - Resul Tekeli, basketball player

Deaths

• 9 January - Nurullah Berk (born in 1906), painter
• 7 May - Haldun Taner (born in 1915), writer
• 28 May - Edip Cansever, (born in 1928), poet
• 22 August - Celal Bayar (born in 1883), former president

Gallery

• Turgut Özal (cropped).jpg

  Turgut Özal

• Nevin Yanıt 2010 Europeans.jpg

  Nevin Yanıt

• Işıl Alben.JPG

  Işıl Alben

• Mehmet Topal.jpg

  Mehmet Topal

• 

  Celal Bayar

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
• 1985–86 1.Lig