1993 in Turkey

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1993 in Turkey.^[1]

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^[2]
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.^{[citation needed]}

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)

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^[3]
- 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)