1980 in Turkey

1980
in
Turkey

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1980 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents

Fahri Korutürk (up to 6 April)
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (acting, 6 April – 12 September)
Kenan Evren (from 12 September)
Süleyman Demirel (up to 12 September)
Bülent Ulusu (from 20 September)
Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 September)

Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party
Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 September)
  • Main opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP) (up to 12 September)

Cabinet

Events

January

  • 2 January – Military leaders issue a warning letter about terrorism.[2]

February

  • 2 February – DİSK initiates a general strike.[2]

April

  • 18 April – Turkey signs a nuclear nonproliferation accord.[2]

May

July

  • 1 July – Turkey signs an association agreement with the European Community.[2]
  • 19 July – Former Premier Nihat Erim killed by terrorists.[2]

August

  • 5 August – Hazal by Ali Özgentürk wins the Grand Prix in France.
  • 6 August – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish Consulate in Lyon.

September

October

  • 11 October – Census (Population: 44,736,947)
  • 15 October – NSP chairman Erbakan and 21 party members arrested for acting against secular principles of the republic.[2]
  • 27 October – Work begins on a new constitution.[2]
  • 30 October – Bülent Ecevit resigns from CHP for its passivity during the coup.

Births

Out of the respective country

  • 7 November – Ismail Matev, Bulgarian-Turkish singer-songwriter

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 292–300
  2. Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  3. Mackolik page
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