1979 in Turkey
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Events in the year 1979 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 November)
- Süleyman Demirel (from 12 November)
- Süleyman Demirel (up to 12 November)
- Bülent Ecevit (from 12 November)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party
- Republican People’s Party (CHP) (up to 12 November)
- Justice Party (AP) (from 12 November)
- Main opposition
- Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 November)
- Republican People’s Party (CHP) (from 12 November)
Cabinet
- 42nd government of Turkey (up to 12 November)
- 43rd government of Turkey (from 12 November)
Events
- 3 March - The film Sürü was awarded in the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
- 15 March - Turkey withdrew from Central Eastern Treaty Organization (CENTO), an international organization
- 1 May - Curfew in İstanbul. Violeters were arrested
- 9 May - General protest of the goldsmiths against the government
- 3 June - Trabzonspor won the championship of Turkish football league.[2]
- 24 May - First Turkish made airplane in Kayseri ( Actually another group of planes were constructed in the 1940s)
- 10 July - Mehmet Ali Ağca, who was charged with the murder of Abdi İpekçi was arrested
- 13 July - Egyptian Embassy in Ankara was raided by a Palestinians group[3]
- 14 October - By-elections, in which the ruling party CHP was defeated
- 25 November - Mehmet Ali Ağca escaped from the prison
Births
- 15 April - Nezihe Kalkan (Nez), singer
- 23 April - Bengü Erden (Bengü) singer
- 2 May - Yasemin Dalkılıç, female free diver
- 25 October - Ivana Sert, model and TV presenter
Deaths
- 1 February - Abdi İpekçi (assassinated at age 49), journalist
- 29 April - Muhsin Ertuğrul (aged 54), theatre actor
- 16 June - Ayhan Işık (aged 50), movie actor
- 12 September - Agop Dilaçar (aged 84), Turkish linguist of Armenian descent
- 28 September - Cevat Yurdakul (assassinated at age 37), prosecutor and police chief of Adana
Gallery
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Bülent Ecevit
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Süleyman Demirel
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Bengü
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Muhsin Ertuğrul
See also
References
- ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 282-292
- ↑
- ↑ Ekşi sözlük (Turkish)
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