1982 in Turkey

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.[1]

Incumbents

• President – Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party

• Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

• 44th government of Turkey

Events

• 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosphorous was changed from left to right
• 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, the Turkish consul in Los Angeles was assassinated by a group of Armenians
• 23 April – First color TV broadcast of TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation)
• 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, Turkish honorary consul in Boston was assassinated by the Armenian JCAG
• 7 June – Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay, administrative attachés of the Turkish embassy in Lisbon, were assassinated by JCAG
• 13 June – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
• 20 June – Banker's scandal breaks out, Cevher Özden fled to Switzerland
• 15 July – A revision in the cabinet after the banker’s scandal. Vice prime minister Turgut Özal resigned
• 7 August – Eight deaths in an attack on Ankara Esenboğa airport carried out by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
• 27 August – Atilla Altıkat, Turkish military attaché in Ottawa was assassinated by ASALA
• 9 September – Bora Süelkan, administrative attaché of the Turkish Consulate General in Burgas, was assassinated by JCAG
• 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal won the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
• 20 October – Ban on political activities of former politicians by the military rule
• 26 October – Yılmaz Güney, a well known cinema director and actor, was denationalized by the military rule
• 7 November – Referendum on the new Turkish constitution (more than 91% voted in favor the constitution)

Births

• 16 January – Tuncay, footballer
• 4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
• 15 March – Sencer Sarı, ceramicist
• 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
• 26 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
• 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
• 2 October – Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
• 2 November – Serkan Yalçın, footballer
• 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballers

Deaths

• 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated)
• 9 April – Turan Güneş (born in 1922), former vice prime minister
• 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated)
• 22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born in 1899), former president (1966–1973)
• 27 August – Atilla Altıkat (born in 1937), military attaché (assassinated)
• 4 November – Burhan Felek (born in 1899), journalist

Gallery

• 
  Kenan Evren
• 
  Turgut Özal
• 
  Tuncay
• 
  Sencer Sarı
• 
  Elvan Abeylegesse
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  Esra Gümüş
• 
  Serkan Yalçın
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  Halil Altıntop
• 
  Hamit Altıntop

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• 1981–82 1.Lig

References

1. Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 304–309
2. Mackolik page