Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
Parliament 18th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kenan Evren Prime Minister – Turgut Özal Leader of the opposition – Erdal İnönü
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Cabinet 46th government of Turkey
Events
January 11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.” 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.
February 1 February – Socialist Party founded. 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University)
April 6 April – State visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. 27 April – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins three gold medals in Cardiff European Weightlifting Championships.
May 29 May – Galatasaray wins the championshipMackolik page
June 26 June – State visit of Kenan Evren to the United States.
July 3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens. 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.
September 20 September – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
October 16 October – State visit of Evren to West Germany. 22 October - Esat Oktay Yıldıran was assassinated by PKK.
November 20 November – Suat Atalık gains the title Grandmaster in Chess Olympiad.
December 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students. 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party. 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.
Births 5 January – Ziya Erdal, footballer 8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player 2 February – Turgut Doğan Şahin, footballer 10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer 1 May – Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, hammer thrower 11 May – Tuğçe Hocaoğlu, volleyball player 31 May – Didem Ege, volleyball player 8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player 13 July – Neriman Özsoy, volleyball player 7 September – Yağmur Koçyiğit, volleyball player 26 September – Servet Tazegül, taekwondo practitioner 28 September – Bahar Çağlar, basketball player 15 October – Mesut Özil, footballer
Deaths 8 January – Duygu Aykal (born 1943), ballerina 21 January – Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (born 1906), lawyer, politician and journalist 24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born 1922), lawyer, politician 18 April – Oktay Rifat (born 1914), novelist 1 May – Altan Erbulak (born 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor 31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born 1902), lawyer 3 September – Ferit Melen (born 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey) 29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician
Gallery
See also Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 1987–88 1.Lig Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics Turkey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
References