Events in the year 1991 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 377–387
Parliament 18th Parliament of Turkey (up to 20 October) 19th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Turgut Özal Prime Minister – Yıldırım Akbulut (up to 23 June) Mesut Yılmaz (23 June – 20 November) Süleyman Demirel (from 20 November)
Leader of the opposition – Erdal İnönü (up to 20 November) Mesut Yılmaz (from 20 November)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) (up to 20 November) True Path Party (DYP) (from 20 November)
Main opposition- Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (up to 20 November) Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 20 November)
Cabinet 47th government of Turkey 48th government of Turkey 49th government of Turkey
Events 5 January – Prime minister Yıldırım Akbulut met with the coal mine workers who were on strike. 1 April – A tent city in Hakkari Province for Iraqi refugees was founded 8 April – It was announced that the number of refugees in Turkey was 300000 30 April – A sharp raise in government controlled commodity prices 19 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football leagueMackolik page 9 June – Socialist International summit in Istanbul sponsored by SHP 23 June – After the party congress of ANAP Yıldırım Akbulut was replaced by Mesut Yılmaz in the government 6 July – Lale Aytaman was appointed as the Muğla Province governor. She was the first female governor 7 August – Compulsory education term was increased from 5 years to 8 years . 28 August – 52 deaths in an international bus (Iran-Liiban) accident in Ağrı Province 20 October – General elections ( DYP 178 seats, ANAP 115 seats, SHP 88 seats, RP 62 seats, DSP 7 seats) 20 November – First coalition government (DYP-SHP) of Turkey after 1980 period 5 December – An assassination attempt to Doğan Güreş the chief of staff (by poison)
Births 3 January – Özgür Çek, footballer 30 January – Arzu Karabulut, female footballer 24 February – Semih Kaya, footballer 1 March – Berkan Afşarlı, footballer 1 March – Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, female yacht racer 8 April – Alper Potuk, footballer 14 April – Melisa Aslı Pamuk, model 3 July – Ezgi Çağlar, female footballer 5 July – Günay Güvenç, footballer 25 July – Hasan Piker, youtuber 13 September – Noyan Öz, footballer 17 September – Ali Gökdemir, footballer 27 October – Hüseyin Atalay, footballer 11 December – Alper Uludağ, footballer
Deaths 6 January – Adnan Saygun (born 1907), musician 21 March – Vedat Dalokay (born 1927), architect 22 April – Feriha Tevfik (born 1910), first beauty pageant of Turkey 23 May – Kemal Satır (born 1911) MD, politician 2 June – Ahmet Arif (born 1927), poet 6 June – Adnan Süvari (born 1926), football coach 5 September – Fahrelnissa Zeid (born 1901), painter 13 September – Metin Oktay (born 1936) footballer 13 October – Adnan Ersöz (born 1917), military general
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See also 1990–91 1.Lig Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
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