Events in the year 1996 in Turkey.

Parliament

20th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of the 550 Members of Parliament elected in the 1995 Turkish general election, 1995 general election held in Turkey. The MPs are listed by Provinces of Turkey, province. Turkey uses a D'Hondt formula, D'Hondt proportional representa ...

Incumbents

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Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...

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Tansu Çiller Tansu Çiller (; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist, and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She was Turkey's first and only female prime minister. As the leader of the True Path Party ...

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Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...

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Necmettin Erbakan Necmettin Erbakan (29 October 1926 – 27 February 2011) was a Turkish politician and political theorist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997. He was pressured by the military to step down as prime minister and was la ...

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Leader of the opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition (parliamentary), largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the ...

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Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party :: True Path Party (DYP) :: Motherland Party (ANAP) :: Welfare Party (RP) * Main opposition :: Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 6 March) :: Welfare Party (RP) (6 March-28 June) :: Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 28 June)

Cabinet

* 52nd government of Turkey (up to 6 March) * 53rd government of Turkey (6 March −28 June) * 54th government of Turkey (from 28 June)

Events

*16 January – The Panamanian ferry

MV Avrasya ''Avrasya'' was a Roll-on/roll-off, Ro-Ro ferry that was hijacked in the Black Sea hostage crisis of 1996. Originally built in 1953 as the passenger ship ''Lazio'', she was converted to a Ro-Ro ferry in 1967. In 1979, she was sold to Greece and ...

was hijacked by pro- Chechen separatists *29 January – Beginning of Kardak crises between Turkey and Greece *8 February – BirgenAir accident 189 deaths * 6 March – A coalition government (ANAP and DYP) *4 April – Novelist Yaşar Kemal was awarded (Prix Méditerranée Étranger) *21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the

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Habitat II Habitat II, the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 3–14 June 1996, twenty years after Habitat I held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. Popularly called the "City Summit", it brought together ...

(conference) *14 June – Operation against militants *28 June – New coalition government (RP and DYP) *10 July – Türksat 1C satellite *17 July – According to ''

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Koç Holding Koç Holding A.Ş. () is a Turkish multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. It operates as the country's largest company, and the only to be listed on the Fortune Global 500 as of 2024. Koç Holding's contributio ...

was one of the 500 greatest companies of the World *October 2/8 – Prime minister Erbakan's African tour. His visit to Libya caused sharp reactions *24 October –

Osmaniye Province Osmaniye Province () is a province in south-central Turkey. It was named Cebel-i Bereket () in the early republic until 1933, when it was incorporated into Adana Province. It was made a province again in 1996. Its area is 3,320 km2, and its p ...

was established *3 November –

Susurluk car crash The Susurluk car crash was a car crash that took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the deaths of three of the passengers: Abdullah Çatlı, a former ultra-rightist militant wa ...

*10 November –

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launched. *25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Budapest, Hungary. This event was probably connected to

Susurluk scandal The Susurluk scandal () or Susurluk accident (), was a 1996 political scandal in Turkey that exposed a close relationship between the Turkish government, the ultra-nationalistic paramilitary Grey Wolves (organization), Grey Wolves organization an ...

Births

*2 January – Sıla Saygı, female ice skater *6 February – Emel Dereli, female track and field athlete competing in shot put *15 April –

İpek Soylu İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a Turkish former tennis player. In her career, Soylu won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 year-end Elite Trophy. She also won 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF ...

, female tennis player *27 August –

Ebru Topçu Ebru Topçu (born August 27, 1996) is a Turkish Women's association football, women's footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Galatasaray S.K. (women's football), Galatasa ...

, female footballer

Deaths

*9 January – Özdemir Sabancı (born in 1941), industrialist (assassinated) *28 January – Müfide İlhan, first female city mayor *19 January – Kasım Gülek (born in 1905), politician *25 February –

Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime, he came to be one of ...

(born in 1901), industrialist *23 May –

Tanju Okan Tanju Okan (27 August 1938 – 23 May 1996) was a Turkish singer. Life Okan was born in İzmir on 27 August 1938. He received his primary and secondary education in Manisa and Balıkesir. Afterwards, he went to Italy for vocal training. In 1 ...

(born in 1938), singer *21 June – Suphi Baykam (born 1926), physician and politician *28 July – Ömer Lütfü Topal (born in 1942), casino owner *29 August –

Aliye Rona Aliye Rona (née Dilligil; 14 October 1920 – 27 August 1996) was a Turkish film actress starring in more than 130 movies, mostly of drama and romance genre, from 1947 until her death. She was born in Daraa, French Mandate for Syria and the L ...

(born in 1921), actress *24 September –

Zeki Müren Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his co ...

(born in 1931), singer *3 November – Abdullah Çatlı (born in 1956), agent

Gallery

File:Suleyman Demirel 1998.jpg, Süleyman Demirel File:Necmettin-Erbakan.jpg , Necmettin Erbakan File:Sila Saygi JWC 2010.jpg, Sıla Saygı File:EbruTopçu02.JPG, Ebru Topçu File:Ipek Soylu (TUR).jpg, İpek Soylu File:Kasım Gülek.jpg, Kasım Gülek

References

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