1998 in Turkey

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Centuries:	20th 21st
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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister – Mesut Yılmaz
• Leader of the opposition –

Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)

Recai Kutan (from 14 May)

Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party

Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP)

• Main opposition

Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)

Virtue Party (from 14 May)

Cabinet

• 55th government of Turkey

Events

• 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
• 17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) was closed by the court
• 17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
• 10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 27 June – The 6.3 M_w Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
• 1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
• 18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
• 16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."
• 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as Istanbul Mayor

Deaths

Gallery

• 
  Süleyman Demirel
• 
  Necmettin Erbakan
• 
  Recai Kutan
• 
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• 
  Erol Taş

See also

• 1997-98 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• Turkey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References