1996 in Turkey

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

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

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 52nd government of Turkey
• 53rd government of Turkey
• 54th government of Turkey

  Events

• 16 January – The Panamanian ferry MV Avrasya 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
• 4 April – Novelist Yaşar Kemal was awarded
• 21 May – Fenerbahçe won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 24 May – After corruption accuses Tansu Çiller the chairman of DYP announced that DYP will end the coalition’
• 2 June – By local elections
• June 3/14 – Habitat II
• 14 June – Operation against militants
• 28 June – New coalition government
• 10 July – Türksat 1C satellite
• 17 July – According to Fortune, Koç Holding 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 was established
• 3 November – Susurluk car crash
• 10 November - NTV Turkey launched.
• 25 November – Mesut Yılmaz was wounded in Badapest. This event was probably connected to Susurluk scandal

  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, female tennis player
• 27 August – Ebru Topçu, female footballer
• 7 September - Anzujaamu, female cosplayer

  Deaths

• 9 January – Özdemir Sabancı, industrialist
• 28 January – Müfide İlhan, first female city mayor
• 19 January – Kasım Gülek, politician
• 25 February – Vehbi Koç, industrialist
• 23 May – Tanju Okan, singer
• 28 July – Ömer Lütfü Topal, casino owner
• 29 August – Aliye Rona, actress
• 24 September – Zeki Müren, singer
• 3 November – Abdullah Çatlı, agent

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