1998 in Turkey

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

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

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 55th government of Turkey

  Events

• 3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
• 17 January – Welfare Party 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 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, 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 İstanbul Mayor

  Deaths

• 14 January – Safiye Ayla, singer
• 15 May – Naim Talu, former prime minister
• 16 May – Sevim Tanürek, singer
• 26 June – Hacı Sabancı, industrialist
• 17 July – Sedat Celasun, retired general
• 13 September – Necdet Calp, politician
• 8 November – Erol Taş, actor

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