1986 in Turkey
# 1986 in Turkey

Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.

## Parliament

* 17th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

* President – Kenan Evren
* Prime Minister – Turgut Özal
* Leader of the opposition –

       Aydın Güven Gürkan (up to 30 May)
       Erdal İnönü (from 30 May)

## Ruling party and the main opposition

* Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
* Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)

## Cabinet

* 45th government of Turkey

## Events

### May

* 4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) is dissolved.
* 9 May – Free Democratic Party founded.
* 16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group.
* 16 May – Eyüp Can wins bronze at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States
* 30 May – Erdal Inönü elected chairman of Social Democratic Populist Party (SDPP).

### June

* 1 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship

### August

* 15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.

### September

* 6 September – 22 die in the terror attack to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul.

### October

* 6 October – TRT 2, the second TV channel, starts airing.
* 24 October – Construction starts on Soviet natural gas pipeline.

### November

* 12 November – Tanju Çolak wins European Golden Shoe.
* 30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.

### December

* 26 December – People’s Party established.
* 29 December – People’s Party dissolves.

## Births

* 9 February – Azize Tanrıkulu, taekwondo athlete
* 16 February – Nevin Yanıt, sprinter
* 22 February – Işıl Alben, basketball player
* 23 February – Serhat Çetin, basketball player
* 3 March – Mehmet Topal, footballer
* 4 June – Tolgahan Acar, footballer
* 25 June – Seda Tokatlıoğlu, volleyball player
* 16 September – Resul Tekeli, basketball player

## Deaths

* 9 January – Nurullah Berk (born 1906), painter
* 10 January – Celal Yardımcı (born 1911), politician
* 7 May – Haldun Taner (born 1915), writer
* 28 May – Edip Cansever, (born 1928), poet
* 22 August – Celal Bayar (born 1883), former president

## Gallery

* Kenan Evren
* Turgut Özal
* Nevin Yanıt
* Işıl Alben
* Mehmet Topal
* Celal Bayar
