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Events in the year 1983 in Turkey.
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party
Main opposition- People’s Party (HP) (from 13 December)
16 January – Turkish Airlines Flight 158, a Boeing 727-200 landing failure, in Ankara Esenboğa airport caught fire.45 deaths
2 March – Three free trade zones were created in Antalya, Yumurtalık and Aliağa
7 March – Mine accident in Zonguldak 79 deaths
9 March - Galip Balkar, Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia was assassinated by an Armenian group
7 May - 35 deaths in an İstanbul hotel fire
15 May- National Democracy Party (MDP), the first political party after the coup of 1980 was founded
21 May Motherland Party, People’s Party (HP) and Great Turkey Party (BTP) were founded
26 May – Social Democracy Party (SODEP) was founded
1 June _ BTP was closed by the military rule. Süleyman Demirel, former prime minister as well as other politicians of the former Justice Party and Republican People’s Party were arrested
14 July Dursun Aksoy a member of Turkish embassy was assassinated by ASALA
23 June – Erdal İnönü’s name as the founder of SODEP was rejected by the military rule
27 June – SODEP decided to continue and Cezmi Kartay replaced Erdal İnönü as the chairman of SODEP
15 July - Turkish airlines check in counter was bombed (Orly Airport attack) in Paris. 7 deaths
22 October – First panel discussion of the political party leaders on TV after the 1980 coup
30 October 1983 Erzurum earthquake 1330 deaths
2 November - First successful kidney transplantation in İstanbul.
6 November general elections (ANAP 211, HP 117, MDP 71 seats, the other parties were not permitted to run for the election.)
12 November – Port of Mersin and Port of Antalya were declared free port
13 December – First civilian government after the coup of 1980.
18 December - Erdal İnönü replaced Cezmi Kartay as the chairman of SODEP
16 June – Naz Elmas, actres
29 August Saadet Aksoy, actres
10 October- Tolga Zengin, footballer
29 October – Nurcan Taylan, weight lifter
9 December – Neslihan Demir volleyball player
5 January – İbrahim Safi (born in 1898), painter
8 January – Hüseyin Alp (born in 1935), basketball player
19 January - Muhittin Taylan, (born in 1910) chief of constitutional court and one time candidate of presidency
9 March – Galip Balkar (born in 1836), ambassador (assassinated)
24 May – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (born in 1904), poet
28 May – Çiğdem Talu (born in 1939), music lyricist
2 September – Feri Cansel (born in 1944), actress (killed)
1983 in Turkey Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
