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1995 in Turkey

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

1995 in Turkey

Decades:
  
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Events in the year 1995 in Turkey.

Contents

Parliament

  • 19th Parliament of Turkey (up to 24 December)
  • 20th Parliament of Turkey
  • Incumbents

  • President- Süleyman Demirel
  • Prime Minister-Tansu Çiller
  • Leader of the opposition –Mesut Yılmaz
  • Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party - True Path Paty (DYP)
  • Main opposition - Motherland Party (ANAP)
  • Cabinet

  • 50th government of Turkey (up to 5 October)
  • 51st government of Turkey (5 October -30 October)
  • 52nd government of Turkey (from 30 October)
  • Events

  • 4 January – Two parties with the same background, namely Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) and Republican People's Party(CHP) decided to merge.
  • 12 February – Although SHP was the bigger partner, Erdal İnönü, the former leader of SHP proposed that the fusion should be in CHP.
  • 12 February - Because of dense smog, schools were temporarily closed in İstanbul.
  • 18 February – SHP merged with the CHP and Hikmet Çetin was elected as the caretaker leader of CHP.
  • 12/13 March- Gazi Quarter riots in İstanbul
  • 20 March- Operation Steel launched against Kurdish separatists
  • 11 April – Tansu Çiller started irrigation through the Şanlıurfa Irrigation Tunnels
  • 21 May -Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
  • 12 June – 22 soldiers were killed by Kurdish separatists in Tunceli Province
  • 7 July – Operation against Kurdish separatists around the Iraq border
  • 25 July – Gold exchange market was opened
  • 29 August – Flood in Rize; 10 deaths
  • 7 September – Militants killed 9 workers in Hatay Province
  • 15 September – Clash between government forces and militants in Diyarbakır Province
  • 1 October – Earthquake in Dinar, Afyonkarahisar; 90 deaths
  • 9 September – Deniz Baykal was elected as the new president of CHP
  • 19 September – Tansu Çiller and Deniz Baykal could not agree on the coalition protocol and the 50th government dissolved (but continued up to the formation of the new government)
  • 13 October – Tansu Çiller’s 2nd government (founded on 5 October) lost a vote of confidence
  • 5 November – Tansu Çiller’s 3rd government (founded on 30 October, with their coalition partner CHP) received the vote of confidence
  • 13 December – Customs Union with European Union
  • 24 December –General elections :Welfare Party 158 seats, ANAP 132 seats, DYP 135 seats, DSP 76 seats, CHP 49 seats
  • Deaths

  • 11 January- Onat Kutlar (born in 1936), writer
  • 18 March - Sadri Alışık (born in 1925), actor
  • 25 March - Belgin Doruk (born in 1936), actress
  • 6 July - Aziz Nesin (born in 1915), writer humorist
  • 10 July - Mehmet Ali Aybar (born 1908), politician
  • 27 July- Melih Esenbel (born in 1915), diplomat
  • 27 September - Baha Akşit (born in 1914), politician
  • References

    1995 in Turkey Wikipedia