List of events
Events in the year 1980 in Turkey .[ 1]
Fahri Korutürk (up to 6 April)
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (acting, 6 April – 12 September)
Kenan Evren (from 12 September)
Süleyman Demirel (up to 12 September)
Bülent Ulusu (from 20 September)
Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 September)
Ruling party and the main opposition [ edit ]
Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 September)
Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 12 September)
2 January – Military leaders issue a warning letter about terrorism.[ 2]
2 February – DİSK initiates a general strike.[ 2]
18 April – Turkey signs a nuclear nonproliferation accord.[ 2]
1 July – Turkey signs an association agreement with the European Community.[ 2]
19 July – Former Premier Nihat Erim killed by terrorists.[ 2]
5 August – Hazal by Ali Özgentürk wins the Grand Prix in France.
6 August – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish Consulate in Lyon.
12 September – 1980 Turkish coup d'état .[ 2]
Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish language was officially prohibited in public and private life. Many people who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned.
11 October – Census (Population: 44,736,947)
15 October – NSP chairman Erbakan and 21 party members arrested for acting against secular principles of the republic.[ 2]
27 October – Work begins on a new constitution.[ 2]
30 October – Bülent Ecevit resigns from CHP for its passivity during the coup.
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
Kenan Evren
Süleyman Demirel
Bülent Ecevit
Sibel Kekilli
Nihat Erim
1980 in Europe
Sovereign states States with limited recognition Dependencies and other entities