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Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.[1]

## Parliament

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* 18th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

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

## Ruling party and the main opposition

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

## Cabinet

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* 46th government of Turkey

## Events

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### January

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* 11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.”[2]
* 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.[2]

### February

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* 1 February – Socialist Party founded.[2]
* 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University)

### April

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* 6 April – State visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.[2]
* 27 April – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins three gold medals in Cardiff European Weightlifting Championships.

### May

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* 29 May – Galatasaray wins the championship[3]

### June

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* 26 June – State visit of Kenan Evren to the United States.[2]

### July

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* 3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens.
* 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.[2]

### September

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* 20 September – Naim Süleymanoğlu wins gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

### October

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* 16 October – State visit of Evren to West Germany.[2]
* 22 October - Esat Oktay Yıldıran was assassinated by PKK.

### November

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* 20 November – Suat Atalık gains the title Grandmaster in Chess Olympiad.

### December

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* 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students.[2]
* 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party.[2]
* 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.[2]

## Births

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* 5 January – Ziya Erdal, footballer
* 8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player
* 2 February – Turgut Doğan Şahin, footballer
* 10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer
* 1 May – Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, hammer thrower
* 11 May – Tuğçe Hocaoğlu, volleyball player
* 31 May – Didem Ege, volleyball player
* 8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player
* 13 July – Neriman Özsoy, volleyball player
* 7 September – Yağmur Koçyiğit, volleyball player
* 26 September – Servet Tazegül, taekwondo practitioner
* 28 September – Bahar Çağlar, basketball player
* 15 October – Mesut Özil, footballer

## Deaths

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* 8 January – Duygu Aykal (born 1943), ballerina
* 21 January – Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (born 1906), lawyer, politician and journalist
* 24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born 1922), lawyer, politician
* 18 April – Oktay Rifat (born 1914), novelist
* 1 May – Altan Erbulak (born 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor
* 31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born 1902), lawyer
* 3 September – Ferit Melen (born 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey)
* 29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician

## Gallery

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* Kenan Evren

* Bülent Ecevit

* Suat Atalık

* Ziya Erdal

* Turgut Doğan Şahin

* Tuğçe Hocaoğlu

* Neriman Özsoy

* Yağmur Koçyiğit

* Bahar Çağlar

* Bahar Kızıl

* Mesut Özil

## See also

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* Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
* 1987–88 1.Lig
* Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
* Turkey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

## References

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1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
3. ^ Mackolik page

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