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Events in the year 1991 in Turkey.[1]

## Parliament

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* 18th Parliament of Turkey (up to 20 October)
* 19th Parliament of Turkey

## Incumbents

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* President – Turgut Özal
* Prime Minister –

Yıldırım Akbulut (up to 23 June)
Mesut Yılmaz (23 June – 20 November)
Süleyman Demirel (from 20 November)

* Leader of the opposition –

Erdal İnönü (up to 20 November)
Mesut Yılmaz (from 20 November)

## Ruling party and the main opposition

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* Ruling party –

Motherland Party (ANAP) (up to 20 November)
True Path Party (DYP) (from 20 November)

* Main opposition-

Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (up to 20 November)
Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 20 November)

## Cabinet

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* 47th government of Turkey
* 48th government of Turkey
* 49th government of Turkey

## Events

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* 5 January – Prime minister Yıldırım Akbulut met with the coal mine workers who were on strike.
* 1 April – A tent city in Hakkari Province for Iraqi refugees was founded
* 8 April – It was announced that the number of refugees in Turkey was 300000
* 30 April – A sharp raise in government controlled commodity prices
* 19 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league[2]
* 9 June – Socialist International summit in Istanbul sponsored by SHP
* 23 June – After the party congress of ANAP Yıldırım Akbulut was replaced by Mesut Yılmaz in the government
* 6 July – Lale Aytaman was appointed as the Muğla Province governor. She was the first female governor
* 7 August – Compulsory education term was increased from 5 years to 8 years .
* 28 August – 52 deaths in an international bus (Iran-Liiban) accident in Ağrı Province
* 20 October – General elections ( DYP 178 seats, ANAP 115 seats, SHP 88 seats, RP 62 seats, DSP 7 seats)
* 20 November – First coalition government (DYP-SHP) of Turkey after 1980 period
* 5 December – An assassination attempt to Doğan Güreş the chief of staff (by poison)

## Births

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* 3 January – Özgür Çek, footballer
* 30 January – Arzu Karabulut, female footballer
* 24 February – Semih Kaya, footballer
* 1 March – Berkan Afşarlı, footballer
* 1 March – Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, female yacht racer
* 8 April – Alper Potuk, footballer
* 14 April – Melisa Aslı Pamuk, model
* 3 July – Ezgi Çağlar, female footballer
* 5 July – Günay Güvenç, footballer
* 25 July – Hasan Piker, youtuber
* 13 September – Noyan Öz, footballer
* 17 September – Ali Gökdemir, footballer
* 27 October – Hüseyin Atalay, footballer
* 11 December – Alper Uludağ, footballer

## Deaths

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* 6 January – Adnan Saygun (born 1907), musician
* 21 March – Vedat Dalokay (born 1927), architect
* 22 April – Feriha Tevfik (born 1910), first beauty pageant of Turkey
* 23 May – Kemal Satır (born 1911) MD, politician
* 2 June – Ahmet Arif (born 1927), poet
* 6 June – Adnan Süvari (born 1926), football coach
* 5 September – Fahrelnissa Zeid (born 1901), painter
* 13 September – Metin Oktay (born 1936) footballer
* 13 October – Adnan Ersöz (born 1917), military general

## Gallery

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* Süleyman Demirel

* Özgür Çek

* Özgür Karabulut

* Alper Potuk

* Ezgi Çağlar

* Günay Güvenç

* Alper Uludağ

* Feriha Tevfik

## See also

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* 1990–91 1.Lig
* Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

## References

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1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 377–387
2. ^ Mackolik page

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