1995 in Turkey

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Events in the year 1995 in Turkey.^[1]

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^[2]
• 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

Gallery

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  Süleyman Demirel

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  Hikmet Çetin

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  Sadri Alışık

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  Aziz Nesin

See also

• 1994-95 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

References

1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 446-462
2. ↑ Mackolik page

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