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Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament

Incumbents

Ruling party and the main opposition

Cabinet

Events

January

  • 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

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

April

May

June

July

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

September

October

November

December

  • 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

Deaths

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  3. ↑ Mackolik page
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