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Events in the year 1991 in Turkey.

Parliament

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

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

• 47th government of Turkey
• 48th government of Turkey
• 49th government of Turkey

Events

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

• Süleyman Demirel
• Özgür Çek
• Özgür Karabulut
• Alper Potuk
• Ezgi Çağlar
• Günay Güvenç
• Alper Uludağ
• Feriha Tevfik

See also

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

References

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

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