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Events in the year 1981 in Turkey.^[1]

Incumbents

President – Kenan Evren
Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party and the main opposition

Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

44th government of Turkey

Events

January

17 January – Cargo ship Deniz Sönmez sinks near Crete, resulting in 32 fatalities.

March

4 March – Two Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian terrorists.^[2]

May

13 May – Assassination attempt on John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Ağca
24 May – Trabzonspor won the championship of the Turkish football league^[3]

July

27 July – Turkey elects state artists for the first time.

October

16 October – NSC dissolves all political parties.^[2]
23 October – Consultative Assembly inaugurated.

November

3 November – 3 November – Former prime minister Bülent Ecevit receives prison sentence for making political statements.^[2]
30 November – Ministry of Culture merges with the Ministry of Tourism.^[2]

Births

10 January – Mert Fırat, actor
17 February – Songül Öden
34 March – Aysun Kayacı, model
27 October – Volkan Demirel, footballer
20 November – İbrahim Toraman, footballer

Deaths

4 March – Reşat Moralı and Tecelli Arı (assassinated)
18 March – Cahide Sonku (born in 1919), artist
27 April – Münir Nurettin Selçuk, singer
18 May – Fuat Sirmen (born in 1899), former speaker of the parliament
26 December – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (born in 1903), former prime minister (29th government of Turkey)

Gallery

See also

References

^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 301–304
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
^ "Türkiye 1.Ligi". Mackolik.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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