1981 in Turkey
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Incumbents
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – (Technocrat government)
Cabinet
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
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)
