1998 in Turkey

Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament[]

Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January)

Recai Kutan (from 14 May)

Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January)

Virtue Party (from 14 May)

3 January – First Wind farm of Turkey in İzmir Province
17 January – Welfare Party (main party of the 54th government of Turkey) was closed by the court
17 February – First female military pilots graduated from the military academy
10 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league^[2]
27 June – The 6.3 M_w  Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured.
1 July – Agreement with the International Money Fund
18 August – Operation against the Turkish mafia. Subsequently, relations between some politicians and mafia were revealed
16 September – Atilla Ateş, the land forces commander, accused Syria of "hosting terrorists."^[3]
6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as İstanbul Mayor ^[4]

14 January – Safiye Ayla (born in 1907), singer
15 May – Naim Talu (born in 1919), former prime minister (36th government of Turkey)
16 May – Sevim Tanürek (born in 1934), singer
26 June – Hacı Sabancı (born in 1935), industrialist
17 July – Sedat Celasun (born in 1915), retired general
13 September – Necdet Calp (born in 1922), politician
8 November – Erol Taş (born in 1926), actor