1980 in Turkey

1980
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1980 in Turkey.

Parliament

Incumbents

Fahri Korutürk (up to 6 April)
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (acting, 6 April – 12 September)
Kenan Evren (from 12 September)
Süleyman Demirel (up to 12 September)
Bülent Ulusu (from 20 September)
Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 September)

Ruling party and the main opposition

  • Ruling party
Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 September)
  • Main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 12 September)

Cabinet

Events

January

  • 2 January – Military leaders issue a warning letter about terrorism.

February

  • 2 February – DİSK initiates a general strike.

April

  • 18 April – Turkey signs a nuclear nonproliferation accord.

May

July

  • 1 July – Turkey signs an association agreement with the European Community.
  • 19 July – Former Premier Nihat Erim killed by terrorists.

August

  • 5 August – Hazal by Ali Özgentürk wins the Grand Prix in France.
  • 6 August – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish Consulate in Lyon.

September

  • 12 September – 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
  • Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish language was officially prohibited in public and private life. Many people who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned.

October

  • 11 October – Census (Population: 44,736,947)
  • 15 October – NSP chairman Erbakan and 21 party members arrested for acting against secular principles of the republic.
  • 27 October – Work begins on a new constitution.
  • 30 October – Bülent Ecevit resigns from CHP for its passivity during the coup.

Births

Deaths

Gallery

See also


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