1999 in Turkey

Events

11 January – Bülent Ecevit formed a minority government
15–16 February – Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested in Kenya^[2]
18 April – The General election (DSP 136 seats, MHP 129 seats, FP 11 seats, ANAP 86 seats, True Path Party (DYP) 85 seats. The oldest and most established party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), wasn’t able to receive the 10% necessary to enter parliament.)
22 April – CHP president Deniz Baykal resigned
23 April – Altan Öymen was elected as the new president of CHP
2 May – Merve Kavakçı was protested in the parliament
30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league^[3]
31 May – Abdullah Öcalan’s trial
17 August – The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
12 November – The 7.2 M_w  Düzce earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 845–894 dead and 4,948 injured.
11 December – During the European Union summit in Helsinki, Turkey’s future membership was approved

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Deaths

11 January – Öztürk Serengil (born in 1930), actor
1 February – Barış Manço (born in 1943), singer
16 February – Necil Kazım Akses (born in 1908), composer
18 May – Hayrettin Erkmen (born in 1915), politician
20 June – Konca Kuriş (born in 1960), feminist writer (assassinated)
10 July – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (born in 1939), political scientist (assassinated)
1 August – Paris Pişmiş (born in 1911), astronomer
3 October – Mübeccel Göktuna (born in 1915) – founder of Women's Party

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Parliament