1991 in Turkey

Parliament

• 18th Parliament of Turkey
• 19th Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Turgut Özal
• Prime Minister –
• Leader of the opposition –

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party –
• Main opposition-

  Cabinet

• 47th government of Turkey
• 48th government of Turkey
• 49th government of Turkey

  Events

• 5 January – Prime minister Yıldırım Akbulut met with the coal mine workers who were on strike.
• 1 April – A tent city in Hakkari Province for Iraqi refugees was founded
• 8 April – It was announced that the number of refugees in Turkey was 300000
• 30 April – A sharp raise in government controlled commodity prices
• 19 May – Beşiktaş won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 9 June – Socialist International summit in İstanbul sponsored by SHP
• 23 June – After the party congress of ANAP Yıldırım Akbulut was replaced by Mesut Yılmaz in the government
• 6 July – Lale Aytaman was appointed as the Muğla Province governor. She was the first female governor
• 7 August – Compulsory education term was increased from 5 years to 8 years.
• 28 August – 52 deaths in an international bus accident in Ağrı Province
• 20 October – General elections
• 20 November – First coalition government of Turkey after 1980 period
• 5 December – An assassination attempt to Doğan Güreş the chief of staff

  Births

• 3 January – Özgür Çek, footballer
• 30 January – Arzu Karabulut, female footballer
• 24 February – Semih Kaya, footballer
• 1 March – Berkan Afşarlı, footballer
• 1 March – Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş, female yacht racer
• 8 April – Alper Potuk, footballer
• 14 April – Melisa Aslı Pamuk, model
• 3 July – Ezgi Çağlar, female footballer
• 5 July – Günay Güvenç, footballer
• 13 September – Noyan Öz, footballer
• 17 September – Ali Gökdemir, footballer
• 27 October – Hüseyin Atalay, footballer
• 11 December – Alper Uludağ, footballer

  Deaths

• 6 January – Adnan Saygun, musician
• 21 March – Vedat Dalokay, architect
• 22 April – Feriha Tevfik, first beauty pageant of Turkey
• 23 May – Kemal Satır MD, politician
• 2 June – Ahmet Arif, poet
• 6 June – Adnan Süvari, football coach
• 5 September – Fahrelnissa Zeid, painter
• 13 September – Metin Oktay footballer
• 13 October – Adnan Ersöz, general

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