Events in the year 1979 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 282–292
Parliament 16th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Fahri Korutürk Prime Minister – Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 November) Süleyman Demirel (from 12 November) Leader of the opposition – Süleyman Demirel (up to 12 November) Bülent Ecevit (from 12 November)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party Republican People's Party (CHP) (up to 12 November) Justice Party (AP) (from 12 November) Main opposition Justice Party (AP) (up to 12 November) Republican People's Party (CHP) (from 12 November)
Cabinet 42nd government of Turkey (up to 12 November) 43rd government of Turkey (from 12 November)
Events February 1 February 1979 – Abdi İpekçi is assassinated.
March 3 March – Sürü wins Best Film in the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. 15 March – Turkey withdraws from CENTO. 29 March – U.S. Congress approves $200,000,000 in military aid.
April 12 April – U.S. serviceman killed in İzmir.
May 24 May – First local airplane in Kayseri is operational.
June 3 June – Trabzonspor wins the championship. 15 June – Turkish and Greek officials commence talks on Cyprus
July 10 July – Mehmet Ali Ağca, charged with the murder of Abdi İpekçi, is arrested. 13 July – A Palestinian group raids the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara.
August 8 August – Students at the opening ceremony of Middle East Technical University sing The Internationale instead of the Turkish national anthem.
October 5 October – A permanent Palestine Liberation Organization office opens in Ankara. 14 October – The ruling party CHP is defeated in the general election.
November 20 November – Deputy dean of Istanbul University, Ümit Doğanay, is killed by terrorists. 25 November – Mehmet Ali Ağca escapes from prison.
Births 1 January – Ibrahim Benli, Danish politician 15 April – Nezihe Kalkan (Nez), singer 23 April – Bengü Erden (Bengü) singer 2 May – Yasemin Dalkılıç, female free diver 29 June – Barış Akarsu, singer (died in 2007)
Deaths 1 February – Abdi İpekçi (assassinated at age 49), journalist 29 April – Muhsin Ertuğrul (aged 54), theatre actor 16 June – Ayhan Işık (aged 50), movie actor 12 September – Agop Dilaçar (aged 84), Turkish linguist of Armenian descent 28 September – Cevat Yurdakul (assassinated at age 37), prosecutor and police chief of Adana
Gallery
See also 1978–79 1.Lig List of Turkish films of 1979
References