1998 in Turkey

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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]
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), industrailist
27 June - Kerim Tekin (born in 1975), pop singer and actor
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