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Events in the year 1985 in Turkey.[1]
Parliament
Incumbents
- Necdet Calp (up to 27 June)
- Aydın Güven Gürkan (from 27 June)
Ruling party and the main opposition
- Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP)
- Main opposition
- People’s Party (HP) (up to 3 November)
- Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (from 3 November)
Cabinet
Events
January
- 1 January – Value added tax (KDV) introduced.
February
- 13 February – National Salvation Party leaders are acquitted.[2]
- 26 February – Tarık Akan's Pehlivan wins honorable mention in 35th Berlin International Film Festival.
March
- 12 March – Armenian terrorists attack the Turkish embassy in Ottawa.
April
- 2 April – Prime Minister Turgut Özal meets President Ronald Reagan.[2]
June
- 2 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship.[3]
July
- 9 July – State visit of Helmut Kohl, chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany.[2]
October
- 20 October – Census (population 50,664,45)
November
- 3 November – Populist Party and Social Democracy Party merge to form Social Democratic Populist Party.[2]
- 7 November – Heavy rainfall in Istanbul
- 14 November – Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, founds Democratic Left Party (DSP).[2]
- 18 November – Rahşan Ecevit elected as the chairperson of Democratic Left Party (DSP).
Births
- 12 March – Binnaz Uslu, middle distance runner
- 13 March – Taner Sağır, weightlifter
- 23 April – Emrah Keskin, singer and winner of Türkstar
- 17 August – Sema Apak, short distance runner
- 5 November – Pınar Saka, sprinter
Deaths
- 20 September – Ruhi Su (born in 1912), folk singer
- 7 October – Cemal Reşit Rey (born in 1904), composer
- 24 November – Sinan Alaağaç (born 1960), footballer (goalkeeper)
- 29 November – Afet İnan (born in 1908), academic (Atatürk's adoptive daughter)
Gallery
Kenan Evren
Turgut Özal
Binnaz Uslu
Ruhi Su
See also
References
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