Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.
Parliament
20th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents
President – Süleyman Demirel
Prime Minister – Mesut Yılmaz
Leader of the opposition –
Necmettin Erbakan (up to 16 January) Recai Kutan (from 14 May)
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party
Motherland Party (ANAP) with coalition partners Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Democrat Turkey Party (DTP) Main opposition Welfare Party (RP) (up to 16 January) Virtue Party (from 14 May)
Cabinet
55th government of Turkey
Events
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 27 June – The 6.3 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving at least 145 dead and 1,500–1,600 injured. 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." 6 November – High court deposed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the future prime minister, as İstanbul Mayor
Deaths
January
January 11 – Aydan Siyavuş, basketball coach and player (born 1947) January 12 – Sadi Koçaş, military officer and politician (born 1919) January 14 – Safiye Ayla, singer of Turkish classical music (born 1907)
February
March
March 16 - Pertev Naili Boratav, folklorist and researcher of folk literature (b. 1907) March 17 - Ecmel Kutay, general and 24th Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1927) March 19 - Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, visual artist and illustrator (b. 1904)
April
April 12 - Hanzade Osmanoğlu, Ottoman princess (b. 1923)
May
May 15 - Naim Talu, economist, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919) May 16 - Sevim Tanürek, singers of Turkish classical music (b. 1934)
June
June 26 - Hacı Sabancı, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
July
July 17 - Sedat Celasun, general and former General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (b. 1915) July 26 - Zeki Kuneralp, diplomat (b. 1914)
August
August 7 - Bekir Büyükarkın, poet and novelist (b. 1921) August 23 - Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, judge and former president Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1920) August 31 - Sabiha Gökçül Erbay, teacher and politician (b. 1900)
September
September 1 - Osman F. Seden, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1924) September 5 - Lütfü Aksoy, footballer (b. 1911) September 7 - Şaban Kartal, footballer (b. 1952) September 13 - Necdet Calp, civil servant and politician (b. 1922)
October
October 5 - Ahmet Uzel, composer (b. 1930)
November
November 8 - Erol Taş, actor Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1928)