Events in the year 1983 in Turkey.
Parliament
17th Parliament of Turkey (from 6 November)
Incumbents
President – Kenan Evren
Prime Minister –
Bülent Ulusu (up to 13 December) Turgut Özal (from 13 December) Leader of the opposition – Necdet Calp (from 13 December)
Ruling party and the main opposition
Ruling party
(Technocrat government) (up to 13 December) Motherland Party (ANAP) (from 13 December) Main opposition – People’s Party (HP) (from 13 December)
Cabinet
44th government of Turkey (up to 13 December) 45th government of Turkey (from 13 December)
Events
January
16 January – Turkish Airlines Flight 158, catches fire, resulting in 45 deaths. 28 January – Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe considers expulsion of Turkey because of alleged human rights violations.
March
2 March – Free trade zones created in Aliağa, Antalya and Yumurtalık. 7 March – Mining accident in Zonguldak results in 79 deaths. 9 March – Turkish diplomat Galip Balkar was assassinated by Armenian terrorists.
April
24 April – Ban on political activities lifted.
May
4 May – Doğu Perinçek is sentenced to 12 years in prison. 16 May – Nationalist Democracy Party founded. 19 May – Populist Party formed. 20 May – Turgut Özal forms Motherland Party. 20 May – Great Turkey Party founded. 26 May – Social Democracy Party (SODEP) was founded 29 May – Professor Erdal İnönü founds Social Democracy Party. 31 May – Military administration closes down Grand the Turkey Party.
June
1 June – BTP closed by the military rulers. Süleyman Demirel, former prime minister as well as other politicians of the former Justice Party and Republican People's Party were arrested 23 June – True Path Party founded.
July
5 July – 1983 Biga earthquake
7 July – National Security Council vetoes 30 founders of True Path Party. 14 July – Turkish diplomat Dursun Aksoy assassinated by Armenian terrorists. 15 July – Armenian terrorists bomb the Turkish Airlines check-in counter in Paris, resulting in 7 deaths.
August
24 August – Motherland Party receives permission to participate in 6 November elections. 24 August – TPP and SDP are disqualified from taking part in the elections.
October
30 October 1983 Erzurum earthquake with the moment magnitude of 6.6 results in 1,342 deaths.
November
2 November – First successful kidney transplantation in Istanbul. 6 November – MP wins elections by majority. 15 November – Turkey recognizes Northern Cyprus.
December
13 December – First civilian government after the coup of 1980. 18 December – Erdal İnönü replaces Cezmi Kartay as the chairman of SODEP.
Births
16 June – Naz Elmas, actress
29 August – Saadet Aksoy, actress
10 October – Tolga Zengin, footballer
29 October – Nurcan Taylan, weight lifter
9 December – Neslihan Demir volleyball player
Deaths
8 January – Hüseyin Alp (born 1935), basketball player
19 January – Muhittin Taylan, (born 1910) chief of constitutional court and one time candidate of presidency 9 March – Galip Balkar (born 1836), ambassador (assassinated) 24 May – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (born 1904), poet 28 May – Çiğdem Talu (born 1939), music lyricist 2 September – Feri Cansel (born 1944), actress (killed) 10 October – Salise Abanozoğlu (born 1904), teacher and politician 9 November – Rüştü Erdelhun (born 1894), army general