Events in the year 1985 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, Istanbul, 1998, pp. 326–334
Parliament 17th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kenan Evren Prime Minister – Turgut Özal Leader of the opposition – 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 45th government of Turkey
Events January 1 January – Value added tax (KDV) introduced.
February 13 February – National Salvation Party leaders are acquitted. 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.
June 2 June – Fenerbahçe wins the championship.Mackolik page
July 9 July – State visit of Helmut Kohl, chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany.
October 20 October – Census (population 50,664,45)
November 3 November – Populist Party and Social Democracy Party merge to form Social Democratic Populist Party. 7 November – Heavy rainfall in Istanbul 14 November – Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, founds Democratic Left Party (DSP). 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
See also Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 1984–85 1.Lig
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