Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 335–345
Parliament 17th Parliament of Turkey
Incumbents President – Kenan Evren Prime Minister – Turgut Özal Leader of the opposition – Aydın Güven Gürkan (up to 30 May) Erdal İnönü (from 30 May)
Ruling party and the main opposition Ruling party – Motherland Party (ANAP) Main opposition – Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Cabinet 45th government of Turkey
Events May 4 May – Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) is dissolved. 9 May – Free Democratic Party founded. 16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group. 16 May – Eyüp Can wins bronze at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, United States 30 May – Erdal Inönü elected chairman of Social Democratic Populist Party (SDPP).
June 1 June – Beşiktaş wins the championshipMackolik page
August 15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.
September 6 September – 22 die in the terror attack to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul.
October 6 October – TRT 2, the second TV channel, starts airing. 24 October – Construction starts on Soviet natural gas pipeline.
November 12 November – Tanju Çolak wins European Golden Shoe. 30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.
December 26 December – People’s Party established. 29 December – People’s Party dissolves.
Births 9 February – Azize Tanrıkulu, taekwondo athlete 16 February – Nevin Yanıt, sprinter 22 February – Işıl Alben, basketball player 23 February – Serhat Çetin, basketball player 3 March – Mehmet Topal, footballer 1 April - Özge Özpirinçci, actress 4 June – Tolgahan Acar, footballer 25 June – Seda Tokatlıoğlu, volleyball player 16 September – Resul Tekeli, basketball player
Deaths 9 January – Nurullah Berk (born 1906), painter 10 January – Celal Yardımcı (born 1911), politician 7 May – Haldun Taner (born 1915), writer 28 May – Edip Cansever, (born 1928), poet 22 August – Celal Bayar (born 1883), former president
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See also Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 1985–86 1.Lig
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