1999 in Turkey

Parliament

• 20th Parliament of Turkey
• 21st Parliament of Turkey

  Incumbents

• President – Süleyman Demirel
• Prime Minister –
• Leader of the opposition

  Ruling party and the main opposition

• Ruling party
• Main opposition

  Cabinet

• 55th government of Turkey
• 56th government of Turkey
• 57th government of Turkey

  Events

• 11 January – Bülent Ecevit formed a minority government
• 15–16 February – Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested in Kenya
• 18 April – The General election 85 seats. The oldest and most established party, the Republican People's Party
• 22 April – CHP president Deniz Baykal resigned
• 23 April – Altan Öymen was elected as the new president of CHP
• 2 May – Merve Kavakçı was protested in the parliament
• 30 May – Galatasaray won the championship of the Turkish football league
• 31 May – Abdullah Öcalan’s trial
• 17 August – The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
• 12 November – The 7.2 Düzce earthquake shook northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving 845–894 dead and 4,948 injured.
• 11 December – During the European Union summit in Helsinki, Turkey’s future membership was approved

  Deaths

• 11 January – Öztürk Serengil, actor
• 1 February – Barış Manço, singer
• 16 February – Necil Kazım Akses, composer
• 18 May – Hayrettin Erkmen, politician
• 20 June – Konca Kuriş, feminist writer
• 10 July – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, political scientist
• 1 August – Paris Pişmiş, astronomer
• 3 October – Mübeccel Göktuna – founder of Women's Party

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