← 1981 1980 1979 1982 in Turkey → 1983 1984 1985
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1982 in Turkey.^[1]

Incumbents

• President – Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister – Bülent Ulusu

Ruling party

• Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

Cabinet

• 44th government of Turkey

Events

January

• 9 January – The flow direction of sea traffic in Bosporus was changed from left to right.^[2]
• 28 January – Turkish diplomat Kemal Arıkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Los Angeles.^[2]

April

• 8 April – Romanian–Turkish Economic Cooperation protocol signed.^[2]
• 10 April – Bülent Ecevit arrested for an article he wrote.^[2]
• 23 April The national broadcaster TRT broadcasts in color.
• 26 April – Second arrest of Ecevit, for a letter he wrote to a journalist.^[2]

May

• 4 May – Turkish diplomatic Orhan Gündüz was assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Boston.

June

• 2 June – Ecevit is acquitted of all charges relating to 10 April arrest.^[2]
• 7 June – Turkish diplomatic Erkut Akbay and his wife Nadide Akbay assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Lisbon.
• 13 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship^[3]

July

• 23 July – Turkey and Greece sign an accord.^[2]

August

• 4 August – NSC lifts some of the restrictions on political expression.^[2]
• 7 August – Armenian terrorists kill eight civilians in the Esenboğa International Airport attack.
• 27 August – Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.

September

• 9 September – Turkish diplomat in Bulgaria Bora Süelkan assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Burgas.

October

• 15 October – Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal wins the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

November

• 7 November: 91 percent approve the new constitution in a national referendum.^[2]
• 16 November: Prime Minister Bülend Ulusu and Soviet prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov meet in Moscow.^[2]
• 29 November: Turkey and United States plan improvements to ten airfields in Turkey.^[2]

December

• 15 December: Turkey and China sign an economic accord.^[2]

Births

• 16 January – Tuncay, footballer
• 4 March – Yasemin Mori, singer
• 12 August – Meryem Uzerli, actress
• 26 August – Gamze Özçelik, model and TV artist
• 11 September – Elvan Abeylegesse, track athlete
• 2 October – Esra Gümüş, volleyball player
• 2 November – Serkan Yalçın, footballer
• 8 December – Halil Altıntop and Hamit Altıntop, footballers

Deaths

• 28 January – Kemal Arıkan, consul (assassinated)
• 9 April – Turan Güneş (born 1922), politician
• 4 May – Orhan Gündüz, consul (assassinated)
• 22 May – Cevdet Sunay (born 1899), army general and politician
• 27 August – Atilla Altıkat (born 1937), military attaché (assassinated)
• 4 November – Burhan Felek (born 1899), journalist

Gallery

• 
  Kenan Evren
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  Turgut Özal
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  Tuncay
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  Sencer Sarı
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  Elvan Abeylegesse
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  Esra Gümüş
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  Serkan Yalçın
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  Halil Altıntop
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  Hamit Altıntop