← 1980 1979 1978 1981 in Turkey → 1982 1983 1984
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year1981 in Turkey.^[1]

• President –Kenan Evren
• Prime Minister –Bülent Ulusu

• Ruling party – (Technocrat government)

• 44th government of Turkey

• 17 January – Cargo shipDeniz Sönmez sinks nearCrete, resulting in 32 fatalities.

• 4 March –Two Turkish diplomats assassinated byArmenian terrorists.^[2]

• 13 May – Assassination attempt onJohn Paul II byMehmet Ali Ağca
• 24 May –Trabzonspor won the championship of theTurkish football league^[3]

• 27 July –Turkey electsstate artists for the first time.

• 16 October –NSC dissolves all political parties.^[2]
• 23 October – Consultative Assembly inaugurated.

• 3 November – 3 November – Former prime ministerBülent Ecevit receives prison sentence for making political statements.^[2]
• 30 November – Ministry of Culture merges with theMinistry of Tourism.^[2]

• 10 January –Mert Fırat, actor
• 17 February –Songül Öden
• 34 March –Aysun Kayacı, model
• 27 October –Volkan Demirel, footballer
• 20 November –İbrahim Toraman, footballer

• 4 March – Reşat Moralı and Tecelli Arı (assassinated)
• 18 March –Cahide Sonku (born in 1919), artist
• 27 April –Münir Nurettin Selçuk, singer
• 18 May –Fuat Sirmen (born in 1899), former speaker of the parliament
• 26 December –Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (born in 1903), former prime minister (29th government of Turkey)

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  Kenan Evren
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  Bülent Ecevit
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  Songül Öden
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  Volkan Demirel
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  İbrahim Toraman
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  Fuat Sirmen
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  Suat Hayri Ürgüplü

• 1980–81 1.Lig
• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

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