← 1985 1984 1983 1986 in Turkey → 1987 1988 1989
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1986 in Turkey.^[1]

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.^[2]
• 9 May – Free Democratic Party founded.^[2]
• 16 May – True Path Party (DYP) forms parliamentary group.^[2]
• 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).^[2]

June

• 1 June – Beşiktaş wins the championship^[3]

August

• 15 August – Turkey bombs separatist enclaves in Northern Iraq.^[2]

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.^[2]

November

• 12 November – Tanju Çolak wins European Golden Shoe.
• 30 November – Free Democratic Party dissolves.^[2]

December

• 26 December – People’s Party established.^[2]
• 29 December – People’s Party dissolves.^[2]

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
• 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

Gallery

• 
  Kenan Evren
• 
  Turgut Özal
• 
  Nevin Yanıt
• 
  Işıl Alben
• 
  Mehmet Topal
• 
  Celal Bayar