Events in the year 1988 in Turkey.[1]
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January
- 11 January – Turkey signs Council of Europe’s convention on “Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.”[2]
- 25 January – Turkey signs United Nations’ international convention against inhuman treatment and torture.[2]
February
- 1 February – Socialist Party founded.[2]
- 28 February – First heart transplant in Turkey (Ankara University)
July
- 3 July – Second bridge over the Bosporus opens.
- 12 July – State visit of Evren to Great Britain.[2]
December
- 3 December – Council of Higher Education, the highest body of Turkish universities, lifts ban against Islamic-style head scarves for female university students.[2]
- 8 December – Constitutional Court rejects request by chief prosecutor to close down Socialist Party.[2]
- 16 December – State visit of Turgut Özal to the United States.[2]
- 5 January – Ziya Erdal, footballer
- 8 January – Burcu Erbaş, basketball player
- 2 February – Turgut Doğan Şahin, footballer
- 10 April – Özgürcan Özcan, footballer
- 1 May – Tuğçe Şahutoğlu, hammer thrower
- 11 May – Tuğçe Hocaoğlu, volleyball player
- 31 May – Didem Ege, volleyball player
- 8 June – Begüm Dalgalar – basketball player
- 13 July – Neriman Özsoy, volleyball player
- 7 September – Yağmur Koçyiğit, volleyball player
- 26 September – Servet Tazegül, taekwondo practitioner
- 28 September – Bahar Çağlar, basketball player
- 15 October – Mesut Özil, footballer
- 8 January – Duygu Aykal (born 1943), ballerina
- 21 January – Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (born 1906), lawyer, politician and journalist
- 24 March – Turhan Feyzioğlu (born 1922), lawyer, politician
- 18 April – Oktay Rifat (born 1914), novelist
- 1 May – Altan Erbulak (born 1929), caricaturist, theatre actor
- 31 May – Lütfi Akadlı (born 1902), lawyer
- 3 September – Ferit Melen (born 1906), former prime minister (35th government of Turkey)
- 29 September – Sıtkı Yırcalı (born 1908), politician
Kenan Evren
Bülent Ecevit
Suat Atalık
Ziya Erdal
Turgut Doğan Şahin
Tuğçe Hocaoğlu
Neriman Özsoy
Yağmur Koçyiğit
Bahar Çağlar
Bahar Kızıl
Mesut Özil
Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp. 355–366
Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.