• Events in the year 1979 in Turkey. 16th Parliament of Turkey President – Fahri Korutürk Prime Minister – Bülent Ecevit (up to 12 November) Süleyman Demirel...
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    Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast...
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    Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. The Turkish participant broadcaster in the contest is Türkiye...
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    1979 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1979. 1979 (MCMLXXIX)...
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    Ruhollah Khomeini's life in exile was the period that Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini spent from 1964 to 1979 in Turkey, Iraq and France, after Mohamed...
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    In Turkey, secularism or laicism (see laïcité) was first introduced with the 1928 amendment of the Constitution of 1924, which removed the provision declaring...
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    Elections in Turkey are held for six functions of government: presidential elections (national), parliamentary elections (national), municipality mayors...
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    practiced religion in Turkey. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. The established presence of Islam in the region that...
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  • The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: March 2 – Buena Vista...
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  • held in Turkey on 14 October 1979, with one-third of the 150 seats elected. They were the last elections to the Senate, which was abolished in 1982....
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  • A list of films produced in Turkey in 1979 (see 1979 in film): 1979 in Turkey...
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    Christianity in Turkey has a long history dating back to the early origins of Christianity in Asia Minor during the 1st century AD. In modern times the...
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    Censorship in Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to Article...
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    Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1979 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December...
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  • Statistics of the Turkish First Football League in season 1979/1980. It was contested by 16 teams, and Trabzonspor won the championship. The top goal scorer...
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    Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964...
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  • Pornography in Turkey has been produced since the 1970s. In fact, Turkey remains just one of two Middle Eastern countries (or Middle Eastern adjacent countries)...
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  • Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 25 to 28 percent of the population. Historically, in the...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents, though the overall...
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  • Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (category Children of presidents of Turkey)
    (born 5 July 1979) is a Turkish businessman, the owner of MB Denizcilik, and the eldest son of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey. Ahmet Burak...
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    occurred in Turkey, beginning with the Turkish War of Independence and the consequent transition from the Ottoman Empire to the modern Turkish state and...
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    party to another, until 1979, when Demirel once again became prime minister. Unprecedented political violence erupted in Turkey in the late 1970s. The overall...
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    Turkish people or Turks (Turkish: Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey...
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    On December 23, 1979, a Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 airliner, registration TC-JAT, named Trabzon, on a domestic passenger flight from...
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    The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae...
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    "Turkey in the Straw" A recording of "Turkey in the Straw" by Grant Raymond Barrett in 2005 "Chicken Reel/Turkey in the Straw medley" "Chicken Reel/Turkey...
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    Turkey has had many earthquakes. This list includes any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or...
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  • 1988), Irish hurler Turkey Smart (1830–1919), British champion speed skater Turkey Stearnes (1901–1979), American baseball player in the Negro leagues This...
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    Workers' Party insurgency is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, as well as its allied insurgent groups...
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  • Armenians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Ermenileri; Armenian: Թուրքահայեր or Թրքահայեր, T’urk’ahayer lit. 'Turkish Armenians'), one of the indigenous peoples...
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