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History of Turkey
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| | 1923 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| 30th Oct Istanbul Appointed President of Turkey, 2nd term |
| 1950 | Menderes, Adnan | |
| Wins the Election as leader of the Democratic Party |
| 1982 | Evren, Kenan | |
| Wins the Presidential election |
| 7th Nov Evren installed himself as President of Republic of Turkey on with the 90% approval of the new constitution that was submitted to a public referendum |
| 1991 | Ciller, Tansu | |
| Oct Elected to Parliament |
| 1991 | Demirel, Suleyman | |
| The DYP wins a small majority |
| 1995 | Ciller, Tansu | |
| 26th Dec Turkey's Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party |
| 1995 | Erbakan, Necmettin | |
| The Welfare Party wins 21% of the vote |
| 1996 | Ciller, Tansu | |
| Mar The DYP win 19% of the vote, 2% less than the winning Islamist Welfare Party |
| 1999 | Baykal, Deniz | |
| The CHP wins 8.7% of the votes |
| 1999 | Ciller, Tansu | |
| The DYP becomes the 5th party in Turkey with 12% of the votes |
| 2002 | Gul, Abdullah | |
| Nov The Islamist based Justice & Development party wins a landslide victory |
| 2004 | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | |
| In the local elections of 2004, the AKP wins an unprecedented 42% of the valid votes |
| 2007 | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | |
| 22nd July Overall, the AKP secures a plurality of votes in 68 of Turkey's 81 provinces, with its strongest vote of 71% coming from Bing”l |
| 22nd July The AKP achieves a landslide victory in the rescheduled July 22 2007 elections with 46.6% of the vote, translating into control of 341 of the 550 available parliamentary seats |
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