15 February – Doğan Güreş, chief of staff 28 February – Erol Taş, actor 6 June – Erdal İnönü, physics professor, politician 22 August – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, poet 5 September – Süleyman Seba longest presiding Chairman of Beşiktaş J.K. sports club 29 October – Necmettin Erbakan, prime minister (54th government of Turkey)