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2024 in Turkey
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Individuals and events related to 2024 in Turkey.
Incumbents
[edit]| Office | Image | Name | Tenure / Current length |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | 
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 28 August 2014 |
| Vice President of Turkey | 
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Cevdet Yılmaz | 4 June 2023 |
| 30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | .jpg)
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Numan Kurtulmuş | 27 June 2023 |
| President of the Constitutional Court | Zühtü Arslan | 10 February 2015 | |
| Minister of National Defense | .jpg)
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Yaşar Güler | 4 June 2023 |
| Chief of the Turkish General Staff | 
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Metin Gürak | 3 August 2023 |
Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 13 January – Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria following an attack on Turkish soldiers in Iraq which killed nine.[1]
- 23 January – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey approves Sweden's NATO membership bid.[2]
- 25 January – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed and approved the proposal containing Sweden's accession protocol to NATO.[3]
- 28 January – 2024 Istanbul church shooting, one person killed and one other injured during a shooting by two armed terrorists at the Church of Santa Maria in Istanbul.[4]
February
[edit]- 1 February – A gunman takes seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, in an apparent protest against the war in Gaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed.[5]
- 6 February – Two Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front gunmen open fire outside the Istanbul Justice Palace, wounding six people, before being killed during a shootout with police.[6]
- 10 February – Gunmen open fire at a campaign event in the Küçükçekmece district municipality of Istanbul for AK Party mayoral candidate Aziz Yeniay, critically injuring one person. Seventeen people are arrested in connection with the attack.[7]
- 13 February – Nine miners are killed after a landslide near the Çöpler mine in İliç, Erzincan Province.[8][9]
- 25 February – Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing four alleged PKK members.[10]
March
[edit]- 5 March – One person is killed in Bursa Province following a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that had its epicenter in Çanakkale Province.[11]
- 15 March – A migrant boat sinks near Gökçeada in the Aegean Sea, killing 22 people including seven children. Two people are rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard off Eceabat, Çanakkale Province while two others manage to swim to shore.[12]
- 20–21 March – 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships at Antalya[13]
- 31 March –
- 2024 Turkish local elections[14]
- 2024 Istanbul mayoral election: Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as mayor of Istanbul.[15]
April
[edit]- 2 April:
- Gayrettepe nightclub fire – A fire at a nightclub in Beşiktaş, Istanbul kills at least 29 people.[16]
- Authorities annul the victory of DEM candidate Abdullah Zeydan in the mayoral election in Van and declare his rival from the AK Party the winner instead.[17] Following public uproar and an appeal from Zeydan, the Supreme Election Board reinstates him as the winner.[18]
- 12 April - One person is killed and seven others are injured after a cable car falls on rocky ground due to a collapsed pylon outside Antalya. The accident also leaves 184 people stranded across the entire cable car system.[19]
- 18 April - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Tokat Province, destroying several buildings there and in neighboring Yozgat Province.[20]
May
[edit]- 2 May – Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza, after previously suspending exports in a limited category of goods in April.[21]
- 6 May:
- The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents.[22]
- The Byzantine-era Chora church in Istanbul formally reopens to Muslim worshippers as a mosque.[23]
- 9 May – A Boeing 737 passenger aircraft belonging to Corendon Airlines makes an emergency landing at Gazipaşa–Alanya Airport after one of its tires bursts.[24]
- 13 May – President Erdoğan meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Ankara.[25]
- 17 May – President Erdoğan issues pardons to seven senior military officers who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018 for their role in the 1997 Turkish military memorandum that ousted Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan.[26]
- 26 May - Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured after a bus collides with three other vehicles in the Tarsus district near Mersin.[27]
- 31 May – Turkey launches drone strikes on Syrian Democratic Forces targets in Qamishli, Syria, killing four militants and injuring 11 civilians.[28]
June
[edit]- 2 June - One person is killed and eight others are injured after an apartment building collapses in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul.[29]
- 3 June - Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the DEM mayor of Hakkâri, is removed from office and arrested on suspicion of having links with the PKK.[30] He is sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment over the charges on 5 June.[31]
- 4 June - An SF-260D trainer aircraft of the Turkish Air Force crashes into farmland near Kayseri, killing its two pilots.[32]
- 21 June - 2024 Turkey wildfires – A crop fire in the border between Mardin and Diyarbakır Provinces leaves 11 people dead and ravages three settlements.[33]
- 28 June - The Financial Action Task Force removes Turkey from its "gray list" of countries not fully complying with measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.[34]
- 29 June to 7 July – 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup[35]
- 30 June:
July
[edit]- 1 July – Seven people are killed after anti-Turkish protests break out in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Turkey a day earlier.[38]
- 4 July – Germany summons Turkey's ambassador in Berlin in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at the UEFA Euro 2024.[39]
- 9 July – A life raft carrying migrants bound for Europe sinks off the coast of Çeşme after being reportedly pushed back by Greek authorities, killing seven people.[40]
- 29 July – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey approves a law aiming to euthanize a portion of the country's four million stray dogs, specifically targeting those that are sick or deemed aggressive.[41]
- 30 July –
- The Turkish defense ministry says that it targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 people.[42]
- Turkey and Armenia resume talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations and agree to simplify visa rules for some passport holders.[43]
August
[edit]- 1 August – 2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange: Twenty-six individuals are released from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in a prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia.[44]
- 2 August – Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.[45] The blockage is lifted on 10 August.[46]
- 7 August – Turkey files a petition at the International Court of Justice to join the South African-led lawsuit against Israel over genocide charges in the war in Gaza.[47]
- 9 August – An intercity bus traveling from İzmir to Ağrı crashes into an overpass pillar in Polatlı, Ankara Province, killing nine people and injuring 26 others.[48]
- 12 August – At least five people are injured in a knife attack at a mosque in Eskişehir. An 18-year old suspect is arrested.[49]
- 16 August – A brawl breaks out at the Grand National Assembly during a debate regarding the eligibility of imprisoned MP Can Atalay to assume his seat.[50]
- 18 August:
- 28 August – One person is killed and 38 others are injured, two of them seriously, when two Metrobus vehicles collide in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul.[53]
- 30 August – The Turkish Military Academy sees women cadets become valedictorians of the three service branches of the Turkish Armed Forces for the first time. However, an investigation is subsequently launched after around 400 cadets were found to have taken an unauthorized secularist oath at their graduation ceremony.[54]
September
[edit]- 2 September –
- Turkey formally applies to join the BRICS geopolitical bloc, citing the lack of progress in its accession to the European Union.[55]
- Fifteen members of the Youth Union of Turkey are arrested on suspicion of assaulting two US Navy personnel in Izmir.[56]
- 5 September – A Turkish drone strike kills three people, including a child, in Iraqi Kurdistan one day after a similar attack on a car in the region killed three people from the same family.[57]
- 6 September – Vistara Airlines Flight VTI027 going from Mumbai to Frankfurt makes an emergency landing at Erzurum Airport after receiving a bomb threat that turns out negative.[58]
- 9 September – The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces that a Turkish soldier was killed in clashes with the PKK in northern Iraq.[59]
October
[edit]- 16 October –
- Açık Radyo makes its final broadcast following a shutdown order from the Radio and Television Supreme Council on grounds of allegedly inciting hatred following comments made by a guest on the Armenian Genocide.[60]
- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Kale, Malatya, injuring at least 40 people across the east of the country.[61]
- 17 October – A bus carrying Japanese tourists crashes into a ditch in Afyonkarahisar Province, injuring 22 people.[62]
- 18 October – A bus overturns in Aksaray Province, killing six people and injuring 25 others.[63]
- 23 October – Five people are killed while 22 others are injured in a gun and bomb attack on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries in Kahramankazan, Ankara Province that is blamed on the PKK.[64] The two attackers are also killed.[65]
- 30 October – Ahmet Özer, the CHP mayor of Esenyurt, Istanbul Province, is arrested on suspicion of having links with the PKK.[66]
November
[edit]- 4 November – The DEM mayors of Batman, Mardin and Halfeti are dismissed on suspicion of having links with the PKK.[67]
- 5 November – At least 12 people are injured in an explosion and fire at an oil refinery of Tüpraş in Izmit.[68]
- 11 November – Former MKE Ankaragücü president Faruk Koca is convicted and sentenced to 3.5 years' imprisonment by a court in Ankara for assaulting a referee during a Süper Lig game in 2023.[69]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 10 April to 12 April – Ramazan Bayramı
- 23 April – Children's Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 19 May – Youth and Sports Day
- 16 June to 19 June – Kurban Bayramı
- 15 July – Democracy and National Unity Day
- 30 August – Victory Day
- 29 October – Republic Day
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- List of Turkish films of 2024
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Turkey
- List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of Turkish European Film Award winners and nominees
Deaths
[edit]- 4 January – Ayla Algan, 86, singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).[72]
- 20 October – Fethullah Gülen, 83, Islamic preacher.[73]
See also
[edit]- Outline of Turkey
- Index of Turkey-related articles
- List of Turkey-related topics
- History of Turkey
- Other events in 2024
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after 9 soldiers were killed". AP News. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Sariyuce, Isil; Gretener, Jessie; Wilson, Kristin (23 January 2024). "Turkish parliament approves Sweden's NATO membership bid". CNN. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, İsveç'in NATO üyeliği kararını onayladı" (in Turkish). ntv.com.tr. 25 January 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "2 masked assailants attack a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul and kill 1 person". AP News. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Staff (1 February 2024). "Procter & Gamble staff held hostage in Turkish factory freed in police raid". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Turkish police kill 2 attackers after assault on Istanbul court injures 6". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "17 people detained after attack at Istanbul election campaign event, official says". Associated Press. 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Mijnwerkers onder puin in goudmijn na aardverschuiving Turkije". nos.nl (in Dutch). 13 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "İliç'te beş işçinin daha cansız bedenine ulaşıldı". Diken (in Turkish). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "4 PKK terrorists 'neutralized' in northern Iraq". Hürriyet Daily News. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Moderate earthquake causes panic in western Turkey, leading to 1 death". Turkish Minute. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Migrant boat sinks off Turkish Aegean coast, killing at least 22 people". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "World Race Walking Team Championships" (Press release). World Athletics.org. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Alper Coşkun (1 June 2023). "Erdoğan's Next Fight". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Istanbul Mayor Race". The New York Times. 31 March 2024.
- ^ Zaman, Tanem; Alam, Hande Atay (2 April 2024). "Fire at Istanbul nightclub kills dozens during renovation work, state media says". CNN. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Turkey replaces Kurdish mayor with government candidate two days after vote". Euractiv. 3 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Turkey's top election authority restores newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor's right to hold office". Associated Press. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "One killed and 184 stranded midair after cable car collapses in Turkey". The Guardian. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "A magnitude 5.6 quake hits central Turkey, damaging some homes. No serious injuries are reported". Associated Press. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Jolly, Jasper (2 May 2024). "Turkey reportedly halts all trade with Israel over war in Gaza". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Turkey strikes northern Iraq from air, says it kills PKK members". Reuters. 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque". AP News. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Boeing 737: Plane skids off runway in Senegal, tyre bursts in Turkey". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Turkey's Erdogan meets Greek PM, sees 'no unsolvable problems' in ties". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Turkey's Erdogan pardons elderly generals imprisoned over 1997 'postmodern coup'". Associated Press. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Ten dead, 39 injured in southern Turkey highway collision". Reuters. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Turkish drone strikes in Syria kill 4 U.S.-backed fighters, wound 11 civilians, Kurdish group says". Associated Press. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "1 dead and 8 injured in Istanbul apartment building collapse". Associated Press. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor". Associated Press. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Erdoğan defends dismissal, sentencing of Hakkari mayor". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "A military training plane crashes in central Turkey, killing its 2 pilots". Associated Press. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "A fire that spread through settlements in Turkey left 11 dead. Greece evacuates villages for safety". Associated Press. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Turkey welcomes removal from a key money-laundering watchlist, hoping to boost foreign investment". Associated Press. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "U17 and U19 Youth World Cups hosts confirmed for 2024–2027". FIBA. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "A propane tank explosion in western Turkey has killed 5 people and injured 63 others". Associated Press. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkey's president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts". Associated Press. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Seven protesters killed in north Syria clashes with Turkish forces: new toll". Associated Press. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Schmidt, Nadine (4 July 2024). "Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024". CNN. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Migrant raft crashes into rocks and sinks off Turkish coast, killing 7. Nineteen others are rescued". Associated Press. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkey approves controversial stray dog cull". South China Morning Post. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkey says it killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq". Reuters. 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Turkey, Armenia make progress in normalization talks". 30 July 2024.
- ^ Troianovski, Anton; Mazzetti, Mark; Hubbard, Ben (1 August 2024). "Russia Releases Evan Gershkovich in Sweeping Prisoner Swap, Turkish Officials Say". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Turkey blocks access to Instagram platform but gives no reason". Reuters. 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Turkey suddenly reinstates access to Instagram after more than a week". Associated Press. 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court". Associated Press. 7 August 2024.
- ^ "A bus crashes into a pillar of an overpass in Turkey, killing 9 people and injuring 26 others". Associated Press. 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Turkey arrests teenager for stabbing attack at mosque". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Lawmakers in Turkey draw blood in brawl during debate on jailed colleague". Associated Press. 16 August 2024.
- ^ "From paradise to hell: Aegean village stunned after Turkey fire". France 24. 18 August 2024.
- ^ "1 Israeli Arab killed and 2 wounded in a shooting on a street in Istanbul". Associated Press. 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Küçükçekmece'de metrobüsler çarpıştı: 1 ölü, 53 yaralı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Turkish president vows to 'purge' military graduates who took a pro-secular oath". Associated Press. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Turkey Bids to Join BRICS in Push to Build Alliances Beyond West". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Turkey detains 15 members of anti-American youth group for assaulting 2 US servicemen". Associated Press. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Drone Strike Kills 3 In Iraq's Kurdish Region: Official". Barron's. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Bomb threat forces Vistara airline plane en route to Frankfurt to land in Turkey". Associated Press. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Turkish soldier killed in clashes with PKK terrorists in Iraq". Daily Sabah. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Turkey shuts down radio station in Armenia genocide row". France 24. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "An earthquake measuring 5.9 hits eastern Turkey, causing panic but no major damage". Associated Press. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Bus carrying Japanese tourists crashes in Turkey. 22 people are injured". Associated Press. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Six dead, 25 injured in Turkey bus accident". eKathimerini. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "At least five killed in attack on aerospace firm near Turkey's Ankara". Al Jazeera. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Turkey: Kurdish militant group behind attack on aerospace firm". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Mayor from Turkey's main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants". Associated Press. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish mayors for 'terror ties'". France 24. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Explosion at Turkish oil refinery injures 12". Associated Press. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee". Associated Press. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Turkey Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Turkey Public Holidays 2024". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Tiyatro sanatçısı Ayla Algan vefat etti". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of Turkey coup attempt, dies at 83". Al Jazeera. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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