2016 in Turkey

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Turkey.

Incumbents

President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoğlu (until 24 May), Binali Yıldırım (from 24 May)
Speaker: İsmail Kahraman

Events

Purges in Turkey (2016–present), 16 July 2016–current
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present), 24 July 2015–current
Turkey–ISIL conflict, 11 May 2013–current

January

12 January – At least ten people were killed and 15 were injured following an explosion in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square. A suicide bomber was reported to be responsible.^[1]^[2]^[3]
14 January – PKK rebels bombed police headquarters in Cinar, Diyarbakır, killing five people and injuring another 39.^[4]
27 January – .istanbul and .ist begin to be used as domain names on the Internet.
30 January – Bakırköy; Picasso's previously stolen painting "Naked Woman Scanning" is recovered by police in Istanbul.^[5]

February

Ceremonies street, the bomb attack in Ankara. An attack by a suicide bomber.

17 February – 28 people were killed in a car bombing in Ankara.

March

4 March – The Turkish government seized control of the Zaman newspaper.
13 March – 37 people were killed in a car bombing in Ankara.^[6]
19 March – 5 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Istanbul.

April

10 April – Vodafone Arena was opened.
23 - 30 October – the international exhibition organization Expo 2016 was held in Antalya.

May

1 May – May 2016 Gaziantep bombing

June

7 June – A bomb attack occurs in Istanbul's Fatih district by ISIS.
17 June - The Istanbul government bans pride marches in Istanbul.^[7]^[8]
28 June – 2016 Atatürk Airport attack by ISIS.

July

View of Osman Gazi Bridge

15 July failed coup d'état attempt democracy protests, Kızılay Square.

1 July – The world's fourth longest span suspension bridge, the Osman Gazi Bridge was opened to service.
15 July – 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
19 July – Turkey has made a formal request to the U.S. for the extradition of Gülen movement leader Fethullah Gülen.^[9]

August

24 August – Turkey has launched a cross border operation with Jarabulus under the code name "Operation Euphrates Shield". The region was cleared by ISIS and handed over to the Syrian National Army.
27 August – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge opened to service.
29 August – The Loud House (Gürültü Ailesi) subsequently premieres on Nickelodeon HD CEE.

October

5 October – 9 October – 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul.

Deaths

January

January 2 – Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, Turkish soldier (born 1928)
January 3 – Halis Toprak, a Turkish businessman
January 4 – Sedat Üründül, Turkish businessman
January 5 – Önol Şakar, Turkish politician
January 7 – Remzi Evren, Turkish cinematographer
January 14 – Şefik Döğen, Turkish actor
January 21 – Mustafa Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman (born 1960)
January 22 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (born 1940)

February

February 23 – Tosun Terzioğlu, Former President of TÜBİTAK (born 1942)

April

April 20 – Attila Özdemiroğlu, Turkish composer and singer (born 1943)

May

May 15 – Oya Aydoğan, Turkish cinematographer (d 1957)

July

July 7 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish Football Player and Former Technical Director (born 1932)
July 15 – Nevzat Yalçıntaş, economist, academic and politician (born 1933)
July 25 – Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian, history professor (born 1916)

August

August 23 – İsrafil Köse, Turkish actress (born 1970)
August 29 – Vedat Türkali, Turkish writer (born 1919)
August 30 – Naşide Göktürk, Turkish composer, writer and commentator (born 1965)

September

September 8 – Arif Ahmet Denizolgun, 55. Minister of Transport of the Turkish Government (born 1955)
September 16 – Tarık Akan, Turkish cinema and serial player (born 1949)

October

October 12 – Kemal Unakıtan – Turkish politician (born 1946)
October 20 – Altemur Kılıç – Turkish journalist and writer (born 1924)
October 26 – Nail Güreli – Turkish journalist and writer (born 1932)

November

November 2 – Korkut Özal, Turkish politician (born 1929)
November 2 – Gönül Ülkü Özcan, Turkish cinema theater and series player (born 1931)
November 2 – Mete Akyol, Turkish journalist (born 1935)
November 30 – Erdal Tosun – Turkish actor (born 1963)

December

December 18 – Süleyman Yalçın – physician and conservative thinker (born 1926)

See also

References

^ "At least 10 dead in Istanbul suicide blast blamed on ISIL". 9news.com. 13 January 2016.
^ "Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district". BBC. 12 January 2016.
^ "Explosion rocks central Istanbul square". Sky News. Reuters. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Turkey police headquarters hit by fatal car bomb attack". The Guardian. 14 January 2016.
^ "Turkey police recover stolen Picasso in Istanbul". 30 January 2016.
^ "Turkey explosion: Ankara car bomb kills at least 32". BBC. 13 March 2016.
^ "Turkey bans Istanbul gay pride due to 'security fears'".
^ "Istanbul authorities ban transgender and gay pride marches". TheGuardian.com. 17 June 2016.
^ "Turkey demands extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen from U.S." USA Today. 19 July 2016.

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