2015 in Turkey
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The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 6 – A suicide bomber kills two people in an attack on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.[1]
April
- April 24, 25 – The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign was commemorated in Çanakkale and Istanbul.
June
- June 7 – 24th General election was held to elect the 550 new members of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.[2]
July
- July 20 – 2015 Suruç bombing
October
- October 10 – 2015 Ankara bombings
November
- November 15, 16 – The tenth G20 summit was held in Antalya.[3]
Deaths
January
- January 4 - Neşe Aybey, miniaturist (b. 1930)
February
- February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, classical music performer (b. 1918)
- February 14 - Beria Onger, feminist activist and writer (b. 1921)
- February 16 - Fikret Şeneş, songwriter (b. 1921)
- February 18 - Asuman Baytop, botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator (b. 1920)
- February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist (b. 1923) [4]
March
- March 16 - Nazmi Yükselen, singer, songwriter and folk music composer (b. 1926)
- March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
- March 29 - Ayla Arslancan, actress (b. 1936)
April
- April 1 - Muzaffer Tekin, military officer (b. 1950)
- April 3 - Kayahan, singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
- April 19 - Oktay Sinanoğlu, physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (b. 1935)
- April 22 - Şevket Müftügil, judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1917)
May
- May 8 - Zeki Alasya, actor (b. 1943)
- May 9 - Kenan Evren, politician, military officer, former Chief of the Turkish General Staff and 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
- May 14 - Aysel Ekşi, psychiatrist and professor (b. 1934)
- May 31 - Behiye Aksoy, singer (b. 1933)
June
- June 5 - Sadun Boro, amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing (b. 1928)
- June 2 - Besim Üstünel, economics, politician (b. 1927)
- June 12 - Sümer Tilmaç, actor (b. 1948)
- June 17
- Süleyman Demirel, politician, engineer, 12th Prime Minister of Turkey and 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
- Başar Sabuncu, director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b. 1943)
- June 29 - Osman Necmi Gürmen, novelist (b. 1927)
July
- July 9 - Tahsin Şahinkaya, Air Force general and former Commander of the Turkish Air Force (b. 1925)
August
- August 5 – Nuri Ok, judge (b. 1942)
- August 9 – Fikret Otyam, painter and journalist (b. 1926)
- August 19 – Fikri Alican, scientist and physician (b. 1929)
September
- September 24 – Uğur Dağdelen, footballer (b. 1973)
October
- October 5 – Tomris İncer, actress (b. 1948)
- October 12 – Levent Kırca, comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician (b. 1950)
- October 16 – Memduh Ün, film producer, director, actor and screenwrite (b. 1920)
- October 22
- Çetin Altan, writer and journalist (b. 1927)
- Yılmaz Köksal, actor (b. 1939)
- October 30 – Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight professional boxer (b. 1974)
November
- November 3 – Semih Özmert, judge (b. 1921)
- November 4 – Gülten Akın, poet (b. 1933)
- November 21 – Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, politician (b. 1927)
- November 23 – Kâmran İnan, diplomat, scholar and politician (b. 1929)
December
- December 23
- Nimet Özgüç, archaeologist (b. 1916)
- Bülend Ulusu, admiral and 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923) [5]
- December 27 – Hüseyin Başaran, sports commentator (b. 1958)
See also
References
- ^ "Suicide Bomber in Istanbul Kills Officer at Police Station". The New York Times. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Turkish election calendar revealed". Anadolu Agency. 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ^ "Introduction to the G20". Heinrich Böll Stiftung. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Efsane yazar Yaşar Kemal'i kaybettik".
- ^ "Biyografi.net".