The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

: Abdullah Gül (until 28 August),

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...

(starting 28 August) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

(until 28 August), Ahmet Davutoğlu (starting 28 August)

Events

January

* 3 January – Turkish lira falls on world currency markets following moves by Central Bank to halt capital flight and strong criticism by Prime Minister Erdogan. * 20 January – Two car bombs kill at least 16 people in an attack on a border post on the Turkish-

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n border. * 28 January –

Turkish lira The lira ( tr, Türk lirası; sign: ₺; ISO 4217 code: TRY; abbreviation: TL) is the official currency of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. One lira is divided into one hundred ''kuruş''. History Ottoman lira (1844–1923) The lira, along with t ...

and other emerging market currencies fall further, despite doubling of interest rate by Central Bank.

February

* 7 February – A plane is forced to land in Turkey following a bomb threat from a passenger on board a flight from

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

resume between Turkish and Greek governments.

May

* 13 May – an underground coal fire at a mine in Soma, Manisa, killing 301 people. * 24 May – The 6.9 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). Three hundred and twenty-four were injured.

June

* 8 June – Turkey starts work on huge

Istanbul Airport Istanbul Airport ( tr, İstanbul Havalimanı, ) is the main international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy (district), Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. All scheduled Commercial aviation, ...

August

* 10 August – Turkey's Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of

2014 Turkish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 10 August 2014 in order to elect the 12th President. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected outright with an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, making a scheduled run-off for ...

. Erdoğan's presidential win.

October

*10 October – 36 killed during mass protests across Turkey in protests over Ankara's policies towards the ISIL.

November

* 1 November – Turkey breaks from its policy of preventing Kurdish fighters from entering

and allows 150 Iraqi Peshmerga to cross into Kobani. * 3 November – A small boat carrying asylum seekers sinks in the Black Sea near Istanbul resulting in at least 21 deaths. * 28 November –

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

visits Turkey, calling for interfaith dialogue and an end to

Islamic extremism Islamic extremism, Islamist extremism, or radical Islam, is used in reference to extremist beliefs and behaviors which are associated with the Islamic religion. These are controversial terms with varying definitions, ranging from academic unde ...

, and meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and

Bartholomew I of Constantinople Bartholomew I ( el, Βαρθολομαῖος Αʹ, , tr, I. Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the ''pr ...

December

* 1 December –

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abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

due to

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey.

Deaths

* 8 January –

Selçuk Uluergüven Selçuk Uluergüven (1 January 1941 – 8 January 2014) was a Turkish people, Turkish actor. Career In 1962, Seçuk Uluergüven began his theatre career at Meydan Stage in Ankara. In the following years, he acted on stage at Ankara Sanat The ...

, 73, actor. * 22 February – Behsat Üvez, 53, singer-songwriter (lung cancer) * 11 March – Berkin Elvan, 15, student. * 20 June –

Murat Sökmenoğlu Mustafa Murat Sökmenoğlu (31 August 1945 – 20 June 2014) was a Turkish politician who was a parliamentary deputy from 1983 to 1989 and from 1999 to 2002. Background Born in Istanbul, Sökmenoğlu was the son of Tayfur Sökmen. Career Sökmeno ...

, 69, politician

References

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