The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.

Incumbents

President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoğlu

Events

January

* January 6 – A suicide bomber kills two people in an

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on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.

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.

July

* July 20 –

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October

* October 10 –

2015 Ankara bombings On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time (EEST) in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. With a death toll of 109 civilians, the attack surpassed the 2013 Reyhanlı bombings as the d ...

November

* November 15, 16 – The tenth G20 summit was held in Antalya.

Deaths

January

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

Neşe Aybey Neşe Aybey (1930–2015), also written Neş'e Aybey, was a Turkish Painter, Miniaturist and Academic in the field of miniature art, one of the ''Traditional Turkish Arts'' and part of the Ottoman Book Arts. She was the older sister of sculptor ...

, miniaturist (b.

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

)

February

* February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, classical music performer (b.

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

) *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

Beria Onger Bakiye Beria Onger (1921 – February 14, 2015) was a Turkish feminist activist and writer, a pioneer of the progressive women's movement in Turkey. She led the Progressive Women's Organization of Turkey until it was banned ahead of the 1980 coup ...

, feminist activist and writer (b.

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) * February 16 - Fikret Şeneş, songwriter (b.

) * February 18 -

Asuman Baytop Dr. Asuman Baytop (27 March 1920 - 18 February 2015) was a Turkish botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator known for her research regarding the medicinal properties of the flora of Turkey. In 1964, she founded the Department o ...

, botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator (b.

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

) *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

- Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist (b.

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

)

March

* March 16 - Nazmi Yükselen, singer, songwriter and folk music composer (b.

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

- Erol Büyükburç, singer and songwriter (b.

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

) * March 29 - Ayla Arslancan, actress (b.

)

April

* April 1 -

Muzaffer Tekin Muzaffer Tekin (28 October 1950, in Çankırı – 1 April 2015) is a former member of Turkey's Special Warfare Department, and a suspect in the Ergenekon trials as well as the Turkish Council of State shooting. In August 2013 Tekin was sentenc ...

, military officer (b.

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

) * April 3 - Kayahan, singer and songwriter (b.

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

) * April 19 - Oktay Sinanoğlu, physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (b.

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

) * April 22 -

Şevket Müftügil Şevket Müftügil (7 August 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( tr, , sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitut ...

, judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (b.

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

)

May

May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha. Biography Alasya was born in Istanbul. After studying at Robert College, h ...

, actor (b.

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

) * May 9 -

Kenan Evren Ahmet Kenan Evren (; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer, who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish ...

, politician, military officer, former

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and 7th President of Turkey (b.

) * May 14 -

Aysel Ekşi Aysel Ekşi (26 January 1934 – 14 May 2015) was a Turkish psychiatrist and professor. Early life and education Ekşi graduated from the University of Ankara, Medical Faculty in 1960. She worked in Middlesex Hospital and Goodmayes Hospital ...

, psychiatrist and professor (b.

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

) * May 31 - Behiye Aksoy, singer (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

)

June

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

Sadun Boro Sadun Boro (1928 – 5 June 2015) was the first Turkish amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing. Early years Sadun Boro was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1928. He spent his childhood at Caddebostan neighborhood of Kadıköy, Istanb ...

, amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing (b.

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

) * June 2 -

Besim Üstünel Besim Üstünel (1927 – June 2, 2015) was an academic in economics, politician and former Minister of Finance of Turkey. Family life and early years Besim Üstünel was born to Emin Üstünel and his wife Zekiye in Gaziantep, Southeastern Tur ...

, economics, politician (b.

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

) * June 12 -

Sümer Tilmaç Sümer Tilmaç (July 15, 1948 – June 12, 2015) was a Turkish actor. He started his theatre and film acting career in 1962 and took part in many theater plays. He acted in various films and television series. He also worked in Antalya State Thea ...

, actor (b.

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

) * June 17 **

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...

, politician, engineer, 12th

Prime Minister of Turkey The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of ...

and 9th President of Turkey (b.

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

) **

Başar Sabuncu Başar Sabuncu (September 9, 1943 – June 17, 2015) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and occasional actor. Early life Sabuncu started acting when he was a student at the St. Joseph High School. Filmography Refe ...

, director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b.

) * June 29 -

Osman Necmi Gürmen Osman Necmi Gürmen (1927 – 29 June 2015) was a Turkish novelist. Gürmen was careful to use historical sources for his historical novels. His first novel was written in French, ''L'echarpe d'iris'', was published in France in 1976, by Édi ...

, novelist (b.

)

July

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

Tahsin Şahinkaya Tahsin Şahinkaya (1 May 1925 – 9 July 2015) was a Turkish Air Force general. After completing his compulsory military service in the Turkish Army Artillery beteen 1943 and 1945, he was commissioned as a Supermarine Spitfire pilot in the Air Fo ...

, Air Force general and former Commander of the Turkish Air Force (b.

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

)

August

* August 5 –

Nuri Ok Nuri Ok (November 10, 1942 – August 5, 2015) was a Turkish judge. He retired as the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation of Turkey. Ok was born in Tarsus, a town in the Mersin Province Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel ...

, judge (b.

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

) * August 9 –

Fikret Otyam Fikret Otyam (December 19, 1926 – August 9, 2015) was a Turkish painter and journalist. He was born in Aksaray, where his father was running a pharmacy store. After attending elementary school in Aksaray, he graduated from İstanbul State Fine ...

, painter and journalist (b.

) * August 19 – Fikri Alican, scientist and physician (b.

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

)

September

* September 24 –

Uğur Dağdelen Uğur Dağdelen (3 October 1973 – 24 September 2015) was a Turkish professional footballer from Amasya. He played for several clubs in Turkey in addition to the Turkey national football team. Club career Dağdelen played for Karabükspor, Bu ...

, footballer (b.

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

)

October

* October 5 –

Tomris İncer Tomris Zehra İncer (16 March 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Turkish actress. İncer was born in 1948 in Bulgaria. In 1974, she started her career on stage by joining the Istanbul City Theatres, and continued her career by appearing in both cinem ...

, actress (b.

) * October 12 – Levent Kırca, comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician (b.

) * October 16 – Memduh Ün, film producer, director, actor and screenwrite (b.

) * October 22 ** Çetin Altan, writer and journalist (b.

) ** Yılmaz Köksal, actor (b.

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

) * October 30 –

Sinan Şamil Sam Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer( Azerbaijani origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU,WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. Accordi ...

, heavyweight professional boxer (b.

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

)

November

* November 3 –

Semih Özmert Hasan Semih Özmert (born 27 July 1921 in Üsküdar, Istanbul; died 3 November 2015) was a Turkish judge who served as the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( tr, , sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM' ...

, judge (b.

) * November 4 –

Gülten Akın Gülten Akın (23 January 1933 – 4 November 2015) was a Turkish poet. Her poetry is considered to be culturally significant to Turkey. Akin was born in 1933 in Yozgat, Turkey. She attended Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School and gradu ...

, poet (b.

) *

November 21 Events Pre-1600 *164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 & ...

–

Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu (1927 – 21 November 2015) was a Turkish statesman, who served as a legislator of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for three terms between 1961 and 1996, first as a member of Justice Party (Turkey) and then as the ...

, politician (b.

) * November 23 –

Kâmran İnan Kamran Inan (1929 – 23 November 2015), Turkish politician, statesman of Kurdish origin, diplomat and scholar. He was born in Hizan, Bitlis Province. Representative in Parliament from Van and Bitlis numerous times. Graduate of Ankara Universi ...

, diplomat, scholar and politician (b.

)

December

* December 23 ** Nimet Özgüç, archaeologist (b.

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

) ** Bülend Ulusu, admiral and 18th

(b.

) * December 27 – Hüseyin Başaran, sports commentator (b.

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

)

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