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2020 In Turkey
Events of 2020 in Turkey. Incumbents *President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan * 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly: Mustafa Şentop * President of the Constitutional Court: Zühtü Arslan * Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Armed Forces: Yaşar Güler *Government: 66th government of Turkey * Cabinet: Fourth Erdoğan Cabinet Events Ongoing * COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey * 2016–present purges in Turkey * 2018–2022 Turkish currency and debt crisis January *January 2: Turkey reports a new refugee influx and possible crisis, as 250,000 Syrians flee Syria for Turkey, due to Syrian government attacks on rebel groups around Idlib. *January 6: The new building of the National Organization Agency (MİT) opened in Etimesgut, Ankara. *January 7: Turkey signs maritime deal with Libya. *January 11: A 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Silivri. *January 15: Turkey lifts its ban on Wikipedia, due to a ruling by the Turkish High Constitutional Court. *January 24: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID-19 lockdowns, worldwide lockdowns, and the COVID-19 recession, largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. 2020 is also notable for the murder of George Floyd by police that lead to Lists of George Floyd protests, worldwide protests and unrest. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Australia and 2020 California wildfires, the western United States, as well as 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America. A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idlib District
Idlib District () is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ... is the city of Idlib. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 382,929. Sub-districts The district of Idlib is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): * Idlib Subdistrict (ناحية ادلب): population 126,284. * Abu al-Duhur Subdistrict (ناحية أبو الظهور): population 38,869. * Binnish Subdistrict (ناحية بنش): population 35,166. * Saraqib Subdistrict (ناحية سراقب): population 88,076. * Taftanaz Subdistrict (ناحية تفتناز): population 24,145. * Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict (ناحية معرتمصرين): population 57,859. * Sarmin Subdist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is the secondary international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. Located southeast of the city centre, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the transcontinental city and serves as the operating base for AJet and Pegasus Airlines. The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world. Although Istanbul Airport, located west of the European side of Istanbul, is larger, Sabiha Gökçen is still List of the busiest airports in Turkey, one of the largest airports in the country and one of List of the busiest airports in the Middle East, the busiest airports in the Middle East. Overview Foundation The airport was built because Atatürk Airport (located on the European side) was not large enough to meet the booming passenger demands (both domestic and international). The airport opened on 8 January 2001. In June 2007, Turkish conglomerate Limak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing 737 Next Generation
The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a twinjet, twin-engine narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third-generation derivative of the Boeing 737, it has been produced since 1997. The 737NG is an upgrade of the Boeing 737 Classic, 737 Classic (–300/–400/–500) series. Compared to the 737 Classic, it has a redesigned wing with a larger area, a wider wingspan, greater fuel capacity, and higher maximum takeoff weights (MTOW) and longer range. It has CFM International CFM56#CFM56-7 series, CFM International CFM56-7 series engines, a glass cockpit, and upgraded and redesigned interior configurations. The series includes four variants, the –600/–700/–800/–900, seating between 108 and 215 passengers. The 737NG's primary Competition between Airbus and Boeing, competition is the Airbus A320 family. , a total of 7,126 737NG aircraft had been ordered, of which 7,116 had been delivered, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport is an international airport serving İzmir and most of the surrounding İzmir Province, province in Turkey. It is named after former Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes. Overview İzmir's main airport is located southwest of the city center in the Gaziemir district along the State road D.550 (Turkey), D.550/European route E87, E87 highway, which continues south through Selçuk and Aydın before eventually reaching Gökova in Muğla Province, Muğla. The new international terminal, which was designed by Yakup Hazan Architecture, opened in September 2006, with the new domestic terminal opening around March 2014. It replaced Çiğli Air Base which is now used only as a military base. In 2024, ADB served 11.5 million passengers, 6.7 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranks 5th in terms of total passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Antalya Airport, Ankara Esenboğa Airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from İzmir to Istanbul in Turkey operated by Pegasus Airlines. On 5 February 2020, the Boeing 737-800 operating the route skidded off the runway while landing at Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Turkey. Three people were killed, 179 people were injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. This was the first fatal accident in the airline's history. The accident came less than a month after another Pegasus Airlines accident involving a Boeing 737 skidding off the runway at the same airport. Background Aircraft The aircraft was a Boeing 737-86J registered as ', with serial number 37742. It was 11 years old at the time of the crash, having first flown in January 2009. The plane had previously been operated by the now-defunct German airline Air Berlin before being acquired by Pegasus in May 2016. Prior to the crash, Pegasus was scheduled to withdraw this aircraft once leasing expired, as the airli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahçesaray (district) , a city in Crimea
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The name Bahçesaray comes from Persian باغچه سرای bāghche-sarāy which means the Garden Palace. It may refer to: Places Turkey * Bahçesaray, Van, a district and municipality of Van Province * Bahçesaray, Vezirköprü, a village in the district of Vezirköprü, Samsun Province Crimea * Bakhchysarai Bakhchysarai is a city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Van Avalanches
In February 2020, two avalanches occurred near Bahçesaray in Turkey's eastern Van Province. The first, on 4 February, buried two vehicles, leading to a rescue operation involving around 350 people. The second, on 5 February, occurred while this operation was ongoing. At least 41 people were killed in the two avalanches, with 84 others being injured, six seriously. Avalanches On the evening of 4 February 2020, an avalanche took place in a mountain pass in the Bahçesaray district, leaving a snow-clearing vehicle and a minibus buried. Five people were killed and two others were reported missing, while seven passengers and the vehicle's operator managed to escape. In response, a major rescue operation was launched, involving 350 personnel from Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE), in addition to 75 Gendarmerie Search and Rescue Battalion Command staff. While the team was on-site, a second avalanche struck around n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habertürk
''Habertürk'' (), abbreviated as ''HT'', was a high-circulation Turkish newspaper. It was established on 1 March 2009 by Ciner Media Group, drawing on the brand of Ciner's Habertürk TV. It ceased publication on 5 July 2018. The newspaper sold 360,000 copies on its first day of publication. At 10 a.m. local time, the first issue was sold out. The next day's circulation totalled 202,000. On that day, the newspaper's circulation ranked fifth, following the dailies ''Hürriyet'' (448,296), ''Sabah'' (420,148), ''Milliyet ''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950 ...'' (204,477), and '' Vatan'' (204,154). On its first publishing anniversary in 2010, the newspaper sold 380,000 copies, breaking its own record. Supplements ''Habertürk'' was published on weekdays with supple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Elazığ Earthquake
The 2020 Elazığ earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) on 24 January in Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 6.7 . The earthquake's epicentre was close to the town of Sivrice in Elazığ Province and felt in the neighbouring provinces of Diyarbakır, Malatya and Adıyaman, and the neighbouring countries of Armenia, Syria and Iran. Kandilli Observatory reported the magnitude of the earthquake as 6.5 . A total of 41 people were killed and more than 1,600 were injured. Tectonic setting Most of Turkey lies on the Anatolian Plate, which is being forced westwards by the collision between the Arabian plate and the Eurasian plate. This westward movement is accommodated by two large strike-slip fault zones, the west–east trending right lateral North Anatolian Fault in the north of the country and the SW-NE trending left lateral East Anatolian Fault towards the south-east. Movement on these two faults has been responsible for many large and da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silivri
Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek language, Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. The largest settlement in the district is also named Silivri. Silivri is located bordering Büyükçekmece to the east, Çatalca to the north, Çorlu and Marmara Ereğlisi (both districts of Tekirdağ Province) to the west, Çerkezköy to the north-west (one of Tekirdağ Province) and with the Sea of Marmara to the south. It is, with an area of , the second largest district of Istanbul Province after Çatalca. The seat of the district is the city of Silivri. Established in 2008, Turkey's most modern (and Europe's largest) Silivri Prison, prison complex is located west of Silivri. History Ancient Silivri, the ancient Greek language, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
