2014 in Turkey

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

Incumbents

• President: Abdullah Gül (until 28 August), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (starting 28 August)
• Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (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-Syrian border.
• 28 January – Turkish lira 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 in Ukraine.
• 9 February – Tear gas and water cannons used by the Erdoğan government against street protests against his government's internet restrictions.
• 10 February – Stalled negotiations over Cyprus resume between Turkish and Greek governments.

April

• 25-26 April – The first International Law and Economics Conference was held at Bilkent University.

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.

August

• 10 August – Turkey's Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of 2014 Turkish presidential election. 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 Syria 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 visits Turkey, calling for interfaith dialogue and an end to Islamic extremism, and meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bartholomew I of Constantinople.

December

• 1 December – Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey.

Deaths

• 8 January – Selçuk Uluergüven, 73, actor.
• 22 February – Behsat Üvez, 53, singer-songwriter (lung cancer)
• 11 March – Berkin Elvan, 15, student.
• 20 June – Murat Sökmenoğlu, 69, politician

See also

• List of Turkish films of 2014

References