2014 in Turkey

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

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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.[1]
• 20 January – Two car bombs kill at least 16 people in an attack on a border post on the Turkish-Syrian border.[2]
• 28 January – Turkish lira and other emerging market currencies fall further, despite doubling of interest rate by Central Bank.[3]

February

• 7 February – A plane is forced to land in Turkey following a bomb threat from a passenger[4] on board a flight from Kharkov in Ukraine.
• 9 February – Tear gas and water cannons used by the Erdoğan government against street protests against his government's internet restrictions.[5]
• 10 February – Stalled negotiations over Cyprus resume between Turkish and Greek governments.[6]

May

• 13 May – an underground coal fire at a mine in Soma, Manisa, killing 301 people.
• 24 May – The 6.9 M_w  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.[7]

Aug

Justice and Development Party fans celebrating victory of Erdoğan in front of the AK Party headquarter after Turkish Presidential election, Ankara.

• 10 Aug – Turkey's Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of 2014 Turkish presidential election. Erdoğan's presidential win.[8][9]

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

• 2014 in Turkish television
• List of Turkish films of 2014

References

1. Larry Elliott (29 January 2014). "Emerging markets crisis sees rush for safe havens". The Guardian.
2. "Sixteen killed by twin bombs at Syria-Turkey border post". Reuters. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
3. Fulya Ozerkan (29 January 2014). "Turkish rate boost to lira fizzles out". News Yahoo.
4. Harriet Alexander (7 February 2014). "Winter Olympics: Bomb threat forces plane from Ukraine to land in Turkey after hijack attempt". The Telegraph.
5. Ece Toksabay (22 February 2014). "Police fire tear gas at Istanbul anti-government protest". Reuters.
6. Helena Smith (10 February 2014). "High stakes as Greeks and Turks revive Cyprus peace talks". The Guardian.
7. Courtney Trenwith (8 June 2014). "Turkey starts work on huge new Istanbul airport". ConstructionWeekOnline.com.
8. Ceylan Yeginsu (10 August 2014). "Turkey's Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of Presidential Election". The New York Times.
9. "Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election". BBC. 10 August 2014.