2017 in Turkey
The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Turkey.
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Parliament
Incumbents
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, 2014–current
- Binali Yıldırım, Prime Minister, 2016–2018
- İsmail Kahraman, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, 2015–2018
Events
January
- 1 January – A terrorist attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul leaves 39 people dead.[1]
- 2 January - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack on the nightclub yesterday.[2]
- 3 January - The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend the state of emergency by 3 months after the attempted coup last year.[3]
- 5 January – A car bomb explodes in İzmir perpetrated by TAK, killing 2 people.[4]
- 13 January - President Erdogan vows that Turkish troops will remain in Cyprus in perpetuity and describes proposed terms of a rotating presidency to be unacceptable.[5]
- 14 January - The Parliament of Turkey approves two constitutional amendments to expand the president's power to appoint new legislation and select the cabinet.
- 26 January - Greece refuses to extradite eight soldiers accused of playing a role in the coup attempt last year.[6]
- 28 January - President Erdogan signs a 100 million pound deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May over the construction of fighter jets.[7]
- 30 January - In the capital of Ankara, 269 people are put on trial after being charged for their roles in the coup attempt last year.[8]
- 31 January – The Eurasia Tunnel, which combines the Asian and European continents with a black tunnel, has started uninterruptedly.[9]
February
- 5 February - Over 800 suspected ISIL members are arrested by the Turkish police.[10]
- 8 February - 4400 public servants are dismissed in another purge following the attempted coup last year.[11]
- 9 February – A Russian airstrike accidentally killed 3 Turkish troops in al-Bab, Syria.[12]
- 11 February - Abdulgadir Masharipov is charged with murder in relation to the night club shooting at the start of the year and remains incarcerated.[13]
- 14 February - Over 800 people are detained by police due to allegations of them being members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[14]
- 17 February – 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum.
- 22 February - Turkey lifts the ban on female army soldiers wearing the hijab.[15]
- 28 February - A trial of 330 suspects in last year's attempted coup opens as the largest trial to date.[16]
March
- 4 March - A Syrian fighter jet crashed in the Hatay Province near the Syria–Turkey border.[17]
- 11 March - Dutch authorities withdrew landing permissions for a Turkish minister following his support for the referendum in April. President Erdogan calls the Dutch authorities "Nazi remnants".[18] In response, Dutch authorities expel another minister from Rotterdam to the border with Germany.[19]
- 13 March - Dutch ambassador to Turkey, Cornelis Van Rij, was expelled from Ankara following a Dutch ban on Turkish ministers speaking at pro-Erdogan rallies.[20]
- 29 March - Prime Minister Yildirim declares an end to Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria but says an operation will follow under a different name.[21]
April
- 16 April – The 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum occurred.
- 19 April – The 2017 Turkvision Song Contest was held in Ankara.
- 29 April - The 2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey
May
- 19–21 May - 2017 EuroLeague Final Four
July
- 4 July - "Önce Vatan" Party was shut down by the Constitutional Court of Turkey.[22]
September
- 22 September - Kadir Topbaş resigned from his position as the Mayor of Istanbul[23]
October
- 10–15 October - 2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey
Deaths
January
- 21 January - Ayberk Atilla, actor (b. 1946)
- 28 January - Engin Cezzar, director and actor (b. 1935)
March
- 30 March - Halit Akçatepe, actor (b. 1938)
See also
References
- "Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead'".
- "lslamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack".
- "TURKEY TO EXTEND STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AFTER COUP".
- "Car bomb kills two outside courthouse in Turkish city of İzmir".
- "Cyprus talks: Turkish troops will remain on island, vows Erdoğan".
- "Turkish anger as Greece rejects extradition of eight soldiers".
- "Theresa May signs £100m fighter jet deal with Turkey's Erdoğan".
- "Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid".
- "Avrasya Tüneli 24 saat açık oluyor" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- "Turkey says over 800 detained in anti-ISIL operations".
- "Turkey dismisses 4,400 public servants in latest post-coup attempt purge".
- "Russian Air Strike Kills Turkish Soldiers In Syria".
- "Accused Istanbul nightclub gunman Abdulgadir Masharipov formally charged, reports say".
- "Turkey: Hundreds detained over alleged links to PKK".
- "Turkey reverses female army officers' headscarf ban".
- "Largest post-coup bid trial opens with 330 suspects".
- "Turkey says warplane, probably Syrian, crashed near border".
- "Turkey's Erdogan calls Dutch authorities 'Nazi remnants'".
- "Turkey referendum: Clashes as Dutch expel minister".
- "Turkey threatens to pull out of migrant deal as Dutch row intensifies".
- "Turkey ends 'Euphrates Shield' operation in Syria".
- Turkey’s top court shuts down Önce Vatan Party after leader goes missing
- İBB Başkanı Kadir Topbaş istifa etti
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