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2014 in Turkey

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2014 in Turkey

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

Contents

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)

    • 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 Kharkov 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.

    • May

  • 13 May – an underground coal fire at a mine in Soma, Manisa, killing 301 people.

    • June

  • 8 June - Turkey starts work on huge Istanbul New Airport.

    • July

  • 10 July - 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 Kobanê.
  • 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.

    • References

    2014 in Turkey Wikipedia
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