2014 in Turkey explained

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

Incumbents

Abdullah Gül (until 28 August), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (starting 28 August)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (until 28 August), Ahmet Davutoğlu (starting 28 August)

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]

7 February – A plane is forced to land in Turkey following a bomb threat from a passenger^[4] 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.^[5]
10 February – Stalled negotiations over Cyprus resume between Turkish and Greek governments.^[6]

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.

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

10 October – 36 killed during mass protests across Turkey in protests over Ankara's policies towards the ISIL.

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.

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.