2015 in Turkey explained

The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.

Incumbents

• President

• Prime Minister

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Events

January

• January 6 – A suicide bomber kills two people in an attack on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.^[1]

April

• April 24, 25 – The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign was commemorated in Çanakkale and Istanbul.

June

• June 7 – 24th General election was held to elect the 550 new members of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.^[2]

July

• July 20 – 2015 Suruç bombing

October

• October 10 – 2015 Ankara bombings

November

• November 15, 16 – The tenth G20 summit was held in Antalya.^[3]

Deaths

January

• January 4 - Neşe Aybey, miniaturist (b. 1930)

February

• February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, classical music performer (b. 1918)
• February 14 - Beria Onger, feminist activist and writer (b. 1921)
• February 16 - Fikret Şeneş, songwriter (b. 1921)
• February 18 - Asuman Baytop, botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator (b. 1920)
• February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist (b. 1923) ^[4]

March

• March 16 - Nazmi Yükselen, singer, songwriter and folk music composer (b. 1926)
• March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
• March 29 - Ayla Arslancan, actress (b. 1936)

April

• April 1 - Muzaffer Tekin, military officer (b. 1950)
• April 3 - Kayahan, singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
• April 19 - Oktay Sinanoğlu, physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (b. 1935)
• April 22 - Şevket Müftügil, judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1917)

May

• May 8 - Zeki Alasya, actor (b. 1943)
• May 9 - Kenan Evren, politician, military officer, former Chief of the Turkish General Staff and 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
• May 14 - Aysel Ekşi, psychiatrist and professor (b. 1934)
• May 31 - Behiye Aksoy, singer (b. 1933)

June

• June 5 - Sadun Boro, amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing (b. 1928)
• June 2 - Besim Üstünel, economics, politician (b. 1927)
• June 12 - Sümer Tilmaç, actor (b. 1948)
• June 17
  • Süleyman Demirel, politician, engineer, 12th Prime Minister of Turkey and 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
  • Başar Sabuncu, director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b. 1943)
• June 29 - Osman Necmi Gürmen, novelist (b. 1927)

July

• July 9 - Tahsin Şahinkaya, Air Force general and former Commander of the Turkish Air Force (b. 1925)

August

• August 5 – Nuri Ok, judge (b. 1942)
• August 9 – Fikret Otyam, painter and journalist (b. 1926)
• August 19 – Fikri Alican, scientist and physician (b. 1929)

September

• September 24 – Uğur Dağdelen, footballer (b. 1973)

October

• October 5 – Tomris İncer, actress (b. 1948)
• October 12 – Levent Kırca, comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician (b. 1950)
• October 16 – Memduh Ün, film producer, director, actor and screenwrite (b. 1920)
• October 22
  • Çetin Altan, writer and journalist (b. 1927)
  • Yılmaz Köksal, actor (b. 1939)
• October 30 – Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight professional boxer (b. 1974)

November

• November 3 – Semih Özmert, judge (b. 1921)
• November 4 – Gülten Akın, poet (b. 1933)
• November 21 – Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, politician (b. 1927)
• November 23 – Kâmran İnan, diplomat, scholar and politician (b. 1929)

December

• December 23
  • Nimet Özgüç, archaeologist (b. 1916)
  • Bülend Ulusu, admiral and 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923) ^[5]
• December 27 – Hüseyin Başaran, sports commentator (b. 1958)

See also

• 2015 in Turkish television
• List of Turkish films of 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suicide Bomber in Istanbul Kills Officer at Police Station . . 6 January 2015 . 7 January 2015.
2. News: 2015-02-01 . Turkish election calendar revealed . . 2015-02-05.
3. Web site: Introduction to the G20. Heinrich Böll Stiftung. 31 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120604032517/http://boell.org/web/group_of_20-651.html. 2012-06-04. dead.
4. Web site: Efsane yazar Yaşar Kemal'i kaybettik.
5. Web site: Biyografi.net.