2017 in Turkey
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The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Turkey.
Parliament
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[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 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.[citation needed]
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 4 March - A Syrian fighter jet crashed in 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
[edit]- 16 April – The 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum occurred.
- 17 April - President Erdoğan makes favorable statements on the reinstatement of capital punishment, announcing he would discuss the possibility with Devlet Bahçeli of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the then-Turkish prime minister Binali Yıldırım.[22]
- 19 April – The 2017 Turkvision Song Contest was held in Ankara.
- 29 April - The 2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey
May
[edit]- 19–21 May - 2017 EuroLeague Final Four
June
[edit]- 23 June - It is reported that the Turkish education ministry announced the removal of evolution from the secondary school curriculum.[23][24][25][26]
July
[edit]- 4 July - "Önce Vatan" Party was shut down by the Constitutional Court of Turkey.[27]
September
[edit]- 22 September - Kadir Topbaş resigned from his position as the Mayor of Istanbul[28]
October
[edit]- 10–15 October - 2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey
Deaths
[edit]This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2020)
- 20 January – Vahit Melih Halefoğlu, diplomat and politician (born 1919)
- 28 January – Engin Cezzar, director and actor (born 1935)
- 30 March – Halit Akçatepe, actor (born 1938)
- 1 May – Ahmet İsvan, politician and agronomist (born 1923)
- 6 September – Şerif Mardin, social scientist (born 1927)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead'".
- ^ "Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack". The Washington Post.
- ^ "TURKEY TO EXTEND STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AFTER COUP".
- ^ "Car bomb kills two outside courthouse in Turkish city of İzmir". TheGuardian.com. 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Cyprus talks: Turkish troops will remain on island, vows Erdoğan". TheGuardian.com. 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Turkish anger as Greece rejects extradition of eight soldiers". BBC News. 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Theresa May signs £100m fighter jet deal with Turkey's Erdoğan". TheGuardian.com. 28 January 2017.
- ^ "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". TheGuardian.com. 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Russian Air Strike Kills Turkish Soldiers In Syria".
- ^ "Accused Istanbul nightclub gunman Abdulgadir Masharipov formally charged, reports say". ABC News. 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Turkey: Hundreds detained over alleged links to PKK".
- ^ "Turkey reverses female army officers' headscarf ban". BBC News. 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Largest post-coup bid trial opens with 330 suspects".
- ^ "Turkey says warplane, probably Syrian, crashed near border". Reuters. 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Turkey's Erdogan calls Dutch authorities 'Nazi remnants'". BBC News. 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Turkey referendum: Clashes as Dutch expel minister". BBC News. 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Turkey threatens to pull out of migrant deal as Dutch row intensifies". TheGuardian.com. 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Turkey ends 'Euphrates Shield' operation in Syria".
- ^ Gaffey, Connor (2017-04-17). "Turkey could hold a referendum on reintroducing the death penalty, Erdogan says". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick (23 June 2017). "Turkey Drops Evolution From Curriculum, Angering Secularists". The New York Times.
- ^ "Evolution theory to be scrapped from Turkish schoolbooks | DW | 23.06.2017". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says". TheGuardian.com. 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Turkey to stop teaching evolution theory in high schools: Education board". Reuters. 23 June 2017.
- ^ Turkey’s top court shuts down Önce Vatan Party after leader goes missing
- ^ İBB Başkanı Kadir Topbaş istifa etti
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