2014 in Turkey

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.

Incumbents

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.

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

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. Three hundred and twenty-four were injured.

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

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.