2015 in Turkey
The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 6 – A suicide bomber kills two people in an attack on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.
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.
July
October
November
- November 15, 16 – The tenth G20 summit was held in Antalya.
Deaths
January
- January 4 - Neşe Aybey, miniaturist
February
- February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, classical music performer
- February 14 - Beria Onger, feminist activist and writer
- February 16 - Fikret Şeneş, songwriter
- February 18 - Asuman Baytop, botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator
- February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist
March
- March 16 - Nazmi Yükselen, singer, songwriter and folk music composer
- March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, singer and songwriter
- March 29 - Ayla Arslancan, actress
April
- April 1 - Muzaffer Tekin, military officer
- April 3 - Kayahan, singer and songwriter
- April 19 - Oktay Sinanoğlu, physical chemist and molecular biophysicist
- April 22 - Şevket Müftügil, judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
May
- May 8 - Zeki Alasya, actor
- May 9 - Kenan Evren, politician, military officer, former Chief of the Turkish General Staff and 7th President of Turkey
- May 14 - Aysel Ekşi, psychiatrist and professor
- May 31 - Behiye Aksoy, singer
June
- June 5 - Sadun Boro, amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing
- June 2 - Besim Üstünel, economics, politician
- June 12 - Sümer Tilmaç, actor
- June 17
- * Süleyman Demirel, politician, engineer, 12th Prime Minister of Turkey and 9th President of Turkey
- * Başar Sabuncu, director, screenwriter and cinematographer
- June 29 - Osman Necmi Gürmen, novelist
July
- July 9 - Tahsin Şahinkaya, Air Force general and former Commander of the Turkish Air Force
August
- August 5 – Nuri Ok, judge
- August 9 – Fikret Otyam, painter and journalist
- August 19 – Fikri Alican, scientist and physician
September
- September 24 – Uğur Dağdelen, footballer
October
- October 5 – Tomris İncer, actress
- October 12 – Levent Kırca, comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician
- October 16 – Memduh Ün, film producer, director, actor and screenwrite
- October 22
- * Çetin Altan, writer and journalist
- * Yılmaz Köksal, actor
- October 30 – Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight professional boxer
November
- November 3 – Semih Özmert, judge
- November 4 – Gülten Akın, poet
- November 21 – Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, politician
- November 23 – Kâmran İnan, diplomat, scholar and politician
December
- December 23
- * Nimet Özgüç, archaeologist
- * Bülend Ulusu, admiral and 18th Prime Minister of Turkey
- December 27 – Hüseyin Başaran, sports commentator