2016 in Turkey
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Turkey.
Incumbents
- President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoğlu, Binali Yıldırım
- Speaker: İsmail Kahraman
Events
- Purges in Turkey (2016–present), 16 July 2016–current
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present), 24 July 2015–current
- Turkey–ISIL conflict, 11 May 2013–current
January
- 12 January – At least ten people were killed and 15 were injured following an explosion in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square. A suicide bomber was reported to be responsible.
- 14 January – PKK rebels bombed police headquarters in Cinar, Diyarbakır, killing five people and injuring another 39.
- 27 January – .istanbul and.ist begin to be used as domain names on the Internet.
- 30 January – Bakırköy; Picasso's previously stolen painting "Naked Woman Scanning" is recovered by police in Istanbul.
February
- 17 February – 28 people were killed in a car bombing in Ankara.
March
- 4 March – The Turkish government seized control of the Zaman newspaper.
- 13 March – 37 people were killed in a car bombing in Ankara.
- 19 March – 5 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Istanbul.
April
- 10 April – Vodafone Arena was opened.
- 23 - 30 October – the international exhibition organization Expo 2016 was held in Antalya.
May
- 1 May – May 2016 Gaziantep bombing
June
- 7 June – A bomb attack occurs in Istanbul's Fatih district by ISIS.
- 17 June - The Istanbul government bans pride marches in Istanbul.
- 28 June – 2016 Atatürk Airport attack by ISIS.
July
- 1 July – The world's fourth longest span suspension bridge, the Osman Gazi Bridge was opened to service.
- 15 July – 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
- 19 July – Turkey has made a formal request to the U.S. for the extradition of Gülen movement leader Fethullah Gülen.
August
- 24 August – Turkey has launched a cross border operation with Jarabulus under the code name "Operation Euphrates Shield". The region was cleared by ISIS and handed over to the Syrian National Army.
- 27 August – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge opened to service.
- 29 August – The Loud House subsequently premieres on Nickelodeon HD CEE.
October
- 5 October – 9 October – 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul.
Deaths
January
- January 2 – Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, Turkish soldier
- January 3 – Halis Toprak, a Turkish businessman
- January 4 – Sedat Üründül, Turkish businessman
- January 5 – Önol Şakar, Turkish politician
- January 7 – Remzi Evren, Turkish cinematographer
- January 14 – Şefik Döğen, Turkish actor
- January 21 – Mustafa Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman
- January 22 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician
February
- February 23 – Tosun Terzioğlu, Former President of TÜBİTAK
April
- April 20 – Attila Özdemiroğlu, Turkish composer and singer
May
- May 15 – Oya Aydoğan, Turkish cinematographer
July
- July 7 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish Football Player and Former Technical Director
- July 15 – Nevzat Yalçıntaş, economist, academic and politician
- July 25 – Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian, history professor
August
- August 23 – İsrafil Köse, Turkish actress
- August 29 – Vedat Türkali, Turkish writer
- August 30 – Naşide Göktürk, Turkish composer, writer and commentator
September
- September 8 – Arif Ahmet Denizolgun, 55. Minister of Transport of the Turkish Government
- September 16 – Tarık Akan, Turkish cinema and serial player
October
- October 12 – Kemal Unakıtan – Turkish politician
- October 20 – Altemur Kılıç – Turkish journalist and writer
- October 26 – Nail Güreli – Turkish journalist and writer
November
- November 2 – Korkut Özal, Turkish politician
- November 2 – Gönül Ülkü Özcan, Turkish cinema theater and series player
- November 2 – Mete Akyol, Turkish journalist
- November 30 – Erdal Tosun – Turkish actor