2017 in Turkey

The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Turkey.

Parliament

1 January – A terrorist attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul leaves 39 people dead.
2 January – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack on the nightclub yesterday.
3 January – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend the state of emergency by 3 months after the attempted coup last year.
5 January – A car bomb explodes in İzmir perpetrated by TAK, killing 2 people.
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.
14 January – The Parliament of Turkey approves two constitutional amendments to expand the president's power to appoint new legislation and select the cabinet.
26 January – Greece refuses to extradite eight soldiers accused of playing a role in the coup attempt last year.
28 January – President Erdogan signs a 100 million pound deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May over the construction of fighter jets.
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.
31 January – The Eurasia Tunnel, which combines the Asian and European continents with a black tunnel, has started uninterruptedly.

5 February – Over 800 suspected ISIL members are arrested by the Turkish police.
8 February – 4400 public servants are dismissed in another purge following the attempted coup last year.
9 February – A Russian airstrike accidentally killed 3 Turkish troops in al-Bab, Syria.
11 February – Abdulgadir Masharipov is charged with murder in relation to the night club shooting at the start of the year and remains incarcerated.
14 February – Over 800 people are detained by police due to allegations of them being members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party.
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.
28 February – A trial of 330 suspects in last year's attempted coup opens as the largest trial to date.

4 March - A Syrian fighter jet crashed in Hatay Province near the Syria–Turkey border.
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". In response, Dutch authorities expel another minister from Rotterdam to the border with Germany.
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.
29 March – Prime Minister Yildirim declares an end to Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria but says an operation will follow under a different name.

4 July – "Önce Vatan" Party was shut down by the Constitutional Court of Turkey.