2024 in Turkey
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Individuals and events related to 2024 in Turkey.
Incumbents[edit]
| Office | Image | Name | Tenure / Current length |
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| President | 
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 28 August 2014 |
| Vice President of Turkey | 
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Cevdet Yılmaz | 4 June 2023 |
| 30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | .jpg)
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Numan Kurtulmuş | 27 June 2023 |
| President of the Constitutional Court | Zühtü Arslan | 10 February 2015 | |
| Minister of National Defense | .jpg)
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Yaşar Güler | 4 June 2023 |
| Chief of the Turkish General Staff | 
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Metin Gürak | 3 August 2023 |
Events[edit]
Ongoing[edit]
January[edit]
- 13 January – Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria following an attack on Turkish soldiers in Iraq which killed nine.[1]
- 23 January – Turkey's Grand National Assembly approves Sweden's NATO membership bid.[2]
- 28 January – 2024 Istanbul church shooting, one person killed and one other injured during a shooting by two armed terrorists at the Church of Santa Maria in Istanbul.[3]
February[edit]
- 1 February – A gunman takes seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, in an apparent protest against the war in Gaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed.[4]
- 6 February – Two Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front gunmen open fire outside the Istanbul Justice Palace, wounding six people, before being killed during a shootout with police.[5]
- 10 February – Gunmen open fire at a campaign event in the Küçükçekmece district municipality of Istanbul for AKP mayoral candidate Aziz Yeniay, critically injuring one person. Seventeen people are arrested in connection with the attack.[6]
- 13 February – Around ten people are believed trapped underground after a landslide near the Çöpler mine in İliç, Erzincan Province. A rescue operation is ongoing.[7]
- 25 February – Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members.[8]
Scheduled[edit]
- 20–21 March – 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships at Antalya[9]
- 22 March – Netflix Turkey releases Casagrande Ailesi (Film) (The Casagrandes Movie).
- 31 March – 2024 Turkish local elections[10]
- 29 June to 7 July – 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup[11]
Holidays[edit]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 10 April to 12 April – Ramazan Bayramı
- 23 April – Children's Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 19 May – Youth and Sports Day
- 16 June to 19 June – Kurban Bayramı
- 15 July – Democracy and National Unity Day
- 30 August – Victory Day
- 29 October – Republic Day
Arts and entertainment[edit]
- List of Turkish films of 2024
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Turkey
- List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of Turkish European Film Award winners and nominees
Deaths[edit]
- 4 January – Ayla Algan, 86, singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).[14]
See also[edit]
- Outline of Turkey
- Index of Turkey-related articles
- List of Turkey-related topics
- History of Turkey
- Other events in 2024
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after 9 soldiers were killed". AP News. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Sariyuce, Isil; Gretener, Jessie; Wilson, Kristin (23 January 2024). "Turkish parliament approves Sweden's NATO membership bid". CNN. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "2 masked assailants attack a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul and kill 1 person". AP News. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Staff (1 February 2024). "Procter & Gamble staff held hostage in Turkish factory freed in police raid". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Turkish police kill 2 attackers after assault on Istanbul court injures 6". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "17 people detained after attack at Istanbul election campaign event, official says". Associated Press. 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Mijnwerkers onder puin in goudmijn na aardverschuiving Turkije". nos.nl (in Dutch). 13 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "4 PKK terrorists 'neutralized' in northern Iraq". Hürriyet Daily News. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "World Race Walking Team Championships" (Press release). World Athletics.org. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Alper Coşkun (1 June 2023). "Erdoğan's Next Fight". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "U17 and U19 Youth World Cups hosts confirmed for 2024–2027". FIBA. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Turkey Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Turkey Public Holidays 2024". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Tiyatro sanatçısı Ayla Algan vefat etti". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
