2018 in Turkey
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Events in the year 2018 in Turkey.
Incumbents
- President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prime Minister: Binali Yıldırım
- Speaker of the Grand National Assembly: İsmail Kahraman
Events
- 13 January – The Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 accident
- 13 May – President Tayyip Erdogan has announces to infrastructure Airport on "Mega-schemes", and critics has warned that it will destroy 8,500 year old archaeological historic site in near Istanbul, that will cause impact environment.[1]
- 10 June – President Erdogan warned that Austria government will expel Muslim it could lead to war, he said, “These measures taken by the Austrian prime minister are, I fear, leading the world towards a war between the cross and the crescent, They say they're going to kick our religious men out of Austria. Do you think we will not react if you do such a thing? That means we're going to have to do something".[2]
- 14 October - Road accident left 15 migrants dead in İzmir Province.[3]
Deaths
- 5 January –
- Aydın Boysan, architect (b. 1921).[4]
- Münir Özkul, actor (b. 1925).[5]
- 9 January – Yılmaz Onay, writer, theatre director and translator (b. 1937).[6]
- 7 February – Nabi Şensoy, diplomat (b. 1945).[7]
- 14 February – Nuray Hafiftaş, folk singer (b. 1964)
- 15 February – Tosun Bayrak, writer (b. 1926)
- 23 February –
- Ali Teoman Germaner, sculptor (b. 1934).[8]
- Celal Şahin, musician and actor (b. 1925)
- 6 March – Muhibbe Darga, archaeologist (b. 1921)
- 8 March – Ercan Yazgan, actor (b. 1946)
- 14 March – Halit Deringör, footballer (b. 1922)
- 19 March – Hasan Celal Güzel, journalist and politician (b. 1945)
- 29 April – Özden Örnek, admiral (b. 1943).[9]
- 16 May – Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, writer and Islamist leader (b. 1950).[10]
- 18 May – Doğan Babacan, football referee (b. 1929).[11]
- 28 May – Semavi Eyice, art historian (b. 1922).[12]
- 4 June – Canel Konvur, high jumper (b. 1939).[13]
- 6 June – Ümit Kayıhan, footballer (b. 1954).[14]
- 28 June – Şarık Tara, executive (Enka) (b. 1930).[15]
- 30 June – Fuat Sezgin, orientalist (b. 1924)
References
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-canal/erdogans-crazy-canal-alarms-villagers-and-environmentalists-idUSKCN1IE0GS
- ^ https://www.rt.com/news/429345-erdogan-war-christians-muslims/
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-crash/at-least-15-killed-as-truck-carrying-migrants-crashes-in-turkey-agencies-idUSKCN1MO05K
- ^ "Aydın Boysan vefat etti". aa.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Veteran Turkish actor Münir Özkul dies at age 93
- ^ "Son dakika haberi… Tiyatrocu yazar Yılmaz Onay hayatını kaybetti". sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "ATAA Mourns the Passing of Ambassador Nabi Sensoy". ataa.org. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Sanat dünyasının acı kaybı... Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi'nde yas Template:Tr icon
- ^ "Özden Örnek hayatını kaybetti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Salih Mirzabeyoğlu hayatını kaybetti Template:Tr icon
- ^ "Dünya Kupası'nda görev alan ilk Türk hakem olan Doğan Babacan hayatını kaybetti - Son Dakika Spor Haberleri". Star.com.tr (in Turkish). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Prof. Dr. Semavi Eyice vefat etti Template:Tr icon
- ^ Eski milli atlet Canel Konvur vefat etti Template:Tr icon
- ^ Teknik direktör Ümit Kayıhan vefat etti Template:Tr icon
- ^ Construction and energy giant ENKA's Şarık Tara dies aged 88
