2014 in Turkey
The following lists events in the year 2014 in Turkey.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 3 January – Turkish lira falls on world currency markets following moves by Central Bank to halt capital flight and strong criticism by Prime Minister Erdogan.[1]
- 20 January - Two car bombs kill at least 16 people in an attack on a border post on the Turkish-Syrian border.[2]
- 28 January – Turkish lira and other emerging market currencies fall further, despite doubling of interest rate by Central Bank.[3]
February
- 7 February – A plane is forced to land in Turkey following a bomb threat from a passenger[4] on board a flight from Kharkov in Ukraine.
- 9 February – Tear gas and water cannons used by the Erdoğan government against street protests against his government's internet restrictions.[5]
- 10 February – Stalled negotiations over Cyprus resume between Turkish and Greek governments.[6]
May
June
July
October
- 10 October - 36 killed during mass protests across Turkey in protests over Ankara's policies towards the ISIL.
November
- 1 November - Turkey breaks from its policy of preventing Kurdish fighters from entering Syria and allows 150 Iraqi Peshmerga to cross into Kobanê.
- 3 November - A small boat carrying asylum seekers sinks in the Black Sea near Istanbul resulting in at least 21 deaths.
- 28 November - Pope Francis visits Turkey, calling for interfaith dialogue and an end to Islamic extremism, and meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bartholomew I of Constantinople.
December
- 1 December - Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey.
Deaths
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| States with limited
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- Abkhazia
- Kosovo
- Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
- Northern Cyprus
- South Ossetia
- Transnistria
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| Dependencies and
other territories |
- Åland
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
- Svalbard
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