2015 in Turkey

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.

Incumbents

• President – Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
• Prime Minister – Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu (AKP)

Events

January

• January 6 - A suicide bomber kills two people in an attack on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.^[1]

April

• April 24, 25 - The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign was commemorated in Çanakkale and Istanbul.

June

• June 7 - 24th General election was held to elect the 550 new members of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.^[2]

July

• July 20 - 2015 Suruç bombing

October

• October 10 - 2015 Ankara bombings

November

• November 15, 16 - The tenth G-20 summit was held in Antalya.^[3]

Deaths

• February 28 - YaÅŸar Kemal, writer (b. 1923)^[4]
• December 23 - Bülent Ulusu, Politician, Prime Minister (b. 1923)^[5]

References

1. "Suicide Bomber in Istanbul Kills Officer at Police Station". 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
2. "Turkish election calendar revealed". Anadolu Agency. 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
3. "Introduction to the G20". Heinrich Böll Stiftung. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
4. "Efsane yazar YaÅŸar Kemal'i kaybettik".
5. "Biyografi.net".