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1999 Earthquake kills 700 in Duzce, Turkey
1999 Earthquake kills 17,000 in northwest Turkey 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1993 Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey 1993 Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1993 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey 1993 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey 1993 Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey 1993 Turgut zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq 1989 Turgat Ozal elected president of Turkey 1987 Turkey asks to join European market 1983 Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1982 Turkey adopts constitution 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1978 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey 1977 Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off 1976 Yesim Cetin, Miss Turkey Universe 1997 1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1974 Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) 1974 Turkey invades Cyprus 1974 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey 1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1970 Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1969 Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK 1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed 1965 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1962 Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1962 Inonu Government forms in Turkey 1961 Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey 1950 - 1960, dies at 62 1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1957 Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey 1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed 1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance 1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1952 Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey 1950 Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1949 Turkey recognizes Israel 1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 1944 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany 1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany 1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1939 Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die 1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1938 Kemal Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal, general/president Turkey, dies at 57 1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1930 Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship 1930 Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire 1929 Turkey introduces female suffrage 1929 Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty 1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 1929 Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty 1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact 1929 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet 1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state 1927 U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Turkey 1926 Turkey allows civil marriage 1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies 1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies 1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar 1925 Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact 1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) 1923 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital 1923 Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne 1922 Turkey and Greece sign cease fire 1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece 1921 Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia 1920 Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty 1920 Treaty of Sevres (Allies and Turkey) 1918 Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies 1918 Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65 1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey 1916 British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 Italy declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany 1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany 1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1913 Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1913 Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated 1912 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1912 Albania declares it's Indepenence from Turkey 1912 Albania declares independence from Turkey 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1912 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War 1912 War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1909 Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire 1909 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown 1908 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1904 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies 1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey 1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey) 1883 Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1881 Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician 1881 Kemal Ataturk, 1st President of Rep of Turkey 1878 Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 1878 Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed 1876 Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1876 Serbia declares war on Turkey 1876 Abdul-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46 1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1861 Abdul-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), dies at 38 1861 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey, 1918-22 1855 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I 1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet 1844 Mehmed V Reshad, sultan of Turkey, 1909-18 1842 Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey, lost Romania and Serbia 1840 Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet and author, Fatherland-1872 1840 Murad V, sultan of Turkey, 1876 1839 Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed 1839 Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey 1839 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53 1833 Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty 1830 Abdul Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1826 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1823 Abdul-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey, 1839-61 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1808 Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29 1808 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies 1808 Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey 1800 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1792 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy 1791 Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova 1789 Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64 1787 Turkey declares war on Russia 1785 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey, 1808 - 1839, Westernizer/reformer 1784 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 1779 Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey, 1807-08 1774 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 1761 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey, 1789-1808 1757 Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies 1754 Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 1739 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1739 Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1725 Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey, 1774-89 1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1718 Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1717 Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey, 1757-74 1713 Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1703 Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia 1699 Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1699 Osman III, sultan, Turkey 1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1695 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies 1693 Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51 1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey 1676 Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1673 Ahmed III, 23rd sultan, Turkey, 1703-30 1672 Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz 1664 Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar 1664 Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey, 1695-1703 1661 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies 1643 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey, 1691-95 1642 Mehmed IV, sultan, Turkey 1640 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies 1622 Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies 1621 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin 1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1617 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies 1612 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey, 1623 - 1640, conquered Baghdad 1606 Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok 1604 Osman II, sultan of Turkey, 1618-22 1603 Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 1601 Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies 1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies 1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey, 1603-17 1574 Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 1573 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 1566 Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey, 1595-1603 1546 Murad III, sultan of Turkey, 1574-95 1540 Venice/Turkey signs peace 1540 Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary 1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1536 France and Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel 1524 Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey, 1566-74 1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey 1520 Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53 1520 Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies 1512 Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies 1494 Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66 1481 Mohammed II, Fatih, sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies 1451 Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies 1432 Mehmed II, Sultan of Turkey, 1451 - 1481 1421 Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies 1403 Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 1098 After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey |
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