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, PM of Turkey (1950-60), 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
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 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 SelŒm 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, 1808-39, /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 SelŒm 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, 1623-40, /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 SelŒm 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 SelŒm 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 [Fatih], Sultan of Turkey, 1451-81
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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