2015 Event Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 2014 Event 49 hostages of the Islamic State are freed and returned to Turkey after an operation enacted by the Turkish government after the June kidnapping in Mosul, Iraq; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not give information regarding its actions 2013 Event A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes 50 miles south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event Syria's former defense minister, Ali Habib Mahmud is reported to have defected to Turkey 2013 Event Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to air strikes on Syria, saying Israel's government is waging 'state terrorism' 2012 Event Millions are left without power when a trasformer malfunctions in Bursa, Turkey 2011 Event Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey, begins a three-day visit to the United Kingdom 2011 Event The city of Van in eastern Turkey experiences a 7.2-magnitude earthquake; 100 people are killed 2011 Event The 2011 Syrian uprising continues as Turkey seizes a Syrian ship that is possibly carrying weapons to the Syrian Army 2011 Event The 8th largest search engine in the world, Russia's Yandex, marks its first venture outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by expanding into Turkey 2011 Event Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election 2010 Event Turkey's historic Haydarpa a Terminal is damaged in a fire in Istanbul 2010 Event Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel states he will not apologize to Turkey for the Gaza flotilla clash, and that the injured will not receive any compensation 2010 Event Kurdish rebels claim responsibility for a bus bomb in Istanbul, Turkey; five people were killed and twelve people injured 2009 Event Fearing that turkeys contracted swine flu from humans, two turkey farms in Valparaiso, Chile are quarantined 1999 Event Earthquake kills 700 in Duzce, Turkey 1999 Event Earthquake kills 17,000 in northwest Turkey 1997 Event Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1994 Event B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1993 Event Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey 1993 Event Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1993 Event Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey 1993 Event Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey 1993 Event Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey 1993 Death Turgut zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 1992 Event Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1990 Event 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq 1989 Event Turgat Ozal elected president of Turkey 1987 Event Turkey asks to join European market 1983 Event Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections 1982 Event Turkey adopts constitution 1980 Event Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1978 Event Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey 1977 Event Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off 1976 Birthday Yesim Cetin, Miss Turkey Universe 1997 1975 Event 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 Event Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1974 Event Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) 1974 Event Turkey invades Cyprus 1974 Event Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey 1973 Event Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1971 Event Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1971 Event "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1970 Event Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1970 Event 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1969 Event Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK 1966 Event Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed 1965 Event Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 1964 Event Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots 1964 Event Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1962 Event 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 Event Inonu Government forms in Turkey 1961 Death Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey 1950 - 1960, dies at 62 1960 Event Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1959 Event Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1957 Event Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey 1955 Event Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed 1955 Event Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance 1953 Event Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1952 Birthday 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 Event Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey 1950 Birthday Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1949 Event Turkey recognizes Israel 1947 Event "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 1944 Event Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany 1944 Event Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1941 Event Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany 1939 Event Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) 1939 Event Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die 1939 Event Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 1939 Event France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 1939 Event Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1938 Death Kemal Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal, general/president Turkey, dies at 57 1935 Event 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1935 Event President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" 1934 Event Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1930 Event Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship 1930 Birthday Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire 1929 Event Turkey introduces female suffrage 1929 Event Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty 1929 Death Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 1929 Event Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty 1929 Event Turkey signs Litvinov-pact 1929 Event Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1928 Event Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet 1928 Event Turkey passes separation of church and state 1927 Event U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Turkey 1926 Event Turkey allows civil marriage 1926 Death Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies 1926 Death Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies 1926 Event Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security 1925 Event Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar 1925 Event Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact 1923 Event Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) 1923 Event Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital 1923 Event Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne 1922 Event Turkey and Greece sign cease fire 1922 Death Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 1921 Event Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece 1921 Event Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire 1921 Event Turkey makes peace with Armenia 1920 Event Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty 1920 Event Treaty of Sevres (Allies and Turkey) 1918 Death Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies 1918 Death Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65 1917 Event Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 Event T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey 1916 Event British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey 1915 Birthday Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Event Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Event German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany 1914 Event Turkey signs military pact with Germany 1914 Event Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty 1914 Event Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1913 Event Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1913 Death Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated 1912 Event Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1912 Event Albania declares it's Indepenence from Turkey 1912 Event Albania declares independence from Turkey 1912 Event Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1912 Event 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1912 Event Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War 1912 Event War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania 1912 Event 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1911 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Event Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1909 Birthday Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire 1909 Event Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown 1908 Event Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece 1908 Event Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1908 Event Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1906 Event British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1904 Death Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies 1903 Event Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey 1887 Event Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey) 1883 Event Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1881 Birthday Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician 1881 Birthday Kemal Ataturk, 1st President of Rep of Turkey 1878 Event Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 1878 Event Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 1878 Event Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1878 Event Greece declares war on Turkey 1877 Event Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Event Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed 1876 Event Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1876 Event Serbia declares war on Turkey 1876 Death Abdul-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46 1862 Event Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1861 Death Abdul-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), dies at 38 1861 Birthday Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey, 1918-22 1855 Birthday Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I 1848 Birthday Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet 1844 Birthday Mehmed V Reshad, sultan of Turkey, 1909-18 1842 Birthday Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey, lost Romania and Serbia 1840 Birthday Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet and author, Fatherland-1872 1840 Birthday Murad V, sultan of Turkey, 1876 1839 Event Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed 1839 Event Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey 1839 Death Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53 1833 Event Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty 1830 Birthday Abdul Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76 1828 Event Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1826 Event Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1823 Birthday Abdul-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey, 1839-61 1821 Event Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1811 Birthday Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1808 Death Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29 1808 Death Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies 1808 Event Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey 1800 Event French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1792 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy 1791 Event Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova 1789 Death Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64 1787 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1785 Birthday Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey, 1808 - 1839, Westernizer/reformer 1784 Event Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 1779 Birthday Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey, 1807-08 1774 Death Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 1761 Birthday Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey, 1789-1808 1757 Death Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies 1754 Death Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 1739 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1739 Event Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1738 Event France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1725 Birthday Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey, 1774-89 1724 Event Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1718 Event Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1717 Birthday Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey, 1757-74 1713 Event Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1703 Death Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 1700 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1699 Event Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1699 Birthday Osman III, sultan, Turkey 1696 Birthday Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1695 Death Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies 1693 Death Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51 1683 Event Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey 1676 Event Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1673 Birthday Ahmed III, 23rd sultan, Turkey, 1703-30 1672 Event Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz 1664 Event Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar 1664 Birthday Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey, 1695-1703 1661 Death Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies 1643 Birthday Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey, 1691-95 1642 Birthday Mehmed IV, sultan, Turkey 1640 Death Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 1639 Death Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies 1622 Death Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies 1621 Event Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin 1620 Event 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1617 Death Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies 1612 Birthday Murad IV, sultan of Turkey, 1623 - 1640, conquered Baghdad 1606 Event Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok 1604 Birthday Osman II, sultan of Turkey, 1618-22 1603 Death Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 1601 Death Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies 1595 Death Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies 1590 Birthday Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey, 1603-17 1574 Death Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 1573 Event Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 1566 Death Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1566 Birthday Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey, 1595-1603 1546 Birthday Murad III, sultan of Turkey, 1574-95 1540 Event Venice/Turkey signs peace 1540 Event Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary 1540 Event Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1536 Event France and Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel 1524 Birthday Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey, 1566-74 1520 Event Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey 1520 Death Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53 1520 Death Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies 1512 Death Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies 1494 Birthday Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66 1481 Death Mohammed II, Fatih, sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies 1451 Death Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies 1432 Birthday Mehmed II, Sultan of Turkey, 1451 - 1481 1421 Death Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies 1403 Death Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 1098 Event After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
