1997 Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies
1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
1994 Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered
1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
1993 Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered
1993 Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1993 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake
1991 Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
1988 Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
1988 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman
1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1982 U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life
1981 FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
1975 Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris
1975 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris
1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna
1974 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
1973 Ismet Inonu [Mustapha Ismet Pasha], Turkish PM (1923..65), dies at 89
1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
1967 Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter, Oly-gold-1988
1965 Turkish government of Uerguplu forms
1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
1963 Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet
1958 Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire
1955 Turkish government of Menderes forms
1955 Turkish government of Menderes resigns
1954 Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician
1952 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit
1944 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74
1943 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu
1941 Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andre, Dutch actor, Turkish Fruit-Come Back
1936 New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles
1934 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names
1931 Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army
1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government
1925 Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople
1924 German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
1923 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president
1922 Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief
1922 Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
1922 Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help
1922 Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia
1922 Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens
1922 Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40
1920 Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
1918 Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine
1917 Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1915 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rubab-i Sjikeste), dies at 47
1915 Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal
1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
1914 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea
1914 Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts
1914 Redjaizade M Ekrem, Turkish poet and writer, dies at about 66
1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria
1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
1912 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica
1906 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman
1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
1901 Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet
1899 Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece
1895 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1890 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540
1889 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer and diplomat
1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1884 Ismet Inonu, [Moestafa Ismet], Turkish gen/premier/president
1881 Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician
1881 Enver Pasja, Turkish general and politician
1871 Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies
1867 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet, Servet-i Funun, Sis
1852 Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
1840 Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist, Vatan
1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice
1799 Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet (Husn-u asjk, dies at about 41
1799 Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Husn u Ask), dies at about 40
1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
1770 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish
1738 Turkish troops occupy Orsova and Ochakov
1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1730 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
1714 King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden
1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
1703 Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II
1702 Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power
1691 Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle
1690 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
1687 Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders
1683 Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed
1683 Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1683 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna
1676 Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier
1676 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies
1664 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
1664 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
1663 Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army
1657 Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal, Turkish Wars
1657 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48
1654 Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal, Turkish Wars
1621 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
1609 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary, Djihannuma
1600 Baki, Turkish royal poet (Davan, Ghazalijjat), dies at about 74
1574 Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet
1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese and Knights of St. John
1560 Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden
1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
1547 King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman
1544 Turkish troops occupy Hungary
1543 French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice
1543 French and Turkish troops occupy Nice
1541 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary
1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish
1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis
1534 Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples
1522 Turkish troops occupy Rhodos
1521 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1501 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59
1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1441 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub
1402 Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army
1397 Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity
1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered
1030 Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
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