2021 in Turkey
Individuals and events related to Turkey in 2021.
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Incumbents
Events
Ongoing
January
- January 1:
- The minister of health, Fahrettin Koca, announces the identification of the first mutated coronavirus case in Turkey, which had originated from the United Kingdom.[1]
- The over-the-top media service Exxen is made available to the public.[2][3][4]
- January 4: 2021 Boğaziçi University protests - Students protest Melih Bulu's appointment as the rector of Boğaziçi University.[5]
- January 8: Türksat 5A satellite is launched at 02:15:00 UTC from Cape Canaveral (CCSFS), SLC-40.[6]
- January 10: An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 4.5 hits Ankara's Kalecik district at 10:53 pm local time.[7]
- January 13: The Medicines and Medical Devices Agency approves the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The minister of health was the first person to get vaccinated.[8]
- January 14: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan receives the COVID-19 vaccine.[9][10]
February
- February 9: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces the National Space Program.[11]
- February 10–14: The Turkish cross-border Operation Claw-Eagle 2 takes place in Iraq, during which 13 prisoners of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) died.[12][13][14]
March
- March 1: Normalization and easing of COVID restrictions starts gradually in provinces, divided into 4 categories according to the risk assessment criteria.[15]
- March 2: Erdoğan announces the Human Rights Action Plan.[16]
- March 4: A Eurocopter AS532 Cougar crashes on its way from Bingöl to Tatvan. Eleven soldiers on board, as well as 8th Corps Commander Osman Erbaş, are killed in the crash.[17]
- March 10: The foundation of the 3rd reactor is laid at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant at the virtual ceremony attended by Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin.[18]
- March 12: Erdoğan announces the Economic Reform package.[19][20]
- March 20: Erdoğan announces his country's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention by a presidential decree published in the official government gazette. Turkey becomes the first country to withdraw from it.[21]
April
- April 4: A statement is issued by 104 admirals who retired from the Turkish Naval Forces, to warn about potential failure by the government to follow and obey the Montreux Convention, the Istanbul Canal project and Atatürk's principles and reforms.[22][23]
- April 7: An NF-5 aircraft belonging to the Turkish Stars crashes due to an unknown reason during a training flight in the Karatay district of Konya. The pilot of the plane, Captain Burak Gençcelep, is killed.[24]
- April 14: Beginning at 7 pm, a 2-week partial curfew starts to be enforced. Limitations are imposed as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in many areas, with curfew restrictions added to cover the entire weekend and between 7 pm - 5 am on weekdays.[25]
- April 29: A full closure is announced starting from April 29 at 7 pm until May 17 at 5 am. Education is suspended at all levels and exams were postponed. It is announced that intercity public transport vehicles will operate at 50% capacity. It is also announced that markets will be closed on Sundays.[26]
July
- July 28: 2021 Turkish wildfires begin.
August
- August 6: The minister of national education Ziya Selçuk resigns and is replaced by Mahmut Özer.
- August 11
- An anti-Syrian riot erupts in the capital Ankara after the killing of a Turkish teenager by a Syrian refugee.[28]
- Flash floods begin in the Black Sea Region kill at least 38 people.[29]
- August 14: General Directorate of Forestry announced that the firefighting plane rented from Russia crashed in Kahramanmaraş. All the crew, consisting of 3 Turkish and 5 Russian citizens, lost their lives.[30][31]
September
- September 21 and 26: Teknofest 2021 was held at the Atatürk Airport.[32]
October
- October 6: The Paris Agreement was approved by the TBMM.[33]
- October 29: Atatürk Cultural Center was reopened after a series of reconstructions.[34]
November
- November 29–30: Due to the severe storm that occurred in the Marmara, Aegean and Western Black Sea regions, 7 people lost their lives and more than 50 people were injured.[35]
December
- December 10: Expo 2021 Hatay will take place in Hatay city center and will continue until 30 May 2022.[36]
- December 15–19: The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship was held in Ankara.[37]
- December 19: Türksat 5B satellite was launched into space from Cape Canaveral at 06:58 with a Falcon 9 rocket.[38]
- December 22: The coronavirus vaccine TURKOVAC was authorized for emergency use.[39]
Deaths
January
- January 2 - Aylin Özmenek, journalist (b. 1942)[40]
- January 10 - Ahmet Vefik Alp, architect and politician (b. 1948) [41]
- January 16 - Muammer Sun, composer and music teacher (b. 1932) [42]
- January 18 - Dündar Ali Osmanoğlu, 45th Head of the House of Osman (b. 1930) [43]
- January 29 - Varol Ürkmez, footballer (b. 1937) [44]
February
- February 4 - Hüner Coşkuner, singer (b. 1963) [45]
- February 9 - Doğan Cüceloğlu, psychologists and writer (b. 1938) [46]
- February 13 - Kadir Topbaş, Previous Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1945) [47]
- February 17 - Özcan Arkoç, footballer (b. 1939)[48]
- February 20 - Serpil Barlas, actress and singer (b. 1957) [49]
- February 21 - Abdülkadir Topkaç, astronomer (b. 1954) [50]
March
- March 4 - Osman Erbaş, army officer (b. 1962) [51]
- March 5 - Suna Tanaltay, writer, poet and psychologist (b. 1933) [52]
- March 8 - Rasim Öztekin, actor (b. 1959) [53]
- March 16 - Erhan Önal, footballer (b. 1957) [54]
- March 18 - Mehmet Genç, historian (b. 1934) [55]
April
- April 10 - Mehtap Ar, actress (b. 1957) [56]
- April 14 - Yıldırım Akbulut, Turkish politician (b. 1935) [57]
- April 18 - Necdet Üruğ, General (b. 1921) [58]
- April 22 - Selma Gürbüz, painter and sculptor (b. 1960) [59]
- April 23 - Tuncay Becedek, footballer (b. 1942) [60]
May
- May 5 - Emine Işınsu, writer (b. 1938) [61]
- May 19 - Oğuz Yılmaz, singer and songwriter (b. 1968) [62]
June
- June 2 - Hasan Saltık, record producer (b. 1964) [63]
- June 14 - Selçuk Tekay, composer and musician (b. 1953) [64]
July
- July 1 - Kartal Tibet, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1939) [65]
- July 22 - Şevket Sabancı, Businessman and Esas Holding's founder (b. 1936)[66]
August
- August 10 - Sabina Toziya, actress (b. 1946) [67]
- August 25 - Metin Çekmez, actor (b. 1945) [68]
- August 31 - Ferhan Şensoy, actor, playwright and stage director (b. 1951) [69]
September
- September 10 - Duygun Yarsuvat, lawyer (b. 1937) [70]
- September 22 - Doğan Kuban, architect (b. 1926) [71]
October
- October 1 - Oğuzhan Asiltürk, politician (b. 1935) [72]
- October 18 - Sami Kohen, journalist and columnist (b. 1928) [73]
- October 31 - Doğan Akhanlı, Writer (b. 1957) [74]
November
- November 1 - Semra Dinçer, actress (b. 1965) [75]
- November 16 - Sezai Karakoç, writer, thinker, community leader, and poet (b. 1933) [76]
- November 23 - Hasan Fehmi Güneş, jurist and politician (b. 1934) [77]
- November 28 - Mustafa Cengiz, Businessman (b. 1949) [78]
December
- December 3 - Güldal Akşit, politician (b. 1960) [79]
- December 5 - Osman Arpacıoğlu, footballer (b. 1947) [80]
- December 6 - Teoman Duralı, philosopher, thinker and academician (b. 1947) [81]
- December 11 - Mecnur Çolak, footballer (b. 1967) [82]
See also
References
Notes
Citations
- "Listeye Türkiye de eklendi". Sözcü.
- "Acun Ilıcalı'nın platformu Exxen'de neler olacak?". NTV (in Turkish). 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- Ulukan, Gözde (9 October 2020). "Acun Ilıcalı'nın dijital yayın platformu Exxen'de hangi içerikler olacak? [Özel Haber]". Webrazzi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Acun Ilıcalı'nın platformu Exxen'de yer alacak içerikler - Fotoğraf Galerisi". T24 (in Turkish). 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- "Boğaziçi Üniversitesi rektörü Melih Bulu protesto edildi".
- "SON DAKİKA HABERLER: Tarihi anlar! Türksat 5A uydusu fırlatıldı! Türkiye'nin yeni nesil Türksat 5A uydusu uzayda!". Sabah. 8 January 2021.
- https://deprem.afad.gov.tr/depremdetay eventID=493220
- "Fahrettin Koca aşı oldu".
- "Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan aşı oldu".
- "Covid19 Aşısı Bilgilendirme Platformu".
- "Uzay Ajansı: Erdoğan'ın '2023'te Ay'a gidiyoruz' sözleriyle duyurduğu Milli Uzay Programı'nda neler var?". BBC Türkçe. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- "Turkish operation to rescue intelligence operatives in Iraq ends in catastrophic failure".
- "US holds PKK responsible for Gara massacre".
- "CHP Genel Başkanı Kılıçdaroğlu'ndan Gara katliamı tepkisi". NTV.
- "Sağlık Bakanlığı, normalleşmenin başladığı illeri açıkladı".
- "Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İnsan Hakları Eylem Planı'nı açıkladı".
- "Bingöl'den kalkan askeri helikopter kaza kırıma uğradı: 11 şehit".
- "Akkuyu NGS'de 3. ünitenin temeli atıldı".
- "Ekonomi Reformları".
- "Ekonomi reform paketi açıklandı".
- "Official Gazette of Turkey" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- "103 emekli amiralden Montrö ve Atatürk devrimleri bildirisi". Cumhuriyet. 3 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021.
- "Emekli askerlerin bildirisi darbe tartışmasına dönüştü, soruşturma başlatıldı". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- "Konya'da 'Türk Yıldızları' uçağı düştü: 1 şehit". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "Türkiye'de kısmi kapanma uygulamasına geçiliyor".
- "Kabine toplantısında tam kapanma kararı alındı… İşte detaylar".
- "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Amasra -1 kuyusunda 135 milyar metreküplük yeni bir doğal gaz keşfi daha yapıldı".
- "Turkish capital reels from violent protests against Syrians". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- "Flash floods sweep through northern Turkey in new natural disaster". Reuters. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- "Kahramanmaraş'ta yangın söndürme uçağı düştü, sekiz kişi hayatını kaybetti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- Koç, Ömer. "Son dakika: Kahramanmaraş'ta yangın söndürme uçağı düştü! 8 mürettebattan kurtulan yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Kahramanmaraş. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "TEKNOFEST İstanbul 2021 sona erdi".
- "Paris Anlaşmasına ilişkin kanun teklifi, TBMM Genel Kurulunda kabul edildi".
- "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi'nin açılışını gerçekleştirdi".
- "Storm with high winds pounds Istanbul; 4 dead, several hurt". Associated Press. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021 – via WKMG.
- "Hatay EXPO 2021 Anasayfa". EXPO 2021 Hatay (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "Host City". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Türksat 5B uydusu uzaya fırlatıldı". Anadolu Agency. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- "TURKOVAC acil kullanım onayı aldı". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- "Eski TRT spikeri Aylin Özmenek'ten kötü haber". Yeniçağ (in Turkish). 3 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- Kaya, Hakan (10 January 2021). "Son dakika… Ahmet Vefik Alp hayatını kaybetti". Sözcü (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "Usta besteci Muammer Sun hayatını kaybetti". Cumhuriyet.
- "Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu hayatını kaybetti". Hürriyet.
- "Varol Ürkmez kimdir? Efsane kaleci Varol Ürkmez kaç yaşında ve neden öldü?". Fotomaç.
- "Hüner Çoşkuner vefat etti".
- "Doğan Cüceloğlu'na veda! Gözyaşları sel oldu".
- "Kadir Topbaş yaşamını yitirdi". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- "Efsane isim Özcan Arkoç hayatını kaybetti". Sözcü (in Turkish).
- "Serpil Barlas'a acı veda... Son yolculuğuna uğurlandı!". Hürriyet (in Turkish).
- "Uzay aşığı Abdülkadir Topkaç hayatını kaybetti". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- "Bitlis şehitlerine veda".
- "Yazar Suna Tanaltay hayatını kaybetti".
- "Sanatçı Rasim Öztekin vefat etti". Anadolu Agency. 8 March 2021.
- Turkish Football Federation official newsletter (in Turkish) Retrieved 17 March 2021
- "İktisat tarihçisi Mehmet Genç vefat etti". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- "Son dakika: Mehtap Ar son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish).
- "Eski başbakanlardan Yıldırım Akbulut hayatını kaybetti". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- "19. Genelkurmay Başkanı Necdet Uruğ hayatını kaybetti". T24.
- "Sanatçı Selma Gürbüz hayatını kaybetti".
- "Fenerbahçe'nin eski futbolcusu Tuncay Becedek vefat etti".
- "Roman ve oyun yazarı Emine Işınsu Öksüz vefat etti".
- "SON DAKİKA! Oğuz Yılmaz hayatını kaybetti". HT Kulüp. Habertürk. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021.
- "Yapımcı Hasan Saltık vefat etti". Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.
- "Son dakika... Ünlü besteci ve keman virtüözü Selçuk Tekay hayatını kaybetti".
- "Yeşilçam'ın usta ismi Kartal Tibet vefat etti".
- "Şevket Sabancı hayatını kaybetti". Milliyet. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- "Oyuncu Sabina Toziya vefat etti".
- "Usta oyuncu Metin Çekmez hayatını kaybetti".
- "SON DAKİKA: Ferhan Şensoy hayatını kaybetti".
- "Eski Galatasaray Başkanı Duygun Yarsuvat hayatını kaybetti (Duygun Yarsuvat kimdir?)".
- "Yaşamını yitiren Prof. Dr. Doğan Kuban kimdir? Doğan Kuban neden öldü?".
- "Saadet Partisi YİK Başkanı Asiltürk vefat etti".
- "Son dakika haberi: Usta gazeteci Sami Kohen hayatını kaybetti".
- "Yazar Doğan Akhanlı hayatını kaybetti".
- "Oyuncu Semra Dinçer hayatını kaybetti".
- "Şair, yazar ve fikir adamı Sezai Karakoç vefat etti".
- "Hasan Fehmi Güneş: Eski İçişleri Bakanı, CHP milletvekili ve senatör 87 yaşında hayatını kaybetti".
- "Eski Galatasaray Kulübü Başkanı Mustafa Cengiz, hayatını kaybetti". Anadolu Agency. 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "Son dakika! AK Partili Güldal Akşit vefat etti". 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Türk futbolunun acı kaybı! 'Bay Gol' lakaplı Osman Arpacıoğlu vefat etti".
- "Prof. Dr. Teoman Duralı vefat etti". Anadolu Agency. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- "Fenerbahçe'nin eski futbolcusu, borsa dünyasının aktif ismi Mecnur Çolak beyin kanaması geçirdi… Mecnur Çolak kimdir?".
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