2023 in Turkey

Individuals and events related to 2023 in Turkey.

← 2022 2021 2020 2023 in Turkey → 2024 2025 2026
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Incumbents

• President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly: Mustafa Şentop → Devlet Bahçeli → Numan Kurtulmuş
• President of the Constitutional Court: Zühtü Arslan
• Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Armed Forces: Yaşar Güler
• Government: 66th government of Turkey → 67th government of Turkey
• Cabinet: Fourth Erdoğan Cabinet → Fifth Erdoğan Cabinet

Events

Ongoing

• 2016–present purges in Turkey

January

• 2 January - With the decision of the Council of State by a majority vote, Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention became final.^[1]
• 3 January - A cooperation agreement in the field of natural gas was signed between Turkey and Bulgaria.^[2]
• 5 January
  • A Turkish coast guard vessel exchanges warning shots with a Greek coast guard vessel near the Greek island of Farmakonisi.^[3]
  • The Constitutional Court decided to block HDP's treasury aid account.^[4]
• 7 January - Five people are killed and 23 others are injured in a bus crash in Diyarbakır.^[5]
• 13 January - Rami Library is put into service.^[6]
• 21 January - The Turkish defense ministry cancels Swedish defense minister Pål Jonson's upcoming visit to Turkey in response to an approval for far-right extremist Rasmus Paludan to protest in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.^[7]
• 30 January - The Nation Alliance announced the Common Policies Memorandum of Understanding, which includes its actions after the general election.^[8]

February

• 2 February - The Netherlands, Germany, the UK, France, Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Switzerland closed their consulates in Istanbul for security reasons.^[9]
• 5 February - At least eight people are killed and 42 injured when a bus crashes and overturns in Afyonkarahisar Province.^[10]
• 6 February - 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
• 7 February - A state of emergency was declared for 3 months in 10 provinces due to the earthquake.^[11]
• 9 February - Three inmates are killed and 12 more injured after soldiers open fire during a prison riot in Hatay Province. The prisoners were demanding to see their families affected by the recent earthquake.^[12]
• 17 February - A Syrian family of seven, including five children, are killed by a fire that struck a home in Nurdağı, Gaziantep Province, which they moved to after surviving the earthquake. Seven other people are injured during the fire.^[13]
• 20 February - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck in southern Turkey and is also felt in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.^[14]
• 27 February - One person is killed and 69 others are injured during a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Yeşilyurt, Malatya.^[15]

March

• 5 March - Nation Alliance member Meral Akşener left the alliance in response to the selection of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as the presidential candidate. However, a day later, she abandoned this decision and accepted Kılıçdaroğlu's candidacy.^[16]
• 7 March - The Nation Alliance, which was established by the alliance of six political parties, publicly known as the Table of Six, announced CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as its presidential candidate in the upcoming election.^[17]
• 9 March - The third meeting of the tripartite memorandum between Finland, Sweden and Turkey was held in Brussels, Belgium.^[18]
• 10 March - Pınar Gültekin murder suspect Cemal Metin Avcı was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.^[19]
• 15 March - 2023 Turkey floods^[20]
• 18 March - Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo. With this, diplomatic relations between Turkey and Egypt, which had been cut for 11 years, were resumed.^[21]
• 19 March - Turkey's first boron carbide production facility was opened in Bandırma, Balıkesir.^[22]

April

• 10 April - The amphibious assault ship, TCG Anadolu, was delivered to the Turkish Naval Forces.^[23]
• 15 April - İMECE, Turkey's first domestic satellite with sub-meter resolution, was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base with SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket at 09:48 Turkish time.^[24]
• 17 April - Istanbul Financial Center [tr] was put into service.^[25]
• 20 April - 710 billion cubic meters of natural gas discovered approximately 170 kilometers off the Black Sea began to be extracted.^[26]
• 23 April - The Altay tank was delivered to the Turkish Land Forces for testing.^[27]
• 25 April - The TAI Hürjet made its first flight.^[28]
• 26 April - Ankara–Sivas high-speed railway was put into service.^[29]
• 27 April:
  • Teknofest 2023 was held at Atatürk Airport until 1 May.^[30]
  • Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant gained the status of a nuclear facility by bringing in nuclear fuel.^[31]
  • The first National Electric Train set was delivered to TCDD.^[32]

May

• 2 May - Karapınar solar power plant, the largest in Europe and Turkey, was put into service.^[33]
• 3 May - The Zigana Tunnel, the third longest tunnel in the world and the longest in Europe and Turkey, with a length of 14,476 meters, was put into service.^[34]
• 14 May - 2023 Turkish parliamentary election and first round of 2023 Turkish presidential election^[35]
• 28 May - second round of 2023 Turkish presidential election; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is elected for president.

June

• 3 June - Members of the 67th cabinet of Turkey were announced.^[36]
• 10 June - The 2023 UEFA Champions League final was held at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
• 14 June - The fourth meeting of the tripartite memorandum between Finland, Sweden and Turkey was held in Ankara, Turkey.^[37]
• 15 June - Two families clashed due to a land dispute in Diyarbakır's Bismil district. 9 people were killed and 2 were injured.^[38]

July

• 6 July - The fifth meeting of the tripartite memorandum between Finland, Sweden and Turkey was held in Brussels, Belgium.^[39]

September

• 6 September – At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.^[40]
• 22 September – Turkish police announces that they have detained 10 people with links to the Islamic State in Izmir after intelligence revealed hidden explosives manufacturing supplies.^[41]

October

• 1 October – The capital Ankara was struck by a terrorist attack which was carried out by two members of the PKK. The attack took place in front of the entrance gate to the General Directorate of Security building.
• 2 October – Turkey launches airstrikes against around 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, in response to the PKK's bombing of Ankara, killing an unknown number of militants.^[42]
• 19 October – Israel withdraws its ambassador Irit Lillian and other diplomats from Turkey after urging its citizens to avoid all travel to the country.^[43]
• 23 October – Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submits a bill on granting Sweden membership into NATO to the Grand National Assembly.^[44]

November

• 4 November – Turkey recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip.^[45]
• 7 November –
  • Trade between Turkey and Israel decreased by half since the start of the war, compared with the same period last year, according to the Turkish trade minister.^[46]
  • Turkey’s parliament removes Coca-Cola and Nestle products from restaurants in the country over their alleged support for Israel.^[47]
• 20 November – Nine people are killed and eleven more are missing during floods across Turkey.^[48]

Arts and entertainment

• List of Turkish films of 2023
• List of 2023 box office number-one films in Turkey

Deaths

February

• 6 February: (in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake)
  • Cemal Kütahya, 32, handball player^[49]
  • Yakup Taş, 63, politician, MP (since 2018)^[50]
  • Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan, 28, footballer (Osmanlıspor, Ümraniyespor, Yeni Malatyaspor)^[51]
  • Zilan Tigris, 50, singer^[52]
  • Nilay Aydogan, 30, basketball player^[53]
• 9 February – Sıtkı Güvenç, 61, politician, MP (2011–2015)^[54]
• 11 February – Deniz Baykal, 84, politician and former CHP leader^[55]
• 17 February – Alparslan Arslan, 46, convicted criminal^[56]
• 18 February – Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı, 86, footballer^[57]
• 20 February – Şener Eruygur, 81, army general^[58]
• 26 February – Ziya Şengül, 79, footballer^[59]

March

• 10 March:
  • Vefa Tanır, 96, politician and minister^[60]
  • Ayşegül Sarıca, 87, pianist
• 24 March – Orhan Karaveli, 93, journalist and writer^[61]
• 26 March – Köksal Engür, 77, actor^[62]

April

• 13 April – Julia Ituma, 18, volleyball player, fall.^[63]

May

• 24 May:
  • İlham Gencer, 97, jazz pianist, singer and composer^[64]
  • Ergun Öztuna, 85, footballer^[65]
  • Adil Serdar Saçan, 60, police chief^[66]

June

• 4 June – Selahattin Çetiner, 100, politician and lieutenant general^[67]
• 30 June – Murat Karagöz, 55, diplomat^[68]

July

• 8 July – Özkan Uğur, 69, musician and actor^[69]
• 12 July – Abdulbaki Erol, 74, Islamic scholar and the leader of the Menzil community
• 19 July – Roni Margulies, 68, poet and author^[70]
• 25 July – Yılmaz Gruda, 93, actor and poet^[71]

August

• 15 August – Sakıp Özberk, 78, footballer^[72]

September

• 5 September – Necmettin Cevheri, 93, politician and lawyer^[73]
• 15 September:
  • Burhan Sargun, 94, footballer^[74]
  • Gökhan Abur, 79, musician and meteorologist^[75]
• 26 September – Hıfzı Topuz, 100, journalist and novelist^[76]
• 27 September – Seda Fettahoğlu, 44, actress^[77]
• 30 September – Galip Haktanır, 102, footballer^[78]

October

• 9 October – Haluk Akakçe, 53, artist^[79]
• 21 October – Burak Bekdil, 57, columnist^[80]
• 29 October – Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm, 95, actress and voice artist^[81]

See also

• Outline of Turkey
• Index of Turkey-related articles
• List of Turkey-related topics
• History of Turkey

References

Notes

Citations

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2. . Anadolu Agency. 3 January 2023. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
3. "Warning shots fired as Greek, Turkish patrol boats face off". MSN. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
4. . Anadolu Agency. 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
5. "5 dead, 23 injured in bus crash in southeastern Turkey". armenpress.am. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. . Anadolu Agency. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
7. "Turkey cancels Sweden minister visit over planned protest". Jordan Times. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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9. "9 ülkenin Ankara büyükelçileri ve temsilcileri, Dışişleri Bakanlığına çağrıldı". BirGün. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
10. US News, A. B. C. "Bus crash kills at least 8, injures dozens in western Turkey". ABC News. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
11. "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: 10 ilde 3 aylık OHAL kararı Resmi Gazete'de". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
12. English, Duvar (2 September 2023). "Three inmates killed in prison riot in Turkey's quake-hit Hatay". www.duvarenglish.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
13. "After surviving earthquake, Syrian family of seven dies in fire". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
14. "New Turkey earthquake leaves people trapped under rubble in Hatay". BBC News. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
15. "At least one killed as magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Turkey". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
16. . BBC Türkçe. 5 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
17. . Cumhuriyet. 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
18. "Bakan Çavuşoğlu açıkladı: İsveç ve Finlandiya ile yeni toplantının tarihi belli oldu" (in Turkish). NTV. 27 February 2023. from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
19. Tahçı, Davut Can-Tolga (10 March 2023). . Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
20. . BBC Türkçe. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
21. . BBC Türkçe (in Turkish). 18 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
22. . Anadolu Agency. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
23. . Anadolu Agency. 10 April 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
24. . Anadolu Agency. 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
25. . Anadolu Agency. 17 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
26. . Anadolu Agency. 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
27. . Anadolu Agency. 23 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
28. . Anadolu Agency. 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
29. . Anadolu Agency. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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33. . Anadolu Agency. 2 May 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
34. . Anadolu Agency. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
35. "Cumhurbaşkanının Üçüncü Defa Seçilmesi". www.sen.av.tr (in Turkish). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
36. . Archived from the original on 4 June 2023.
37. "Türkiye, Finlandiya, İsveç Daimi Ortak Mekanizması toplantısı Ankara'da yapıldı" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. 14 June 2023. from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
38. . Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
39. "Sweden's fraught path to NATO accession – DW – 06/30/2023". dw.com. from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
40. "Streets turn to rivers in Bulgaria". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
41. "Turkish Police Detain 10 Accused of ISIS Links, Minister Says". english.aawsat.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
42. "Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara". AP News. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
43. "Israeli ambassador leaves Ankara after warning, Turkish media reports". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
44. "Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's bid for NATO membership to parliament". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
45. Bushard, Brian. "Turkey Latest Pulling Ambassador From Israel — Joining These 6 Other Countries". Forbes. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
46. Stepansky, Farah Najjar,Joseph. "Israel vows to keep up Gaza attacks as Palestinians face mass displacement". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
47. "Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support". Reuters. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
48. "Severe storms in Turkey leave 9 dead. 11 are still missing after a cargo ship sank in the Black Sea". AP News. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
49. "Handball trauert um türkischen Kapitän Kütahya". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
50. "Son Dakika: AKP milletvekili Yakup Taş yaşamını yitirdi". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
51. "Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan hayatını kaybetti, acı haberi Yılmaz Vural duyurdu". Fanatik. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
52. . Medya News. 13 February 2023. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
53. DHA (21 February 2023). "Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde sezona Nilay Aydoğan'ın ismi verildi". CNN TÜRK (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
54. Duvar, Gazete (2 September 2023). "Eski vekil Sıtkı Güvenç depremde vefat etti". Former deputy Sıtkı Güvenç passed away in the earthquake (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
55. "Deniz Baykal hayatını kaybetti". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
56. "Danıştay saldırganı Alparslan Arslan koğuşunda ölü bulundu". Demirören Haber Ajansi. 17 February 2023.
57. . trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). 19 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
58. "Emekli Orgeneral Şener Eruygur son yolcuğuna uğurlandı" (in Turkish). Habertürk. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
59. "Ziya Şengül hayatını kaybetti" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
60. "Eski bakanlardan Vefa Tanır, hayatını kaybetti". T24.
61. . Birgün. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
62. "Köksal Engür kimdir, öldü mü, neden öldü? İsmail Köksal Engür hayatı kariyeri film ve dizileri". Milliyet (in Turkish). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
63. TG24, Sky (14 April 2023). "Julia Ituma, smentita notizia di un messaggio di saluto in chat". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
64. . 25 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
65. Fenerbahçe'nin eski futbolcusu Ergun Öztuna (Puşkaş Ergun) hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
66. "Adil Serdar Saçan hayatını kaybetti" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
67. "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Selahattin Çetiner öldü". BirGün (in Turkish). 4 June 2023. from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
68. "Türkiye's ambassador to Portugal dies after heart attack". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
69. "Özkan Uğur yaşamını yitirdi!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
70. . Archived from the original on 20 July 2023.
71. . Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 26 July 2023. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023.
72. . Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
73. . Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
74. . Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
75. . Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
76. . Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
77. . Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
78. . Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
79. . Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
80. . Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
81. . Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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