Individuals and events related to 2024 in Turkey.
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Incumbents
| Office | Image | Name | Tenure / Current length |
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| President |  | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 28 August 2014 |
| Vice President of Turkey |  | Cevdet Yılmaz | 4 June 2023 |
| 30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | .jpg) | Numan Kurtulmuş | 27 June 2023 |
| President of the Constitutional Court | Zühtü Arslan | 10 February 2015 | |
| Minister of National Defense | .jpg) | Yaşar Güler | 4 June 2023 |
| Chief of the Turkish General Staff |  | Metin Gürak | 3 August 2023 |
Events
Ongoing
January
- 13 January – Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria following an attack on Turkish soldiers in Iraq which killed nine.[1]
- 23 January – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey approves Sweden's NATO membership bid.[2]
- 28 January – 2024 Istanbul church shooting, one person killed and one other injured during a shooting by two armed terrorists at the Church of Santa Maria in Istanbul.[3]
February
- 1 February – A gunman takes seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, in an apparent protest against the war in Gaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed.[4]
- 6 February – Two Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front gunmen open fire outside the Istanbul Justice Palace, wounding six people, before being killed during a shootout with police.[5]
- 10 February – Gunmen open fire at a campaign event in the Küçükçekmece district municipality of Istanbul for AK Party mayoral candidate Aziz Yeniay, critically injuring one person. Seventeen people are arrested in connection with the attack.[6]
- 13 February – Around ten people are believed trapped underground after a landslide near the Çöpler mine in İliç, Erzincan Province. A rescue operation is ongoing.[7]
- 25 February – Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing four alleged PKK members.[8]
March
- 5 March – One person is killed in Bursa Province following a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that had its epicenter in Çanakkale Province.[9]
- 15 March – A migrant boat sinks near Gökçeada in the Aegean Sea, killing 22 people including seven children. Two people are rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard off Eceabat, Çanakkale Province while two others manage to swim to shore.[10]
- 20–21 March – 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships at Antalya[11]
- 31 March –
- 2024 Turkish local elections[12]
- 2024 Istanbul mayoral election: Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as mayor of Istanbul.[13]
April
- 2 April:
- Gayrettepe nightclub fire – A fire at a nightclub in Beşiktaş, Istanbul kills at least 29 people.[14]
- Authorities annul the victory of DEM candidate Abdullah Zeydan in the mayoral election in Van and declare his rival from the AK Party the winner instead.[15] Following public uproar and an appeal from Zeydan, the Supreme Election Board reinstates him as the winner.[16]
- 12 April - One person is killed and seven others are injured after a cable car falls on rocky ground due to a collapsed pylon outside Antalya. The accident also leaves 184 people stranded across the entire cable car system.[17]
- 18 April - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Tokat Province, destroying several buildings there and in neighboring Yozgat Province.[18]
Scheduled
- 29 June to 7 July – 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup[19]
Holidays
- 1 January –New Year's Day
- 10 April to 12 April – Ramazan Bayramı
- 23 April – Children's Day
- 1 May– Labour Day
- 19 May – Youth and Sports Day
- 16 June to 19 June – Kurban Bayramı
- 15 July – Democracy and National Unity Day
- 30 August– Victory Day
- 29 October – Republic Day
Arts and entertainment
Deaths
- 4 January – Ayla Algan, 86, singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).[22]
See also
References
Notes
Citations
External links
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