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2017 in Turkey

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2017
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Turkey

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The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Turkey.

Parliament

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Incumbents

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Events

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Ongoing

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January

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  • 1 January – A terrorist attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul leaves 39 people dead.[1]
  • 2 January - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack on the nightclub yesterday.[2]
  • 3 January - The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend the state of emergency by 3 months after the attempted coup last year.[3]
  • 5 January – A car bomb explodes in İzmir perpetrated by TAK, killing 2 people.[4]
  • 13 January - President Erdogan vows that Turkish troops will remain in Cyprus in perpetuity and describes proposed terms of a rotating presidency to be unacceptable.[5]
  • 14 January - The Parliament of Turkey approves two constitutional amendments to expand the president's power to appoint new legislation and select the cabinet.[citation needed]
  • 26 January - Greece refuses to extradite eight soldiers accused of playing a role in the coup attempt last year.[6]
  • 28 January - President Erdogan signs a 100 million pound deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May over the construction of fighter jets.[7]
  • 30 January - In the capital of Ankara, 269 people are put on trial after being charged for their roles in the coup attempt last year.[8]
  • 31 January – The Eurasia Tunnel, which combines the Asian and European continents with a black tunnel, has started uninterruptedly.[9]

February

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  • 5 February - Over 800 suspected ISIL members are arrested by the Turkish police.[10]
  • 8 February - 4400 public servants are dismissed in another purge following the attempted coup last year.[11]
  • 9 February – A Russian airstrike accidentally killed 3 Turkish troops in al-Bab, Syria.[12]
  • 11 February - Abdulgadir Masharipov is charged with murder in relation to the night club shooting at the start of the year and remains incarcerated.[13]
  • 14 February - Over 800 people are detained by police due to allegations of them being members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[14]
  • 17 February – 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum.
  • 22 February - Turkey lifts the ban on female army soldiers wearing the hijab.[15]
  • 28 February - A trial of 330 suspects in last year's attempted coup opens as the largest trial to date.[16]

March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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  • 4 July - "Önce Vatan" Party was shut down by the Constitutional Court of Turkey.[27]

September

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October

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack 'leaves 39 dead'".
  2. ^ "Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ "TURKEY TO EXTEND STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AFTER COUP".
  4. ^ "Car bomb kills two outside courthouse in Turkish city of İzmir". TheGuardian.com. 5 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Cyprus talks: Turkish troops will remain on island, vows Erdoğan". TheGuardian.com. 13 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Turkish anger as Greece rejects extradition of eight soldiers". BBC News. 26 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Theresa May signs £100m fighter jet deal with Turkey's Erdoğan". TheGuardian.com. 28 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Turkey puts Gulen, 269 others on trial over coup bid".
  9. ^ "Avrasya Tüneli 24 saat açık oluyor" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Turkey says over 800 detained in anti-ISIL operations".
  11. ^ "Turkey dismisses 4,400 public servants in latest post-coup attempt purge". TheGuardian.com. 8 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Russian Air Strike Kills Turkish Soldiers In Syria".
  13. ^ "Accused Istanbul nightclub gunman Abdulgadir Masharipov formally charged, reports say". ABC News. 11 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Turkey: Hundreds detained over alleged links to PKK".
  15. ^ "Turkey reverses female army officers' headscarf ban". BBC News. 22 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Largest post-coup bid trial opens with 330 suspects".
  17. ^ "Turkey says warplane, probably Syrian, crashed near border". Reuters. 4 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Turkey's Erdogan calls Dutch authorities 'Nazi remnants'". BBC News. 11 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Turkey referendum: Clashes as Dutch expel minister". BBC News. 12 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Turkey threatens to pull out of migrant deal as Dutch row intensifies". TheGuardian.com. 13 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Turkey ends 'Euphrates Shield' operation in Syria".
  22. ^ Gaffey, Connor (2017-04-17). "Turkey could hold a referendum on reintroducing the death penalty, Erdogan says". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  23. ^ Kingsley, Patrick (23 June 2017). "Turkey Drops Evolution From Curriculum, Angering Secularists". The New York Times.
  24. ^ "Evolution theory to be scrapped from Turkish schoolbooks | DW | 23.06.2017". Deutsche Welle.
  25. ^ "Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says". TheGuardian.com. 23 June 2017.
  26. ^ "Turkey to stop teaching evolution theory in high schools: Education board". Reuters. 23 June 2017.
  27. ^ Turkey’s top court shuts down Önce Vatan Party after leader goes missing
  28. ^ İBB Başkanı Kadir Topbaş istifa etti