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Egypt and Turkey exchange ambassadors as part of a restoration of diplomatic relations.
2023-07-4

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits the town of Pütürge in eastern Turkey. No casualties or serious damage are reported.
2022-04-9

The Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, connecting the European and Asian continents in Turkey, is opened for traffic. It surpasses Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge as the world's longest suspension bridge.
2022-03-18

A Turkish court in İzmir sentences Gülen movement member Yusuf Bekmezci to 17 years and four months in prison after finding him guilty of managing an armed terrorist organisation.
2021-04-9

Turkey reports a record 190 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 13,936.
2020-12-1

U.S. President Donald Trump authorizes the doubling of Section 232 tariffs on imports of aluminium and steel from Turkey, to 20% and 50% respectively. The Turkish lira further falls to a new record low against the U.S. dollar and Turkish stocks tumble.
2018-08-10

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to open Turkey's borders to allow refugees and migrants to reach Europe after the European Parliament votes to temporarily freeze talks of Turkey's accession to the EU.
2016-11-25

A suspected car bomb outside the office of the governor of the southern Turkish province of Adana kills at least two people and injures 16.
2016-11-24

A car bomb kills at least eight people and injures up to 100 in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
2016-11-4

Turkish police conduct pre-dawn raids on 17 locations in Istanbul and detain some 50 people suspected of being linked to the Islamic State group, according to Turkey's state-run news agency.
2015-10-18