Sources: BBC
Egypt and Turkey exchange ambassadors as part of a restoration of diplomatic relations. 2023-07-4
The defence ministers of Russia, Syria, and Turkey hold a trilateral meeting in Moscow. It is the first such meeting, as well as the first meeting between a Syrian and Turkish defence minister, since the war began in 2011. 2022-12-28
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that the country will gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions, including curfews and weekend lockdowns beginning in March on a provincial basis, which will divide the country into four categories based on infection and vaccination rates. 2021-02-17
Flash flooding in Turkey's northern Giresun Province kills at least five people and leaves 11 others missing. 2020-08-23
A car bomb kills at least eight people and injures up to 100 in Diyarbakır, Turkey. 2016-11-4
Protesters clashed with police outside the headquarters of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) in the Kurds' main city of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey as it became evident President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP were getting a solid majority and would return to power. The tumult spread to other major cities and towns in the Kurdish heartland. The HDP won 10.7 percent of the vote; the party holds 59 of its 80 seats in the parliament. 2015-11-1
Turkish police shoot two attackers outside Istanbul’s central police headquarters, killing one of them. The exchange of fire wounds two officers. 2015-04-1
An explosion in a vehicle at the Cilvegözü border gate kills 14 civilians (eleven Syrians and three Turks), and injures more than 25 others in Reyhanlı district of Hatay Province, Turkey. The gate is on the Turkish–Syrian border. 2013-02-11
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes near the Aegean Sea resort of Ölüdeniz in southern Turkey, resulting in dozens of injuries especially in the city of Fethiye. 2012-06-10
Russian allies, including Venezuela and Turkey, file a dozen requests for Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters from Russia. 2010-02-20