13 March - Kurdish rebels free eight Turkish citizens who have been held captive for two years.[5]
19 March - Two people are injured in bombings on Turkey's justice ministry and headquarters of the governing AK Party in Ankara. This was allegedly done by Kurdish militants.[6]
21 March - PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan makes historic calls for peace talks with Turkey after nearly 30 years of violent conflict.[7]
22 March - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologises to Prime Minister Erdogan for the killing of nine activists in a raid on Gaza and the US reports they are normalising relations.[8][9]
April
7 April - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Turkey where discussions over relations with Israel and the Syrian civil war are expected to take place.[10]
May
20 May - A hot air balloon crashes in Cappadocia resulting in 2 tourists dying and another 20 injured.[11]
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