2025 in Turkey

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Individuals and events related to 2025 in Turkey .

Incumbents

Further information: Turkish order of precedence

Office	Image	Name	Tenure / Current length
President		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	28 August 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-08-28)
Vice President of Turkey		Cevdet Yılmaz	4 June 2023 (20 months ago) (2023-06-04)
30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly		Numan Kurtulmuş	27 June 2023 (20 months ago) (2023-06-27)
President of the Constitutional Court		Zühtü Arslan	10 February 2015 (10 years ago) (2015-02-10)
Minister of National Defense		Yaşar Güler	4 June 2023 (20 months ago) (2023-06-04)
Chief of the Turkish General Staff		Metin Gürak	3 August 2023 (18 months ago) (2023-08-03)

Events

Ongoing

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
• Purges in Turkey (2016–present)

January

• 13 January – Riza Akpolat, the CHP mayor of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, is arrested as part of an investigation into alleged bid-rigging, bribery and unjust acquisition of property. ^[1]
• 16 January – At least 30 people are reported to have died across Istanbul after consuming bootleg alcohol. ^[2] By 17 February, the death toll reaches 124, with cases also reported in Ankara. ^[3]
• 20 January – Ümit Özdağ, the leader of the Victory Party, is arrested on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and inciting violence on social media during the 2024 anti-refugee riots in Turkey. ^[4]
• 21 January –
  • At least 78 people are killed in a fire at a hotel in Kartalkaya, Bolu Province. ^[5]
  • Four people are injured in a gas explosion at a ski resort in Sivas Province. ^[6]
• 25 January – Two people are killed in the collapse of an apartment building in Konya. ^[7]
• 28 January – Serhan Asker, the chief editor of Halk TV, is detained along with two other journalists after the station airs a phone conversation with a court-appointed expert accused of bias against mayors belonging to the CHP. ^[8]
• 29 January – Sofya Alagas, the DEM mayor of Siirt, is removed from her position after a conviction for terrorism offenses connected with accusations of her supporting the PKK. ^[8]
• 31 January – Five alumni of the Turkish Military Academy are dismissed along with three other officers from the Turkish Armed Forces for reciting an unauthorized secularist oath at their graduation ceremony in 2024. ^[9]

February

• 6 February – Turkey withdraws its accreditation of Afghan diplomats representing the pre-2021 government. ^[10]
• 11 February – Ten CHP district municipal officials from Kartal and Ataşehir in Istanbul Province are arrested on suspicion of links to the PKK. ^[11]
• 13–18 February – Around 282 people are arrested in nationwide raids in 51 cities on suspicion of having links with the PKK. ^[12]
• 19 February – An inflatable dinghy carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Selçuk, killing at least six people. ^[13]
• 27 February – PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan issues a message from prison calling for the group to hold a congress dissolving itself and laying down its weapons. ^[14]

March

• 1 March – The PKK declares a ceasefire following Abdullah Öcalan's appeal on 27 February. ^[15]

Scheduled

• 21 to 27 April – 2025 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A ^[16]
• A ecumenical meeting of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches at Nicaea is scheduled to be held to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. ^[17]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Turkey

Source: ^{[18] [19]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 30 March to 1 April – Ramazan Bayramı
• 23 April – Children's Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 19 May – Youth and Sports Day
• 6 June to 9 June – Kurban Bayramı
• 15 July – Democracy and National Unity Day
• 30 August – Victory Day
• 29 October – Republic Day

Deaths

• 7 January – Ayla Erduran, 90, violinist. ^[20]
• 30 January – İlhan Usmanbaş, 103, contemporary classical composer. ^[21]

See also

• Outline of Turkey
• Index of Turkey-related articles
• List of Turkey-related topics
• History of Turkey
• Other events in 2025

References

Citations

1. "Mayor of opposition Istanbul stronghold arrested over bid-rigging claims". Associated Press. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. "Bootleg alcohol claims lives of at least 30 people in Istanbul while dozens are hospitalized". Associated Press. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
3. "Bootleg alcohol kills at least 124 people in Turkey in just 6 weeks, state news agency reports". CBS News. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
4. "Turkey arrests leader of far-right party on charges of inciting violence through social media". Associated Press. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
5. "Waitress dies from Turkish ski resort blaze, one of 78 lives lost as concerns over safety revive". AP News. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
6. "At least 66 dead and 51 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey". AP News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
7. "Apartment building collapses in central Turkey, killing 2 people". AP News. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
8. "Turkey detains journalists and replaces elected mayor amid crackdown on opposition". Associated Press. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
9. "Turkey dismisses 5 military academy graduates for taking discontinued secular oath". Associated Press. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
10. "Turkey ends Afghan diplomats' mission, paving way for Taliban to appoint their own team". Associated Press. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
11. "Turkey detains 10 officials, widening a crackdown on Istanbul's opposition-held districts". Associated Press. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
12. "Turkiye arrests 282 amid bid to reconcile with PKK". Al Jazeera. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
13. "Turkish coast guard recovers bodies of 6 migrants, rescues 27 others from sinking dinghy". Associated Press. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
14. "Imprisoned Kurdish leader urges his PKK militant group to disarm to make peace with Turkey". Associated Press. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
15. "Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey". BBC. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
16. "IIHF Annual Congress" . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
17. Peppard, Michael (30 May 2014). "Nicea III in 2025?". Commonweal Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
18. "Turkey Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
19. "Turkey Public Holidays 2025". Office Holidays. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
20. "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90". Türkiye Today. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
21. "Ünlü besteci Prof. Dr. İlhan Usmanbaş, vefat etti". Habertürk (in Turkish). 30 January 2025.

External links

• Online calendar