2025 in Turkey

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2025
in
Turkey
Centuries:
Decades:
See also: List of years in Turkey

Individuals and events related to 2025 in Turkey .

Incumbents

OfficeImageNameTenure / Current length
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine.jpg Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 28 August 2014
(11 years ago)
Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz.jpg Cevdet Yılmaz 4 June 2023
(2 years ago)
30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Numan Kurtulmus at Diyarbakir, 2021 (cropped).jpg Numan Kurtulmuş 27 June 2023
(2 years ago)
President of the Constitutional Court Zühtü Arslan 10 February 2015
(10 years ago)
Minister of National Defense Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2023 - 230616-D-XI929-1007 (cropped).jpg Yaşar Güler 4 June 2023
(2 years ago)
Chief of the Turkish General Staff Metin Gurak.png Metin Gürak 3 August 2023
(2 years ago)

Events

Ongoing

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Scheduled

Holidays

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Deaths

See also

References

Notes

    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. 1 2 "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. "Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested". BBC. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
    17. "Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests". BBC. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
    18. "A fire at a winter resort hotel in Turkey kills an Olympic skier and his father". CTV. 27 March 2025.
    19. "Meta hit with fines by Turkey after refusing to restrict content on Facebook, Instagram". AP News. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    20. "More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey". AP News. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
    21. "Dozens of Turkish customs officers detained in graft probe at Europe's busiest border crossing". AP News. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
    22. "Turkey detains 525 suspects in country's biggest anti-drugs operation, minister says". AP News. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
    23. "IIHF Annual Congress" . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
    24. "Traffic accident claims 8 lives, injures 11 in eastern city". Hurriyet. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
    25. "Istanbul shaken by 6.2-magnitude earthquake, 236 injured". Hurriyet. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
    26. "Swedish journalist gets 11-month suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Erdogan". AP News. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
    27. "Marmara Denizi'ndeki deprem sonrası balkon çöktü!" [Balcony collapsed after earthquake in Marmara Sea!] (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
    28. "Turkey's top court upholds controversial law on culling of stray dogs". AP News. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
    29. "Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding". BBC. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
    30. "Konya'nın Kulu ilçesinde 5,2 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi" (in Turkish). Haberler. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
    31. "Russia and Ukraine Agree to Prisoner Swap After First Direct Talks Since 2022". The Moscow Times. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
    32. "Turkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President Erdogan". AP News. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
    33. "Turkish prosecutors target 63 members of the military over ties to a 2016 coup attempt". AP News. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
    34. "A quake hits Turkey's coast. Dozens are injured and a teen dies after being taken to hospital". AP News. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
    35. "5 mayors are suspended from duty as authorities expand the crackdown on Turkey's opposition". AP News. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
    36. "1 killed and 19 injured as a hot air balloon crashes in central Turkey". AP News. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
    37. "Turkish court sentences opposition politician for inciting hatred, but orders his release". AP News. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
    38. "Turkish police detain over 50 people in crackdown on Istanbul Pride march". AP News. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
    39. "Turkiye battles wildfires in Izmir for second day, 50,000 people evacuated". Al Jazeera. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
    40. "Elderly man dies as wildfires rage in Turkey, forcing evacuations and road closures". AP News. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
    41. "Turkish police detain cartoonist over Prophet Muhammad caricature, sparking protests". AP News. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
    42. "Turkey detains 120 opposition officials including former mayor". AP News. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
    43. "Turkiye's Izmir, Hatay and Syria's Latakia regions affected by wildfires". Al Jazeera. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
    44. "3 mayors arrested in southern Turkey as part of crackdown on opposition". AP News. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
    45. "A man is injured in a struggle with an escaped lion in southern Turkey". AP News. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
    46. "Methane gas kills 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq operation". BBC . 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
    47. "PKK's jailed leader Ocalan says armed struggle against Turkiye over". Al Jazeera. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
    48. "Turkey blocks X's Grok content for alleged insults to Erdogan, religious values". Reuters . 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
    49. "An apartment fire in Turkey's Ankara kills 3, including a baby". Associated Press . 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
    50. "Ancient City of Sardis and Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye added to UNESCO world heritage list". TRT Global. 13 July 2025.
    51. "Turkish court convicts Istanbul mayor of insulting an official". AP News. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
    52. "Ten workers killed battling wildfires in Turkey". BBC. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
    53. "Fires engulf Turkey's Mediterranean coast as government declares 2 disaster zones". AP News. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
    54. "Turkey sets new record of 50.5 degrees as Europe swelters". DW. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
    55. "Torrential rainstorms batter Romania as Turkey and Albania battle wildfires". AP News. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
    56. "Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output". France 24. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
    57. "6.1 earthquake hits Turkey's Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildings". AP News. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
    58. "Wildfires sweep western Türkiye, ravaging thousands of hectares". Hürriyet Daily News . 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
    59. "Turkish authorities detain Istanbul district mayor in sweeping crackdown on opposition". AP News . 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
    60. "Four migrants found dead off İzmir: Coast Guard". Hürriyet Daily News . 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
    61. "Intercity bus topples on major highway in Istanbul". Hürriyet Daily News . 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
    62. "Man detained after torching car outside Turkish parliament". Hürriyet Daily News . 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
    63. "Turkey transport minister gets speeding fine over social media post". France 24 . 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
    64. "Turkish police seize jewels and antiques worth $30M in raid at Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar". AP News . 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
    65. "Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli planes and curbs Israel-bound trade over the Gaza war". AP News. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
    66. Peppard, Michael (30 May 2014). "Nicea III in 2025?". Commonweal Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
    67. "Turkey Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
    68. "Turkey Public Holidays 2025". Office Holidays. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
    69. "Arabesk müziğinin ünlü ismi Ferdi Tayfur hayatını kaybetti". ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
    70. "Eski milli kaleci Yılmaz Urul, hayatını kaybetti". IHA. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
    71. "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90". Türkiye Today. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
    72. Hümeyra Akgün, Aişe (8 October 2025). "Yazar Selim İleri hayatını kaybetti". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
    73. "Isak Haleva, Chief Rabbi of Turkey, dies". Bianet. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
    74. "Eski İzmir Milletvekili Yusuf Kırkpınar son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". ankahaber (in Turkish). 18 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
    75. "Ünlü besteci Prof. Dr. İlhan Usmanbaş, vefat etti". Habertürk (in Turkish). 30 January 2025.
    76. Fenerbahçe efsanesini kaybetti: 'İlk gol kralı' 86 yaşında vefat etti (in Turkish)
    77. "Türkçenin asırlık çınarı Nevşehirli Prof. Dr. Zeynep Korkmaz vefat etti". Fib Haber. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
    78. Türkiye'nin ilk ve tek profesör gol kralı Fethi Heper hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
    79. Biçen, Yagmur (20 February 2025). "Usta Tarihçi Feroz Ahmad hayatını kaybetti". Ulusal. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
    80. Hattat Hasan Çelebi vefat etti (in Turkish)
    81. Şadan Derya neden öldü, cenazesi ne zaman? Milli yüzücü 42 yaşında hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
    82. "Edip Akbayram 75 yaşında hayatını kaybetti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
    83. "Ünlü yönetmen Osman Sınav hayatını kaybetti". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 March 2025.
    84. "Filiz Akın hayatını kaybetti". ntv.com.tr. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
    85. "A fire at a winter resort hotel in Turkey kills an Olympic skier and his father". AP News. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
    86. "Musician Volkan Konak dies at 58". Hürriyet Daily News . 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    87. Uslu, Lara Hamıde (3 April 2025). "Halil Özsoy hayatını kaybetti". Kayseri Yerel Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
    88. Baydemır, Ravza Nur (4 April 2025). "Nevşehir'de bugün kimler vefat etti? (4 Nisan 2025)". Muşkara Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
    89. "A Turkish politician at the center of efforts to end 40-year Kurdish conflict dies at 62". AP News . 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
    90. Tekin, Cihan (15 May 2025). "'Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım'ın da yönetmeni Ali Özgentürk hayatını kaybetti - Diken" (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
    91. "Yusuf Ziya Bahadınlı yaşamını yitirdi". SoL (in Turkish). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
    92. "Eski Merkez Bankası Başkanı Rüşdü Saracoğlu yaşamını yitirdi". Sözcü (in Turkish). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
    93. "İlhan Şeşen hayatını kaybetti". NTV (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
    94. "Manisa mayor dies days after electric shock at home". Hurriyet . 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
    95. "Nihat Genç hayatını kaybetti". Odatv (in Turkish). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
    96. "Usta sanatçı Rüçhan Çamay 94 yaşında hayatını kaybetti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
    97. "Eski milletvekili Ali Boğa Trafik kazasında hayatını kaybetti". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
    98. "Turkish folk music artist Banu Kırbağ has passed away". Haberler. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.