2016 in Turkey

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Turkey.

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Incumbents

Events

January

February

Ceremonies street, the bomb attack in Ankara. An attack by a suicide bomber. Merasim Sokak 2016 bombing.jpg
Ceremonies street, the bomb attack in Ankara. An attack by a suicide bomber.

March

April

May

June

July

View of Osman Gazi Bridge Osmangazi Koprusu - Osmangazi Bridge.jpg
View of Osman Gazi Bridge
15 July failed coup d'etat attempt democracy protests, Kizilay Square. Anti-Coup Demokrasi Nobeti Kizilay Square.jpg
15 July failed coup d'état attempt democracy protests, Kızılay Square.

August

October

Deaths

January

February

April

May

July

August

September

October

November

December

December 18 – Süleyman Yalçın – physician and conservative thinker (born 1926)

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