# 2011 in Turkey

Events in the year 2011 in Turkey.

## Incumbents

* President: Abdullah Gül
* Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

## Events

* 19 May – The 5.8 M$_w$ Kütahya earthquake shook western Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Two were killed and 122 were injured.
* 23 October – The 7.1 M$_w$ Van earthquake shook eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). More than 600 were killed and 4,152 were injured.
* Undated — Turkey became the world’s largest refugee host after 2.6 million people enter Turkey from Syria following the start of the Syrian civil war.

## Deaths
### January

* January 10 - Hanife Çetiner, fashion designer (b. 1938)

### February

* February 2 - Defne Joy Foster, actress, presenter and VJ (born 1975)
* February 6 – Ali Mesut Erez, Turkish politician (born 1922)
* February 15 - Verda Ün, pianist (born 1919)
* February 17 - Emel Say, painter (born 1927)
* February 25 - Kamil Altan, footballer (born 1924)
* February 27 - Necmettin Erbakan, politician, engineer, and academic (born 1926)

### March

* March 14 - Jülide Gülizar, anchorwoman and journalist (b. 1929)

### April

* April 8 - Haydar Saltık, general (b. 1923)
* April 15 - Osman Durali, wrestler (b. 1939)
* April 19 - Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş, economist (b. 1920)
* April 25 - Güven Sazak, businessman (b. 1935)

### May

* May 7 - Edibe Subaşı Kutucuoğlu, aviator (b. 1920)
* May 10 - Vedii Tosuncuk, footballer (b. 1921)
* May 29 - Nejat Tümer, admiral (b. 1924)

### June

* June 1 - Fatoş Sezer, actress (b. 1958)
* June 20 - Safa Giray, engineer and politician (b. 1951)
* June 22 - Coşkun Özarı, footballer and manager (b. 1931)
* June 29 - Kaya Köstepen, footballer (b. 1934)

### July

* July 16 - Refik Arslan, founder of Refik Restaurant (b. 1923)
* July 22 - Ali İhsan Göğüş, journalist and politician (b. 1923)
* July 25 - Bakır Çağlar, jurist, lawyer and professor (b. 1941)
* July 31 - Mesude Çağlayan, operatic soprano (b. 1918)

### August

* August 7 - Cem Erman, actor (b. 1947)
* August 16 - Mihri Belli, politician (b. 1915)
* August 18 - Mustafa Haluk Güçlü, painter (b. 1951)
* August 19 - Beki Luiza Bahar, writer (b. 1926)
* August 24 - Seyhan Erözçelik, poet (b. 1962)
* August 28 - Necip Torumtay, general (b. 1926)

### September

* September 4 – Hakkı Boran Ögelman physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1940)
* September 7 – Nedim Günar footballer (b. 1932)

### October

* October 4
** Muzaffer Tema, actor (b. 1919)
** Selma Emiroğlu, cartoonist (b. 1928)
* October 5 – Gökşin Sipahioğlu, photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
* October 13 – Hasan Güngör, wrestler (b. 1934)
* October 18 – Behruz Çinici, architect (b. 1932)
* October 21 – Hikmet Bilâ, journalist and columnist (b. 1954)

### November

* November 1 – Cahit Aral, engineer and politician (b. 1927)
* November 13 – Kaşif Kozinoğlu, intelligence official (b. 1955)
* November 14 – Esin Afşar, singer and stage actress (b. 1936)
* November 19 – Lütfi Ömer Akad, director, screenwriter and academician (b. 1916)
* 29 November – Server Tanilli, academic, journalist and author (born 1931)
* November 30 – Benyamin Sönmez, classical cellist (b. 1983)

### December

* December 11 – Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı, politician (b. 1920)
* December 12 – Merih Sezen, fencer (b. 1919)
* December 15 – Fevzi Şeker, wrestler (b. 1962)
* December 23 – Aydın Menderes, politician (b. 1946)
* December 27 – Meral Menderes, operatic soprano (b. 1933)
* December 28 – Hasan Mutlucan, singer (b. 1926)