# 2015 in Turkey

The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Turkey.

## Incumbents

* President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoğlu

## Events
### January

* January 6 – A suicide bomber kills two people in an attack on a police station in a popular tourist district in Istanbul.

### April

* April 24, 25 – The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign was commemorated in Çanakkale and Istanbul.

### June

* June 7 – 24th General election was held to elect the 550 new members of Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

### July

* July 20 – 2015 Suruç bombing

### October

* October 10 – 2015 Ankara bombings

### November

* November 15, 16 – The tenth G20 summit was held in Antalya.

## Deaths
### January

* January 4 - Neşe Aybey, miniaturist (b. 1930)

### February

* February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, classical music performer (b. 1918)
* February 14 - Beria Onger, feminist activist and writer (b. 1921)
* February 16 - Fikret Şeneş, songwriter (b. 1921)
* February 18 - Asuman Baytop, botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator (b. 1920)
* February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist (b. 1923)

### March

* March 16 - Nazmi Yükselen, singer, songwriter and folk music composer (b. 1926)
* March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
* March 29 - Ayla Arslancan, actress (b. 1936)

### April

* April 1 - Muzaffer Tekin, military officer (b. 1950)
* April 3 - Kayahan, singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
* April 19 - Oktay Sinanoğlu, physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (b. 1935)
* April 22 - Şevket Müftügil, judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (b. 1917)

### May

* May 8 - Zeki Alasya, actor (b. 1943)
* May 9 - Kenan Evren, politician, military officer, former Chief of the Turkish General Staff and 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
* May 14 - Aysel Ekşi, psychiatrist and professor (b. 1934)
* May 31 - Behiye Aksoy, singer (b. 1933)

### June

* June 5 - Sadun Boro, amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing (b. 1928)
* June 2 - Besim Üstünel, economics, politician (b. 1927)
* June 12 - Sümer Tilmaç, actor (b. 1948)
* June 17
** Süleyman Demirel, politician, engineer, 12th Prime Minister of Turkey and 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
** Başar Sabuncu, director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b. 1943)
* June 29 - Osman Necmi Gürmen, novelist (b. 1927)

### July

* July 9 - Tahsin Şahinkaya, Air Force general and former Commander of the Turkish Air Force (b. 1925)

### August

* August 5 – Nuri Ok, judge (b. 1942)
* August 9 – Fikret Otyam, painter and journalist (b. 1926)
* August 19 – Fikri Alican, scientist and physician (b. 1929)

### September

* September 24 – Uğur Dağdelen, footballer (b. 1973)

### October

* October 5 – Tomris İncer, actress (b. 1948)
* October 12 – Levent Kırca, comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician (b. 1950)
* October 16 – Memduh Ün, film producer, director, actor and screenwrite (b. 1920)
* October 22
** Çetin Altan, writer and journalist (b. 1927)
** Yılmaz Köksal, actor (b. 1939)
* October 30 – Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight professional boxer (b. 1974)

### November

* November 3 – Semih Özmert, judge (b. 1921)
* November 4 – Gülten Akın, poet (b. 1933)
* November 21 – Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, politician (b. 1927)
* November 23 – Kâmran İnan, diplomat, scholar and politician (b. 1929)

### December

* December 23
** Nimet Özgüç, archaeologist (b. 1916)
** Bülend Ulusu, admiral and 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923)
* December 27 – Hüseyin Başaran, sports commentator (b. 1958)