2011 in Turkey

2011 in Turkey
Events in the year 2011 in Turkey.
Incumbents
Abdullah Gül, President, 2007–2014
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister, 2003–2014
Events
19 May – The 5.8 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 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 (b. 1975)
February 15 - Verda Ün, pianist (b. 1919)
February 17 - Emel Say, painter (b. 1927)
February 25 - Kamil Altan, footballer (b. 1924)
February 27 - Necmettin Erbakan, politician, engineer, and academic (b. 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)
See also
2011 in Turkish television
List of Turkish films of 2011
References
Years of the 21st century in Turkey
2010s in Turkey
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