2015 Event Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 2014 Event The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 2014 Event 49 hostages of the Islamic State are freed and returned to Turkey after an operation enacted by the Turkish government after the June kidnapping in Mosul, Iraq; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not give information regarding its actions 1997 Death Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies 1995 Death Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59 1994 Death Mehmet Topac, Turkish minister of Justice, murdered 1994 Event Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1993 Death Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered 1993 Event Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany 1993 Death Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies 1992 Event 570 die in a Turkish earthquake 1991 Death Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies 1988 Death Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman 1988 Event Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens 1986 Event U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1983 Event Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed 1982 Event U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia 1981 Event Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life 1981 Death FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris 1975 Death Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1974 Event Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus 1974 Event World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1973 Death Ismet Inonu [Mustapha Ismet Pasha], Turkish Prime Minister 1923 - 1965, dies at 89 1971 Event Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army 1967 Birthday Naim Suleymanoglu, born in Ptichar, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter, Gold Medals 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1965 Event Turkish government of Uerguplu forms 1964 Death Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 1963 Death Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet 1958 Event Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out 1957 Event Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 1955 Event Turkish government of Menderes forms 1955 Event Turkish government of Menderes resigns 1954 Birthday Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician 1952 Birthday Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit 1944 Death Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 1943 Event 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu 1941 Birthday Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andre, Dutch actor, Turkish Fruit-Come Back 1936 Event New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles 1934 Event Turkish regiment decrees importing family names 1931 Event Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president 1925 Event Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army 1925 Event Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government 1925 Event Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople 1924 Event German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed 1923 Event Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president 1922 Event Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief 1922 Event Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship 1922 Event Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help 1922 Event Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia 1922 Event Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens 1922 Death Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40 1920 Event Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate 1920 Event Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1918 Event Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus 1918 Event Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine 1917 Event Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1917 Event Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities 1915 Death Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rubab-i Sjikeste), dies at 47 1915 Event Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal 1915 Event Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops 1914 Event Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities 1914 Event Turkish warships storm Black Sea 1914 Event Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts 1914 Death Redjaizade M Ekrem, Turkish poet and writer, dies at about 66 1913 Event Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria 1912 Event Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control 1912 Event Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes 1911 Event Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1906 Birthday Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman 1902 Event Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri 1902 Birthday Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet 1899 Event Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1897 Event Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece 1895 Death Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 1890 Event Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 1889 Birthday Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer and diplomat 1888 Death Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47 1884 Birthday Ismet Inonu, Moestafa Ismet, Turkish gen/premier/president 1881 Birthday Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician 1881 Birthday Enver Pasja, Turkish general and politician 1871 Death Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies 1867 Birthday Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet, Servet-i Funun, Sis 1852 Birthday Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright 1840 Birthday Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist, Vatan 1822 Birthday Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1799 Death Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet, Husn-u asjk, dies at about 41 1799 Death Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Husn u Ask), dies at about 40 1775 Event Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria 1770 Event Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish 1738 Event Turkish troops occupy Orsova and Ochakov 1737 Event Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians 1730 Event Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 1714 Event King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden 1712 Death Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77 1703 Event Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II 1702 Death Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies 1697 Event Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power 1691 Death Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle 1690 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1687 Event Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders 1683 Death Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed 1683 Event Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 1683 Event Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna 1683 Event Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1676 Event Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier 1676 Death Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies 1664 Event Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1664 Event Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army 1663 Event Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army 1657 Birthday Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1657 Death Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 1654 Event Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish 1638 Birthday Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars 1621 Event Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece 1609 Birthday Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary, Djihannuma 1600 Death Baki, Turkish royal poet (Davan, Ghazalijjat), dies at about 74 1574 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis 1571 Event Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Death Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 1565 Event Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese and Knights of St. John 1560 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden 1551 Event Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli 1547 Event King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman 1544 Event Turkish troops occupy Hungary 1543 Event French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice 1543 Event French and Turkish troops occupy Nice 1541 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary 1538 Event Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish 1534 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1534 Event Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis 1534 Event Turkish Admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples 1522 Event Turkish troops occupy Rhodos 1521 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1501 Death Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59 1499 Event Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians 1495 Death Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 1453 Event Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople 1441 Birthday Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub 1402 Event Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1397 Death Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity 1260 Death Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered 1030 Death Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
