history of turkey




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
557 Dec 14 Earthquake Rocks Constantinople
1516 Oct 28 Gaza: Turkish Forces Defeat The Mamluks
1571 Oct 07 Holy League Annihilates Turkish Fleet
1790 Dec 22 Izmail In Turkey Was Stormed By The Russian Armies
1822 May 16 Town Of Souli Captured By Turks
1824 Aug 04 Turkey And Greece Fought In Battle Of Kos
1831 Mar 29 Bosniaks Rebel Against Turkey
1897 Feb 03 The Greco-Turkish War Breaks Out
1909 Apr 13 Turkish Military Reverses The Ottoman Countercoup
1913 Mar 04 Greek Army Engages The Turks
1913 Dec 01 Post-Balkan War: Crete Annexed By Greece
1916 Dec 23 WWI: Battle Magdhaba: Allies Defeat Turkish: Sinai
1918 Sep 26 Meuse-Argonne Offensive Begins
1922 Sep 07 Aydin, Turkey Declares Independence From Greece
1923 Sep 09 Ataturk Founds The Republican People's Party
1923 Oct 13 Ankara Becomes Capital Of Turkey
1923 Oct 29 Ottoman Empire Falls, Turkey Becomes Republic
1924 Apr 08 Ataturk's Reforms Abolishes Sharia Courts
1925 Jan 30 Turkey Throws Constantine VI Out
1925 Dec 26 Turkey Adopts The Gregorian Calendar
1930 Sep 17 The Ararat Rebellion Is Suppressed
1939 Dec 27 Erzincan, Turkey Quake Kills 30,000
1953 Mar 18 Earthquake In Turkey Kills 265
1960 May 27 Turkish President Celal Bayar Removed By Military
1961 Jul 09 Turkish Voters Approve Constitution
1964 Feb 11 Greeks And Turks Fight In Cyprus
1970 Oct 15 Soviet Aeroflot Flight Diverted To Turkey
1971 Mar 12 Demirel Turkish Government Resigns At March 12 Memorandum
1976 Nov 24 4,000-5,000 Are Killed By Earthquake In Turkey
1977 Jun 21 Bulent Ecevit Forms New Turkish Government
1980 Sep 12 Military Coup In Turkey
1983 Nov 15 Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Founded
1992 Mar 13 6.8 Earthquake Kills 500 In Erzincan, Turkey
1997 Feb 28 Military Coup In Turkey
1999 Aug 17 Earthquake Killed More Than 17,000 In Turkey
2000 Jun 13 Italy Pardons Agca, Turkish Gunman
2011 Oct 23 582 Dead In Van Province, Turkey Earthquake
2011 Dec 28 Uludere: Turkish Planes Bomb 34 Kurds
2013 May 11 Turkey Bombing Kills At Least 46
2013 Oct 29 Europe And Asia Connect Through Tunnel