2018 in Turkey

2018
in
Turkey

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See also:List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 2018 in Turkey.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing

January

  • 13 January - The Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622, which was leaving Trabzon Airport for Ankara, landed on the ground 25 meters away from the sea due to technical problems. 162 passengers and 6 crew survived without any injury.
  • 17 January - CASA CN 235 military training aircraft crashed in Isparta. 3 soldiers were killed.
  • 20 January - Operation Olive Branch started.
  • 24 January - A rocket fired from Syria fell into the Çalık Mosque in Kilis city center and damaged a house 100 meters away. 2 people were killed.
  • 28 January - Alican Kaynar won the bronze medal at the 2018 Sailing World Cup.

February

March

April

May

June

  • 10 June - President Erdoğan warned that if the Austrian government were to expel Muslims, it could lead to war. He said: “These measures taken by the Austrian prime minister are, I fear, leading the world towards a war between the cross and the crescent. They say they're going to kick our religious men out of Austria. Do you think we will not react if you do such a thing? That means we're going to have to do something".[citation needed]
  • 12 June - TANAP, which connects the giant Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe, was inaugurated by having its first gas flow.
  • 13 June - Ovit Tunnel was opened.
  • 13 June - In the 2017–18 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Fenerbahçe Basketball defeats Tofaş S.K., winning its 9th title and 3rd consecutive victory.
  • 24 June - The presidential and general elections took place.

July

August

October

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Emmanuel Macron when giving a press conference as part of Syria summit in Istanbul, Turkey.

November

December

Deaths

Aydın Boysan
Hasan Celal Güzel

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