2011 in Turkey

Events in the year 2011 in Turkey.

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Incumbents

• President: Abdullah Gül
• Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Events

• 19 May – The 5.8 M_w 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 M_w 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

Defne Joy Foster

Necmettin Erbakan

Coşkun Özarı

Kaya Köstepen

Hakkı Boran Ögelman

Lütfi Ömer Akad

January

• January 10 - Hanife Çetiner, fashion designer (b. 1938)

February

• February 2 - Defne Joy Foster, actress, presenter and VJ (born 1975)
• February 6 – Ali Mesut Erez, Turkish politician (born 1922)
• February 15 - Verda Ün, pianist (born 1919)
• February 17 - Emel Say, painter (born 1927)
• February 25 - Kamil Altan, footballer (born 1924)
• February 27 - Necmettin Erbakan, politician, engineer, and academic (born 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