2022 in Turkey
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Individuals and events related to Turkey in 2022.
Incumbents
- President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly: Mustafa Şentop
- President of the Constitutional Court: Zühtü Arslan
- Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Armed Forces: Yaşar Güler
- Government: 66th government of Turkey
- Cabinet: Fourth Erdoğan Cabinet
Events
Ongoing
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- 2016–present purges in Turkey
- 2018–2022 Turkish currency and debt crisis
January
- January: Turkey's authorities decided to rebrand their country's international image. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a communiqué, tweaking the country's internationally recognised name from "Turkey" to "Türkiye".[1]
- January 1: Armenia lifts its embargo on Turkey.[2]
- January 8: Konya - Karaman high-speed train line was put into service.[3]
- January 23: Storm Elpis
February
- February 5: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his wife, Emine Erdoğan, contract COVID-19 and have mild symptoms.[4]
March
- March 9: Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets Erdoğan in Ankara, in what is perceived to be a renewal of relations between Israel and Turkey, which have been poor since 2010.[5]
April
- April 17: Operation Claw-Lock
June
- June 2: The United Nations agrees to officially change the English name of the country from Turkey to Türkiye.[6]
July
- July 30: 2022 Turkish Super Cup.[7]
August
- August 20: 2022 Turkey bus crashes.[8]
Deaths
January
- January 11 : Ahmet Çalık, footballer (b. 1994)[9]
- January 24
- Fatma Girik, actress and politician (b. 1942)[10]
- Ayberk Pekcan, actor (b. 1970)[11]
February
- February 3 : Olcay Neyzi, doctor (b. 1927)[12]
- February 6 : Üner Tan, neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1937)[13]
- February 15
- Onur Kumbaracıbaşı, civil servant and politician (b. 1939)[14]
- Arif Şentürk, traditional folk singer (b. 1941)[15]
- February 22 : Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)[16]
March
- March 3 : Şenol Birol, footballer and manager (b. 1936)[17]
- March 21 : Fevzi Zemzem, footballer and manager (b. 1941)[18]
- March 23 : Özcan Köksoy, footballer (b. 1940)[19]
- March 28 : Naci Erdem, footballer and manager (b. 1931)[20]
- March 31 : Rıdvan Bolatlı, footballer (b. 1928)[21]
April
- April 21 : Aydın İlter, former general of the Turkish Gendarmerie (b. 1930)[22]
- April 27 : İsmail Ogan, freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1933)[23]
May
June
- June 8 : Tarhan Erdem, politician (b. 1933)[24]
- June 28 : Cüneyt Arkın, actor, director and producer (b. 1937)[25]
July
- July 6 : İlter Türkmen, diplomat and politician (b. 1927)[26]
- July 17 : Erden Kıral, film director and screenwriter (b. 1942)[27]
- July 28 : İlhan İrem, singer and songwriter (b. 1955)[28]
August
- August 16 : Aydın Yelken, footballer (b. 1939)[29]
- August 20 : Civan Canova, actor, playwright and theatre director (b. 1955)[30]
- August 22 : Adnan Çoker, painter and academician (b. 1927)[31]
See also
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ "Fed-up Turkey chooses to change its name to end anglicised confusion". 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Ermenistan'dan Türkiye kararı: Ambargo kaldırıldı". Haber7.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Bakan Karaismailoğlu: Ülkemizin her köşesini hızlı tren konforuyla buluşturacağız". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tests positive for Covid". TheGuardian.com. 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Israeli president visits Turkey for talks with Erdoğan, in sign of renewed relations". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 9 March 2022.
- ^ "UN agrees to change Turkey's official name to 'Türkiye'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 Turkcell Süper Kupa" (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Turkey: Separate bus crashes leave 32 dead and 50 injured". BBC News. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Ahmet Çalık hayatını kaybetti". NTV Spor. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Oyuncu Fatma Girik vefat etti".
- ^ "Dizi ve sinema oyuncusu Ayberk Pekcan hayatını kaybetti".
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Olcay Neyzi vefat etti". 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Dünyaca ünlü Nöroloji Profesörü Üner Tan, yaşamını yitirdi".
- ^ "Son dakika: Eski Bakan Onur Kumbaracıbaşı yaşamını yitirdi".
- ^ "Arif Şentürk hayatını kaybetti". 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Ahmet Muvaffak Falay yaşamını yitirdi". 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Türk futbolunun efsanesi Şenol Birol hayatını kaybetti".
- ^ "Göztepe camiasının acı günü: Fevzi Zemzem hayatını kaybetti". 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Ölümü yasa boğdu! TFF'den Özcan Köksoy mesajı". 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Fenerbahçe kaptanı ve eski milli futbolcu Naci Erdem vefat etti".
- ^ "A Milli Futbol Takımı'nın eski oyuncularından Rıdvan Bolatlı vefat etti".
- ^ "Kıbrıs Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı'nın son Bayraktarı vefat etti".
- ^ "Turkiye's Olympic champion Ismail Ogan dies at 89". www.aa.com.tr.
- ^ "Eski bakan tarhan erdem hayatını kaybetti - Muğla Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Yeşilçam'ın dev ismi Cüneyt Arkın hayatını kaybetti" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Eski Dışişleri Bakanı İlter Türkmen hayatını kaybetti". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Ünlü yönetmen Erden Kıral'dan acı haber". hthayat.haberturk.com. 17 July 2022.
- ^ "İlhan İrem hayatını kaybetti". www.sozcu.com.tr.
- ^ "Fenerbahçe'nin eski milli futbolcusu Aydın Yelken hayatını kaybetti". Hürriyet. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Oyuncu Civan Canova hayatını kaybetti". NTV. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Adnan Çoker hayatını kaybetti". 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
