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2025 In Turkey
Individuals and events related to 2025 in Turkey. Incumbents Events Ongoing * Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) * Purges in Turkey (2016–present) * 2025 Turkish protests January *13 January – Riza Akpolat, the CHP mayor of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, is arrested as part of an investigation into alleged bid-rigging, bribery and unjust acquisition of property. *16 January – At least 30 people are reported to have died across Istanbul after consuming bootleg alcohol. By 17 February, the death toll reaches 124, with cases also reported in Ankara. *20 January – Ümit Özdağ, the leader of the Victory Party, is arrested on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and inciting violence on social media during the 2024 anti-refugee riots in Turkey. *21 January – **At least 78 people are killed in a fire at a hotel in Kartalkaya, Bolu Province. **Four people are injured in a gas explosion at a ski resort in Sivas Province. *25 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation violence (2024–present), Bangladesh, Ecuadorian security crisis, Ecuador, 2024–2025 Georgian constitutional crisis, Georgia, German economic crisis (2022–present), Germany, Haitian crisis (2018–present), Haiti, Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Somalia, and 2024 South Korean martial law crisis, South Korea continued into this year, with the latter leading to Yoon Suk Yeol's Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol, arrest and Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, removal from office. In June, Israel intensified its Israel – Iran war, conflict with Iran by June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran, striking Iranian nuclear sites and assassinating Iranian military leadership and nuclear scientists, citing concerns over Iran being close to Nuclear program of Iran, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdish–Turkish Conflict (2015–present)
Kurdish nationalism, Kurdish nationalist uprisings have periodically occurred in Turkey, beginning with the Turkish War of Independence and the consequent transition from the Ottoman Empire to the modern Turkish state and continuing to the present day with the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), current PKK–Turkey conflict. According to Ottoman military records, Timeline of Kurdish uprisings, Kurdish rebellions have been occurring in Anatolia for over two centuries. While large tribal Kurdish revolts had shaken the Ottoman Empire during the last decades of its existence, the modern phase of the conflict is believed to have begun in 1922, with the emergence of Kurdish nationalism which occurred in parallel with the formation of the modern State of Turkey. In 1925, an Sheikh Said rebellion, uprising for an independent Kurdistan, led by Sheikh Said, Shaikh Said Piran, was quickly put down, and soon afterward, Said and 36 of his followers were executed. Other large-scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Anti-refugee Riots In Turkey
In early July 2024, Turkey experienced a surge of anti-Syrian riots driven by anti-refugee sentiment. Caused by the molestation of a young girl, riots began in Kayseri, and spread across Turkey. Background Turkey has the most refugees of any country in the world. The largest population is the Syrian refugees, with more than 3.6 million registered refugees, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the country. Kayseri itself has around 83,000. There is a far amount of xenophobia against the Syrians, with a 2024 survey by the UNCHR finding that 77% of respondents in Turkey supported closing the border to refugees, the highest in the world. Events After rumors of a Syrian refugee sexually assaulting a seven-year-old Syrian girl, (later revealed to be his own cousin) spread on social media, the city of Kayseri erupted into violence. The protests spread to other areas such as Istanbul, Hatay, Adana, Urfa, Bursa, Gaziantep, Konya, Ä°zmir, and Antalya. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Party (Turkey)
The Victory Party (, ZP) is a Right-wing politics, right-wing to Far-right politics, far-right, Ultranationalism, ultranationalist, Opposition to immigration, anti-immigrant political party in Turkey founded on 26 August 2021 under the leadership of Ümit Özdağ. The party was represented in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Grand National Assembly by a single MP, Özdağ himself, until it failed to pass the electoral threshold in the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election, 2023 election and therefore was barred from any seats. The Victory Party is the continuation of the ''Ayyıldız Movement'' () initiated by Ümit Özdağ, which became a youth movement after the establishment of the party. The founding petition of the party was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior (Turkey), Ministry of the Interior on 26 August 2021 and then the party was officially established. History The party was founded by Ümit Özdağ, due to his many disagreements with other Turkish partie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ümit Özdağ
Ümit Özdağ (; born 3 March 1961, Tokyo) is a Turkish politician and the current leader of the Victory Party. He was deputy leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) from November 2015 to February 2016. He announced his candidacy for the party leadership for the 8th MHP Ordinary Congress in 2006, but had his membership revoked two days later. After returning to the party following a successful lawsuit, he again announced his candidacy for the MHP leadership in April 2016 for the 2016 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress, which was eventually called off after numerous legal disputes. He had his party membership revoked by the MHP High Disciplinary Board on 15 November 2016 joined the Good Party. In April 2019, he resigned from party's executive board but announced that he will continue to be in the party and continue his party-related activities. On 16 November 2020, Özdağ was also dismissed from the Good Party. He founded the right wing anti-immi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Istanbul Alcohol Poisonings
In 2025, a number of poisoning deaths related to bootleg alcohol consumption occurred in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. This included a surge of victims within a 72-hour period in January 2025, during which at least 30 people died. As of March 8, at least 160 people have been reported dead, and 230 others have been hospitalized, including at least 40 critically. The deaths were attributed primarily to methanol poisoning from illegally produced alcohol. Background This incident followed several outbreaks of alcohol poisoning in Istanbul, including one in late 2024, during which 110 people were sickened after consuming tainted alcohol in Istanbul, resulting in at least 48 deaths. The rise in bootleg alcohol production has been attributed to increased government taxes on legal alcoholic beverages. As of 2025, a liter of Raki, a traditional Turkish anise-flavored liquor, cost approximately 1,300 lira (US$37.20) in legal retail outlets, representing a significant expense relative to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the district of Üsküdar. The district includes a number of important sites along the European shore of the Bosphorus, from Dolmabahçe Palace in the south to the Bebek area in the north. It is also home to many inland (and relatively expensive, upper-middle class) neighborhoods such as Levent and Etiler. Some of its other well-known neighborhoods include Yıldız, Kuruçeşme, Ortaköy, and Arnavutköy. Beşiktaş' historic commercial centre is the Beşiktaş quarter and Çarşı (literally, "marketplace"), which adjoins the small Abbasağa Park. The district is home to the oldest sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the List of presidents of Turkey, first president and founder of the modern Turkey, Republic of Türkiye. The party is also cited as the founding party of modern Turkey. Its logo consists of the The Six Arrows, Six Arrows, which represent the foundational principles of Kemalism: republicanism, reformism, Secularism in Turkey, laicism, populism, nationalism, and statism. It is currently the second largest party in Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Grand National Assembly with 135 MPs, behind the ruling conservative Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP). The political party has its origins in the various Association for Defence of National Rights, resistance groups founded during the Turkish W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
