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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] |
