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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

29th 29 (twenty-nine) is the natural number following 28 and preceding 30. It is a prime number. 29 is the number of days February has on a leap year. Mathematics 29 is the tenth prime number. Integer properties 29 is the fifth primorial prime, ...

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey () since its establishment on 23 April 1920, has for short periods be ...

Mustafa Şentop Mustafa Şentop (born 6 August 1968) is a Turkish people, Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP) who is currently a Member of Parliament#Turkey, Member of Parliament and has been i ...

* President of the Constitutional Court:

Zühtü Arslan Zühtü Arslan (born 1 January 1964) is a Turkish judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey. Biography Arslan was born in Sorgun district of the Yozgat Province in Turkey. In 1987 he graduated from Ankara University The ...

* Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Armed Forces:

Yaşar Güler Yaşar Güler (born 18 September 1954) is a retired Turkish general currently serving as the Minister of National Defense. He previously served as the 30th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 2018 to 2023. Career He en ...

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

: 66th government of Turkey * Cabinet:

Fourth Erdoğan Cabinet The Fourth Erdoğan Cabinet was the 66th government of the Republic of Turkey, which was declared on 9 July 2018. It is the first cabinet after Turkey's transition into a presidential republic. It was also the first cabinet that did not require pa ...

Events

Ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include f ...

2016–present purges in Turkey Since 2016, the Government of Turkey, government of Turkey has conducted a series of purges, enabled by a Martial law and state of emergency in Turkey, state of emergency in reaction to the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, failed coup attempt on 15 Ju ...

* 2018–2022 Turkish currency and debt crisis

January

* 1 January: ** The minister of health,

Fahrettin Koca Fahrettin Koca (born 2 January 1965) is a Turkish physician and politician. He was the minister of health of the 67th government of Turkey. Early life and education Fahrettin Koca was born on 2 January 1965 into a Kurdish family in the village ...

, announces the identification of the first mutated

coronavirus Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the comm ...

case in Turkey, which had originated from the United Kingdom. ** The

over-the-top media service An over-the-top media service (also known as over-the-top television, or simply OTT) is a digital distribution service of video and audio delivered Direct-to-consumer, directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through an Terrestria ...

Exxen Exxen is a Turkish subscription streaming service and production company. Owned by Acun Medya, a Turkish TV production and rights acquisition company, Exxen was launched on 1 January 2021. Exxen produces its own content, as well as owning vario ...

is made available to the public. * 4 January:

2021 Boğaziçi University protests Demonstrations have been held since 2021 against the appointment of Melih Bulu by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as rector of Boğaziçi University, one of the top academic institutions in Turkey. Background On 2 January 2021, AKP founder ...

- Students protest

Melih Bulu Melih Bulu (born 15 August 1970) is a Turkish academic and politician. Having served as the Justice and Development Party's Sarıyer District President in 2002, Bulu was previously a candidate for nomination in the 2009 local election and the J ...

's appointment as the rector of Boğaziçi University. * 8 January:

Türksat 5A Türksat 5A, is a Turkish communications satellite, operated by Türksat (company), Türksat A.Ş. for commercial and military purposes. History According to an agreement signed in September 2011, the satellite was developed by specialists i ...

satellite is launched at 02:15:00 UTC from

Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral () is a cape (geography), cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Officially Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated ...

(CCSFS),

SLC-40 Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), sometimes referred to as "Slick Forty," is one of two launch pads located at the Integrate-Transfer-Launch Complex in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It initially opened as Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) ...

. * 10 January: An

earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...

with a

moment magnitude The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. was defined in a 1979 paper ...

of 4.5 hits Ankara's

Kalecik Kalecik may refer to: Places *Kalecik, Ankara in Turkey *Kalecik, Çermik *Kalecik, Eğil *Kalecik, Erzincan *Kalecik, Hınıs *Kalecik, Karakoçan *Kalecik, Mecitözü *Kalecik, Tercan *Kalecik Dam (Elazığ), a dam in Elazığ Province of Turkey ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

at 10:53 pm local time. * 13 January: The Medicines and Medical Devices Agency approves the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The minister of health was the first person to get vaccinated. * 14 January:

receives the COVID-19 vaccine.

February

* 9 February: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces the National Space Program. * 10–14 February: The Turkish cross-border Operation Claw-Eagle 2 takes place in

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

, during which 13 prisoners of the

Kurdistan Workers' Party The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or the PKK, isDespite the PKK's 12th Congress announcing plans for total organisational dissolution, the PKK has not yet been dissolved de facto or de jure. a Kurds, Kurdish militant political organization and armed ...

(PKK) died.

March

* 1 March: Normalization and easing of COVID restrictions starts gradually in

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

, divided into 4 categories according to the risk assessment criteria. * 2 March: Erdoğan announces the Human Rights Action Plan. * 4 March: A Eurocopter AS532 Cougar crashes on its way from

Bingöl Bingöl (; ; ), known as Çapakçur before 1944, is a city in Turkey. It is the seat of Bingöl Province and Bingöl District,Tatvan Tatvan (; ) is a city on the western shore of Lake Van, in Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Tatvan District.8th Corps Commander

Osman Erbaş Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş (20 March 1962 – 4 March 2021) was a Turkish army officer. He was a keen proponent of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by the Turkish Army in anti-terrorism operations. In 2015 he was appointed commander of th ...

, are killed in the crash. * 10 March: The foundation of the 3rd reactor is laid at the

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant () is a large nuclear power plant in Turkey under construction in Akkuyu, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province. It is expected to generate around 10% of the country's electricity when completed. The official launch cer ...

at the virtual ceremony attended by Erdoğan and

Russian President The president of Russia, officially the president of the Russian Federation (), is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the Federal State Council and the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces. I ...

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...

. * 12 March: Erdoğan announces the Economic Reform package. * 20 March: Erdoğan announces his country's withdrawal from the

Istanbul Convention The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a International human rights instruments, human rights treaty of the Council of Europe oppos ...

by a presidential decree published in the official government gazette. Turkey becomes the first country to withdraw from it.

April

* 4 April: A statement is issued by 104 admirals who retired from the

Turkish Naval Forces The Turkish Naval Forces (), or Turkish Navy (), is the naval warfare service branch of the TAF. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the ''Directorate o ...

, to warn about potential failure by the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

to follow and obey the

Montreux Convention The (Montreux) Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits, often known simply as the Montreux Convention, is an international agreement governing the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits in Turkey. Signed on 20 July 1936 at the Montreux Palac ...

, the Istanbul Canal project and Atatürk's principles and

reforms Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which ...

. * 7 April: An NF-5 aircraft belonging to the

Turkish Stars The Turkish Stars () are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the national aerobatics team of Turkey. The Turkish Stars is the seventh and final aerobatic team established under the Turkish Air Force. The team was formed ...

crashes due to an unknown reason during a training flight in the Karatay district of Konya. The pilot of the plane, Captain Burak Gençcelep, is killed. * 14 April: Beginning at 7 pm, a 2-week partial curfew starts to be enforced. Limitations are imposed as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in many areas, with curfew restrictions added to cover the entire weekend and between 7 pm - 5 am on weekdays. * 29 April: A full closure is announced starting from 29 April at 7 pm until 17 May at 5 am. Education is suspended at all levels and exams were postponed. It is announced that intercity public transport vehicles will operate at 50% capacity. It is also announced that markets will be closed on Sundays.

June

* 4 June: Erdoğan announces the discovery of 135 billion m³ of natural gas in the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

July

* 28 July:

2021 Turkey wildfires Since the 1940's the number of wildfires in Turkey per year had increased from around 1000 to around 3500. In 2007, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report said that "Warmer, drier conditions will lead to more frequent and prolonged droughts, as well ...

begin.

August

* 6 August: The minister of national education

Ziya Selçuk Ziya Selçuk (born 1 May 1961) is a Turkish politician and educator. He is the former Minister of National Education. He was formerly a professor of education at Gazi University. Early life and education Selçuk was born on 1 May 1961 in Emir ...

resigns and is replaced by Mahmut Özer. * 11 August ** An anti-

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

riot A riot or mob violence is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The p ...

erupts in the capital

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 ( ...

after the killing of a Turkish teenager by a Syrian refugee. **

Flash floods A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice and snow. Flash fl ...

in the Black Sea Region kill at least 38 people. * 14 August: General Directorate of Forestry announced that a firefighting plane rented from Russia crashed in Kahramanmaraş. All the crew, consisting of 3 Turkish and 5 Russian citizens, are killed.

September

* 21 and 26 September:

Teknofest Teknofest, short for Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival, is the largest aviation, aerospace, and technology festival in the world, taking place in Turkey. It was first held at Istanbul Airport in September 2018 by the Turkish Technolog ...

2021 was held at the

Atatürk Airport Atatürk Airport is an airport currently in use for private jets. It used to be the primary international airport of Istanbul and the hub of Turkish Airlines until it was closed to commercial aviation, commercial passenger flights on 6 April ...

October

* 6 October: The

Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was ...

was approved by the

TBMM The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitut ...

. * 29 October:

Atatürk Cultural Center The Atatürk Cultural Center (), commonly called the AKM, is a concert hall, theatre and cultural centre running along the eastern side of Taksim Square in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Originally opened on April 12, 1969, it was closed for renovation work ...

was reopened after a series of reconstructions.

November

* 29–30 November: Due to the severe storm that occurred in the Marmara, Aegean and Western Black Sea regions, 7 people lost their lives and more than 50 people were injured.

December

* 10 December: Expo 2021 Hatay will take place in

Hatay Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, ...

city center and will continue until 30 May 2022. * 15–19 December: The

2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2021 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. For the first time it was held in Ankara, Turkey from 15 to 19 December. Six teams competed in the tournament, including two wild cards. Qualification Pools ...

was held in

. * 19 December:

Türksat 5B Türksat 5B is a Turkish geostationary high-throughput (HTS) communications satellite of Türksat A.Ş. developed for military and commercial purposes. Development The Türksat 5B project started in September 2011. The final production con ...

satellite was launched into space from

at 06:58 with a

Falcon 9 Falcon 9 is a Reusable launch system#Partial reusable launch systems, partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on June 4, 2010, an ...

rocket. * 22 December: The coronavirus vaccine TURKOVAC was authorized for emergency use.

Deaths

January

* 2 January - Aylin Özmenek, journalist (b. 1942) * 10 January - Ahmet Vefik Alp, architect and politician (b. 1948) * 16 January -

Muammer Sun Muammer Sun (15 October 1932 – 16 January 2021) was a Turkish composer of classical music. Biography Sun was born in Ankara. He entered the Military Band School in 1947 and the Ankara State Conservatory in 1953. He studied under Ahmet Adnan ...

, composer and music teacher (b. 1932) * 18 January - Dündar Ali Osmanoğlu, 45th Head of the

House of Osman The Ottoman dynasty () consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (), also known as the Ottomans (). According to Ottoman tradition, the family originated from the Kayı tribe branch of the Oghuz Turks, under the leadership of Os ...

(b. 1930) * 29 January - Varol Ürkmez, footballer (b. 1937)

February

* 4 February -

Hüner Coşkuner Hüner Coşkuner (1 April 1963 – 4 February 2021) was a Turkish singer active between 1987 and 2021.Her family roots are from the Western Black Sea region, and she is originally from Cide,Kastamonu. Coşkuner died in Istanbul on 4 February ...

, singer (b. 1963) * 9 February -

Doğan Cüceloğlu Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu (9 February 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Turkish academic in media psychology and writer of several non-fiction books. Early years Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu was born as the youngest of eleven children in the Mukadd ...

, psychologists and writer (b. 1938) * 13 February -

Kadir Topbaş Kadir Topbaş (8 January 1945 – 13 February 2021) was a Turkish architect, businessman and politician who served as Mayor of Istanbul from 2004 to 2017. Biography He was born on 8 January 1945, in Altıparmak village of Yusufeli district in A ...

, Previous

Mayor of Istanbul The mayor of Istanbul is the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The mayor is elected popularly every five years. Nuri Aslan has served as interim mayor of Istanbul since 26 March 2025. This article covers the Ottoman Empire to the ...

(b. 1945) * 17 February -

Özcan Arkoç Özcan Arkoç (2 October 1939 – 17 February 2021) was a Turkish footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for German club Hamburger SV. Career Arkoç was born in Hayrabolu, Turkey in 1939. He began his football career at Vefa. He ...

, footballer (b. 1939) * 20 February -

Serpil Barlas Serpil Barlas (1957 – 20 February 2021) was a Turkish actress and singer. Biography Serpil was born in Istanbul to Kazım Polat and music soloist Aysel İpar. She began her acting and singing career in the 1960s and recorded 45 different track ...

, actress and singer (b. 1957) * 21 February -

Abdülkadir Topkaç Abdülkadir Topkaç (; 1954, in Sur, Diyarbakır – February 21, 2021, in Dicle, Diyarbakır) was an astronomer from Turkey who demonstrated the curved movement of the Moon around Earth's orbit. Story Topkaç was born in Diyarbakır in 1954. ...

, astronomer (b. 1954)

March

* 4 March -

, army officer (b. 1962) * 5 March - Suna Tanaltay, writer, poet and psychologist (b. 1933) * 8 March -

Rasim Öztekin Rasim Öztekin () (14 January 1959 – 8 March 2021) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1985. Death Öztekin died of a heart attack on 8 March 2021 in Istanbul at the age of 62. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemete ...

, actor (b. 1959) * 16 March -

Erhan Önal Erhan Önal (3 September 1957 – 16 March 2021) was a Turkish footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Born in İzmir, Önal played for FC Bayern Munich II, FC Bayern Munich, Standard Liège, Fenerbahçe, Türkgücü München and Galatas ...

, footballer (b. 1957) * 18 March -

Mehmet Genç Mehmet Genç (4 May 1934 – 18 March 2021) was a Turkish economic historian. He specialized in studying the economics of the Ottoman Empire. He earned his degree in political sciences, finance, and economics from Ankara University in 1958. Disti ...

, historian (b. 1934)

April

* 10 April - Mehtap Ar, actress (b. 1957) * 14 April -

Yıldırım Akbulut Yıldırım Akbulut (; 2 September 1935 – 14 April 2021) was a Turkish politician, who was a leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), the Prime Minister of Turkey, and twice the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. A lawyer by pr ...

, Turkish politician (b. 1935) * 18 April -

Necdet Üruğ Mustafa Necdet Üruğ (19 February 1921 – 18 April 2021) was a Turkish general and the nephew of Faruk Gürler. Biography He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1978 – 1981) during the 1980 military coup. After the coup he was Com ...

, General (b. 1921) * 22 April -

Selma Gürbüz Selma Gürbüz (1960 – 22 April 2021) was a Turkish painter and sculptor. Biography Gürbüz was born in Istanbul in 1960. She studied painting, photography and theatre at Exeter College of Art and Design in England in 1978, and continued wit ...

, painter and sculptor (b. 1960) * 23 April - Tuncay Becedek, footballer (b. 1942)

May

* 5 May -

Emine Işınsu Emine Işınsu Öksüz (17 May 1938 – 5 May 2021) was a Turkish writer, poet, and journalist. Life Işınsu was born on May 17, 1938, in Kars, where her father served as the Division Commander. She grew up in an environment where her mother ...

, writer (b. 1938) * 19 May - Oğuz Yılmaz, singer and songwriter (b. 1968)

June

* 2 June -

Hasan Saltık Hasan Saltık (; 1964 – 2 June 2021) was a Turkish record producer. He was the 1991 founder of Kalan Müzik, a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul specialized in releasing Saltık's recordings of traditional ethnic and fo ...

, record producer (b. 1964) * 14 June - Selçuk Tekay, composer and musician (b. 1953)

July

* 1 July -

Kartal Tibet Kartal Tibet (27 March 1937 – 1 July 2021) was a Turkish actor, academic, director, screenwriter and producer. A prominent lead actor of classic films in the Turkish cinema, he has played a wide range of characters in various genres, including ...

, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1939) * 22 July -

Şevket Sabancı Şevket Sabancı (1936 – 22 July 2021) was a Turkish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, and a second-generation member of the Sabancı family. Biography He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey, as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, ...

, Businessman and

Esas Holding Esas (, also Romanized as Esās) is a village in Rastupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country ...

's founder (b. 1936)

August

* 10 August - Sabina Toziya, actress (b. 1946) * 25 August -

Metin Çekmez Metin Çekmez (26 July 1945 – 25 August 2021) was a Turkish actor. Career He appeared in more than 20 films since 1972, and in numerous television series, including: *'' Binbir Gece'' as Burhan Evliyaoglu * ''20 Dakkika'' as Necmettin Solmaz ...

, actor (b. 1945) * 31 August -

Ferhan Şensoy Osman Ferhan Şensoy (26 February 1951 – 31 August 2021) was a Turkish actor, playwright and director. Private life Şensoy was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951. After attending Galatasaray ...

, actor, playwright and stage director (b. 1951)

September

* 10 September - Duygun Yarsuvat, lawyer (b. 1937) * 22 September -

Doğan Kuban Doğan Kuban (10 April 1926 – 22 September 2021) was a Turkish architectural historian. Biography Kuban was born in Paris. He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly thereafter he start ...

, architect (b. 1926)

October

* 1 October -

Oğuzhan Asiltürk Oğuzhan Asiltürk (25 May 1935 – 1 October 2021) was a Turkish politician. He served as Minister of Industry and Technology and Minister of the Interior as well as chairman of the executive board of the Felicity Party. Biography Asiltürk at ...

, politician (b. 1935) * 18 October -

Sami Kohen Sami Kohen (1928 – 18 October 2021) was a Turkish journalist and columnist. He wrote regular columns about foreign policy for ''Milliyet'' since 1954. Kohen was born in 1928 in Istanbul. He came from a Jewish family. His father was Albert Koh ...

, journalist and columnist (b. 1928) * 31 October -

Doğan Akhanlı Doğan Akhanlı (; 18 March 1957 – 31 October 2021) was a Turkish-born German writer, and author of novels, plays, and essays, mostly in Turkish. He had been living in exile in Germany since 1992, after his political views led to several arre ...

, Writer (b. 1957)

November

* 1 November -

Semra Dinçer Semra may refer to: * Semra (given name) * Semra, Bhopal, a village in Madhya Pradesh, India * Semra, Buxar, a village in Bihar, India * Semra, Gopalganj, a village in Bihar, India * Semra, Ghazipur Semara is a village in Ghazipur district, Utt ...

, actress (b. 1965) * 16 November -

Sezai Karakoç Ahmet Sezai Karakoç (22 January 1933 – 16 November 2021) was a Turkish writer, thinker, community leader, and poet. Biography Karakoç graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University and worked in the finance sector fo ...

, writer, thinker, community leader, and poet (b. 1933) * 23 November -

Hasan Fehmi Güneş Hasan Fehmi Güneş (1934 – 23 November 2021) was a Turkish jurist and politician who served as the interior minister in 1979. He was a member of the Turkish parliament for two terms from the Republican People's Party. Between 1975 and 1980 he ...

, jurist and politician (b. 1934) * 28 November -

Mustafa Cengiz Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Early life and education Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, ...

, businessman (b. 1949)

December

* 3 December -

Güldal Akşit Güldal Akşit (; 23 January 1960 – 3 December 2021) was a Turkish politician and the President of the Parliamentary Commission on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women. Biography Güldal Akşit was born in Malatya on 23 January 1960. Her fath ...

, politician (b. 1960) * 5 December - Osman Arpacıoğlu, footballer (b. 1947) * 6 December -

Teoman Duralı Şaban Teoman Duralı (7 February 1947 – 6 December 2021) was a Turkish philosopher, thinker and academic at the Department of Philosophy, Ibn Haldun University. He wrote many articles and books and was widely published in areas such as history ...

, philosopher, thinker and academician (b. 1947) * 11 December - Mecnur Çolak, footballer (b. 1967)

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