2013 in Turkey

The following lists events in the year 2013 in Turkey.

Incumbents

7 January - An explosion at a coal mine in the Zonguldak province kills eight miners.
17 January - Thousands of Kurds pour into the streets of Diyarbakır to mourn the death of Sakine Cansız, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, who was killed in Paris, France on the 9th.

1 February - The United States embassy is bombed in the capital of Ankara, killing 2 people.
2 February - Radical leftist group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing.

13 March - Kurdish rebels free eight Turkish citizens who have been held captive for two years.
19 March - Two people are injured in bombings on Turkey's justice ministry and headquarters of the governing AK Party in Ankara. This was allegedly done by Kurdish militants.
21 March - PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan makes historic calls for peace talks with Turkey after nearly 30 years of violent conflict.
22 March - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologises to Prime Minister Erdogan for the killing of nine activists in a raid on Gaza and the US reports they are normalising relations.

7 April - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Turkey where discussions over relations with Israel and the Syrian civil war are expected to take place.

20 May - A hot air balloon crashes in Cappadocia resulting in 2 tourists dying and another 20 injured.
31 May - Protesters are violently removed by riot police in Gezi Park, Taksim Square, Istanbul after days of anti-government unrest based on government attempts in making the country more religious.

3 June - Riot police fire tear gas on protesters continuing to demand the downfall of the current government in Istanbul and Ankara.

19 January – Toktamış Ateş (born 1944), Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist, writer and professor of political sciences at Istanbul University
22 February – Behsat Üvez, singer-songwriter, 53 (lung cancer)
20 September – Ercan Aktuna
29 September – İsmet Kür (born 1916), educator, journalist, columnist and writer
6 November – Hayri Polat (born 1948), wrestler
25 December – Adnan Şenses

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey