566 notable events in Türkiye — wars, earthquakes and massacres. Page 1 of 6.
- Armenian genocide
Apr 24, 1915–1923 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Fall of Constantinople
Apr 6, 1453–May 29, 1453 · War & armed conflict
- Greek War of Independence
Jan 1, 1821–1829 · War & armed conflict
- Grey Wolves (organization)
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Nika riots
Jan 532 · War & armed conflict
- Greek genocide
1913–1922 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
Feb 6, 2023 · Earthquake
- Sack of Constantinople
Apr 8, 1204–Apr 13, 1204 · War & armed conflict
- 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
from Jul 15, 2016 · War & armed conflict
- 2026 Onikişubat school shooting
Apr 15, 2026 · Shooting
- Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Oct 2, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- Pontic Greek genocide
Jan 1, 1914–Jan 1, 1923 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Free Syrian Army
date unknown · Terrorism
- 526 Antioch earthquake
May 25, 526 · Earthquake
- Young Turk Revolution
Jul 24, 1908 · War & armed conflict
- Siege of Antioch
Oct 20, 1097–Jun 28, 1098 · War & armed conflict
- 1980 Turkish coup d'état
Sep 12, 1980 · War & armed conflict
- Hamidian massacres
1894–1897 · Massacre
- Auspicious Incident
Jun 15, 1826 · War & armed conflict
- İbrahim Tatlıses
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Dersim massacre
May 1, 1937–Sep 1, 1938 · Massacre
- Ionian Revolt
499 BC–493 BC · War & armed conflict
- Burning of Smyrna
Sep 13, 1922–Sep 22, 1922 · Fire
- Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman decline
Jan 1, 1821–Jan 1, 1922 · Massacre
- 2025–2026 Turkish protests
from Mar 19, 2025 · Riot & unrest
- Gezi Park protests
from May 28, 2013 · Riot & unrest
- Battle of Sarikamish
Dec 22, 1914–Jan 17, 1915 · War & armed conflict
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
from Nov 1978 · War & armed conflict
- Istanbul pogrom
Sep 6, 1955–Sep 7, 1955 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Atatürk's reforms
date unknown
- 2026 Siverek school shooting
Apr 14, 2026 · Shooting
- Occupation of Istanbul
Nov 13, 1918–Oct 4, 1923 · War & armed conflict
- First plague pandemic
541–767 · Epidemic & disease
- Massacre of the Latins
Apr 1, 1182 · Massacre
- 1960 Turkish coup d'état
May 27, 1960 · War & armed conflict
- Uluburun shipwreck
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Turkish economic crisis (2018–current)
from Jan 2018 · Crisis
- Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
Oct 4, 2001 · War & armed conflict
- Turkish National Movement
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Assassination of Andrei Karlov
Dec 19, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- 1766 Istanbul earthquake
May 22, 1766 · Earthquake
- 1999 İzmit earthquake
Aug 17, 1999 · Earthquake
- 2026 Mersin shooting
May 18, 2026 · Shooting
- Ararat anomaly
date unknown · Science & concept
- Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193
Feb 5, 2020 · Aviation accident
- Adana massacre
Apr 1909 · Massacre
- 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence
Apr 5, 2000 · Attack (other)
- 2024 Eskişehir stabbing
Aug 12, 2024 · Attack (other)
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
from Aug 1, 2016 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
Jan 23, 1913 · War & armed conflict
- Istanbul nightclub shooting
Jan 1, 2017 · Massacre
- Turkish Straits crisis
Jul 20, 1936–May 30, 1953 · Crisis
- Chanak crisis
Sep 1922–Oct 1922 · Crisis
- Franco-Turkish War
Dec 1918–Oct 1921 · War & armed conflict
- Sheikh Said rebellion
Feb 13, 1925–Mar 1925 · War & armed conflict
- Murders of Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner
Oct 4, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- Defense of Van (1915)
Apr 19, 1915–May 17, 1915 · War & armed conflict
- Soma mine disaster
May 13, 2014 · Fire
- Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230
May 26, 2003 · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of George Smith
Jul 5, 2005 · Disappearance
- 2016 Atatürk Airport attack
Jun 28, 2016 · Terrorism
- Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Susurluk scandal
Nov 3, 1996 · Scandal & controversy
- Turkish Resistance Organisation
date unknown · Terrorism
- Asiatic Vespers
88 BC · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 31 March incident
Apr 13, 1909–Apr 24, 1909 · War & armed conflict
- Ararat rebellion
Oct 1927–Sep 1931 · War & armed conflict
- Yedikule Fortress
date unknown
- Maoist insurgency in Turkey
Apr 24, 1972 · War & armed conflict
- Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
Dec 29, 1968–Sep 12, 1980 · War & armed conflict
- Sivas massacre
Jul 2, 1993 · Massacre
- French battleship Bouvet
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Siege of Edessa (1144)
Nov 28, 1144–Dec 24, 1144 · War & armed conflict
- Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Apr 24, 1915 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1971 Turkish military memorandum
Mar 12, 1971 · War & armed conflict
- Armenian fedayi
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Akroinon
740 · War & armed conflict
- Bloody May Day (1977)
May 1, 1977 · Massacre
- Skanderbeg's rebellion
Nov 1443–Jan 17, 1468 · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Istanbul earthquake
Apr 23, 2025 · Earthquake
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
Mar 1979 · War & armed conflict
- Celali rebellions
1519–1659 · War & armed conflict
- 1997 Turkish military memorandum
1997 · War & armed conflict
- Counter-Guerrilla
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2015 Ankara bombings
Oct 10, 2015 · Terrorism
- Maraş massacre
Dec 1978 · Massacre
- 1965 Hendek bus accident
Aug 11, 1965 · Road accident
- Hamidiye (cavalry)
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Levounion
Apr 29, 1091 · War & armed conflict
- Musa Dagh
Sep 12, 1915 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- North Anatolian Fault
date unknown · Earthquake
- Koçgiri rebellion
Jun 17, 1921 · Riot & unrest
- Turkey–Islamic State conflict
May 11, 2013 · War & armed conflict
- Constantinople massacre of 1821
Apr 22, 1821–Jul 1821 · Massacre
- HMS Majestic (1895)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Kuva-yi Inzibatiye
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Turkish football betting scandal
2025 · Scandal & controversy
- Murder of Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi
Jan 25, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- Turkish Airlines Flight 452
Sep 19, 1976 · Aviation accident
- 1939 Erzincan earthquake
Dec 26, 1939 · Earthquake