2009 in Turkey

Events in the year 2009 in Turkey.

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See also:	List of years in Turkey

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Turkey	Abdullah Gül
	Prime Minister of Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Events

• 9 August – Mehmet Ali Şahin becomes Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey.^[1]
• date unknown – Yazıcı Dam goes into service.^[2]

Arts and culture

Films

• See List of Turkish films of 2009

Deaths

• 25 March – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, politician (born 1954; helicopter crash)^[3]
• 26 October – Orhan Onar, judge (born 1923^[4]
• 19 December – Zeki Ökten, film director (born 1942; heart failure)^[5]

References

1. "Mehmet Ali Şahin artık protokolde iki numara". Radikal (in Turkish). 5 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
2. "Ağrı Yazıcı Barajı Törenle Hizmete Açıldı". DiyadinNet (in Turkish). 2009-01-18. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
3. "Turkey's BBP confirms Yazicioglu also died in copter crash". WB News Desk. World Bulletin. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Vefat-Galatasaraylılar Birliği Önceki başkanlarından Orhan Onar (1943–2009)" (in Turkish). Galatasaraylılar Derneği. October 2009. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
5. "Zeki Ökten yarın defnedilecek". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2009-12-20. Archived from the original on 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2009-12-20.