2009 in Turkey explained

Events in the year 2009 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]

Notes and References

1. News: Mehmet Ali Şahin artık protokolde iki numara . Radikal. 5 August 2009. tr. 5 August 2009.
2. News: Ağrı Yazıcı Barajı Törenle Hizmete Açıldı . DiyadinNet . 2009-01-18 . tr . 2011-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210243/http://www.diyadinnet.com/HABER-5052-a%C4%9Fr%C4%B1-yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1-baraj%C4%B1-t%C3%B6renle-hizmete-a%C3%A7%C4%B1ld%C4%B1 . 2011-06-28 . dead .
3. News: Turkey's BBP confirms Yazicioglu also died in copter crash . . . 2009-03-28 . 2009-03-28 .
4. Web site: Vefat-Galatasaraylılar Birliği Önceki başkanlarından Orhan Onar (1943–2009) . October 2009 . Galatasaraylılar Derneği . tr . 28 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152045/http://www.gscemiyet.org.tr/Haberler.aspx?Id=1474 . April 2, 2015 .
5. News: Zeki Ökten yarın defnedilecek . CNN Türk . 2009-12-20 . tr . 2009-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091224201410/http://www.cnnturk.com/2009/yasam/diger/12/20/zeki.okten.yarin.defnedilecek/556167.0/index.html . 2009-12-24 . dead .