2006 in Turkey

none August 2026 December 2020 2006 The following lists events that happened in 2006 in Turkey. Incumbents President: Ahmet Necdet SezerSezer, Ahmet Necdet https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sezer-ahmet-necdet-1941 live 3 August 2026 Encyclopedia.com en Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Speaker: Bülent Arınç Events January January 4 – Turkey announces two confirmed human cases of the avian influenza. January 6 – A third child from the same family in eastern Turkey dies of H5N1 avian influenza. Hülya Koçyiğit, 11, was the sister of Mehmet Ali, 14, who died last weekend, and of Fatma, 15, who died on Thursday. She was the third human fatality outside China and South-East Asia. A six-year-old brother is also being treated for the same disease. January 10 – A fifteenth case of H5N1 is reported in Turkey. However, the Turkish government declares that the virus is "under control". January 20 – Turkish police are reported to have taken into custody, Mehmet Ali Ağca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 after an appeals court ordered his return to prison to serve more time for killing a journalist. February February 9 – Istanbul's police chief said a bomb blast at an Internet café in the city had wounded 14 people. March April May June July August September October November December Deaths 14 October – Cahit Talas (born 1917), academic References 2006 in 2006 in Category:Years of the 21st century in Turkey Category:2000s in Turkey Turkey Turkey