2021 ⟶ Turkey Withdraws from the Istanbul Convention
March 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces h...
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👑 Köprülü Mehmed Pasha Appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
👮 Turkish Government Launches Purges After Failed Coup
The government of Turkey begins a series of purges in reaction to a failed coup d'état attempt.⟶
Coup d'étatPurgesAuthoritarianismHuman RightsPolitical Repression
Turkey🔪 Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
October 2: Exiled Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.⟶
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Saudi ArabiaTurkey🕌 Hagia Sophia Reverted to Mosque by Turkish Decree
July 10: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan orders the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be reverted to a mosque following the annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum.⟶
IslamIstanbulReligious ConversionOttoman EmpireByzantine EmpireCultural Heritage
Turkey📜 Turkey Withdraws from the Istanbul Convention
March 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces his country's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the first country to do so.⟶
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