2016 ⟶ Turkish Government Launches Purges After Failed Coup
The government of Turkey begins a series of purges in reacti...
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👑 Köprülü Mehmed Pasha Appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
🇹🇷 Ismail Enver Seizes Power in Ottoman Coup
January 23: In the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, Ismail Enver comes to power.⟶
Ottoman EmpireCoup d'étatPolitical InstabilityMilitaryPower StruggleNationalism
Turkey👑 Ottoman Sultanate Abolished, Sultan Mehmed VI Deposed
November 1: Ottoman Sultanate abolished by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Sultan Mehmed VI is deposed.⟶
Ottoman EmpireSultanateRepublicPolitical TransitionNationalism
Turkey👮 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.⟶
AssassinationHuman RightsJournalismInternational RelationsFreedom of SpeechPolitical Repression
Saudi ArabiaTurkey📜 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.⟶
Human RightsInternational LawWomen's RightsLGBTQ+ Rights
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