| 01/22/46 | Kurdish Republic Day. |
| 01/28/82 | The Turkish consul general to the U.S. was assassinated in Los Angeles by members of a group calling itself the Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide. |
| 03/10/79 | The death of Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani (Kurdish regions only). |
| 03/12/1880 | Birthday of Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish state. |
| 03/16/21 | Signing of the Soviet-Turkish border treaty that ended Armenian hopes of establishing an independent state. |
| 03/21 | Kurdish New Year. |
| 04/17/92 | Turkish police killed 11 suspected Kurdish guerrillas in a series of raids in Istanbul. Kurds undertook several terrorist attacks in 1992 in Germany and Turkey citing this date. |
| 04/24/15 | Armenians observe this date as the anniversary of the alleged 1915 Turkish genocide of Armenians. |
| 04/25/88 | Hagop Hagopian, leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)--aka the Orly group, 3rd October Organization--was shot dead in his home in Athens by two gunmen. No group claimed responsibility for his murder. |
| 05/01/77 | More than 30 leftists were killed during clashes with security forces in Istanbul. |
| 05/27/91 | May 27, 1991, was celebrated as Constitution Day and made an official Turkish holiday. |
| 06/16 | June 16 is the anniversary date of the founding of the Turkish leftist terrorist group, 16 June. Until 1987, the group acted under the name Partisan Yolu. Since 1987, the group has claimed responsibility for numerous acts of terrorism, including the December 1989 firebombing in Istanbul of the Hiawatha, a U.S. Government-owned yacht. |
| 08/07/82 | Nine people, including one American, were killed, and more than 70 were wounded in an attack on the Ankara airport by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia. |
| 08/15/84 | The day that Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) elements first launched an attack against Turkish government installations. |
| 08/15/86 | Turkish troops raided Kurdish rebel camps in Iraq. |
| 08/27/82 | The Turkish military attache in Canada was assassinated by Armenian extremists. |
| 08/30/91 | August 30, 1991, was celebrated as Victory Day and made an official Turkish holiday. |
| 09/06/86 | Twenty-one Jewish worshippers were killed in Istanbul during an attack on a synagogue by an Abu Nidal terrorist team. |
| 10/24/75 | The Turkish ambassador to France and his driver were shot and killed in Paris by members of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA). |
| 10/29/23 | Turkish National Day. The date commemorates the declaration of Turkey as a republic by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his inauguration as its first president. |
| 11/10/38 | Death of Kemal Ataturk. |
| 11/27/78 | Considered to be the date on which the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was founded. PKK guerrillas may engage in terrorist attacks in connection with this date. |
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