* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

* 2012 – The Independent State of Azawad is declared.

* 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1945 – Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater ( d. 2012 )

* 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian politician ( b. 1922 )

* 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer ( b. 1947 )

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician ( b. 1898 )

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 2012 – Jerry Lynch, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

* 2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian politician ( b. 1921 )

* 1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate ( d. 2012 )

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ( d. 2012 )

* 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – John Berry, English motorcycle racing promoter and manager ( b. 1944 )

* 2012 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist ( b. 1927 )

In March 2012, FlyCongo launched operations with the remains of Hewa Bora.

On April 12, 2012, Bir and 30 other officers were taken in custody for their role in the 1997 military memorandum that forced the then Turkish government, led by the Islamist Welfare Party, to step down.

In February of 2012, it was reported in Turkish newspapers that another Syriac manuscript of the Gospel of Barnabas had been found in Cyprus in 2000, in an operation conducted by police against smugglers ; and, having been kept in a police repository since then, had been deposited in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

* 1924 – Rauf Denktash, Turkish Chypriot leader ( d. 2012 )

As of 2012, numerous domestic air carriers such as MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Eznis Airways, Aero Mongolia, Mongolian Airlines Group as well as international air carriers such as Aeroflot, Korean Air, Air China and Turkish Airlines are offering their scheduled services.

* 2012 – Orhan Boran, Turkish actor and comedian ( b. 1928 )

However, a report from the French AFP news agency stated that " The Turkish judicial authorities still haven't explained exactly which legal resources he had access to ", and former minister of Justice Hikmet Sami Türk, in government at the time of Ağca's extradition, claimed that, from a legal viewpoint, his liberation was a " serious mistake " at best, and that he should have not been freed before 2012.

In 2009, the Turkish Government introduced various economic stimulus measures to reduce the impact of the 2007 – 2012 global financial crisis such as temporary tax cuts on automobiles, home appliances and housing.

However in June 2012, it was announced by the Turkish General Staff that active manpower was actually 720, 648 active personnel including the gendermarie and coast guard.

In 2012 Bulgarian Turks are represented at every level of government-local, with MRF having mayors in 35 municipalities, at parliamentary level with MRF having 38 deputies ( 14 % of the votes in Parliamentary elections for 2009-13 ) and at executive level, where there is currently one Turkish minister-Vezhdi Rashidov.

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* Altay ( tank ), a Turkish main battle tank ( 2012 )

On 27 April 2012, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General Alexander Downer said " If the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Leaders cannot agree with each other on a model for a united Cyprus, then United Nations cannot make them ".

* Sleepers ( TV series 2012 ), a Turkish television drama series

8 June 2012 in Istanbul, Sberbank of Russia (“ Sberbank ”) and the shareholders of DenizBank AS (“ DenizBank ”) – Dexia NV / SA and Dexia Participation Belgium SA ( together, “ Dexia ”) have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of 99. 85 % of DenizBank by Sberbank for a consideration in Turkish Lira of TRY 6, 469 million ( at the current exchange rates approximately EUR 2, 821 million or US $ 3, 504 million ).

According to a press statement that the Turkish Minister of Traffic Binali Yıldırım made in February 2012, the new lines will open by June 2014.

In 2012, the Turkish government opened a customs office on the island, possibly opening the way for future direct travel between Greek ports and the island.

The Turkish movie film " Akıllı Köpex Max " ( Max-the Smart Dog ) was filmed in Bozcaada in 2012.

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality ( İBB ) Sports Club's ice hockey team began playing in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League during the 2011 – 2012 season.

He appeared as a guest star in a Turkish popular sitcom TV show called Yalan Dünya ( 2012 ) ( Liar World ).

In early 2012, Turkish clothing company Mavi Jeans, has made a contract with Adriana to be the face and spokesmodel for the brand.