Miss Turkey ® is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, who personify beauty with intelligence. The first beauty contest was held on September 2, 1929 with the backing of the government, and the title holder was Feriha Tevfik

Feriha Tevfik

Feriha Tevfik was a Turkish beauty pageant contestant and actress. She is best known for being the very first Miss Turkey .-Filmography:- External links :...

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Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper Cumhuriyet

Cumhuriyet

Cumhuriyet is a centre-left Turkish daily newspaper, founded on May 7, 1924 by journalist Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu. Based in Istanbul, it has been situated since October 17, 2005 in Mecidiyeköy. Cumhuriyet was the last newspaper to leave the old press district Cağaloğlu...

. Since 1980, it is being run by the "Miss Turkey Organization". Between the years 1980-1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers Güneş, Sabah, Tercüman, Bulvar and some others. With the establishment of private TV channels in Turkey in 1990, the channels Magic Box, Show TV

Show TV

SHOW TV is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and...

, Channel D

Kanal D

Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....

, Star TV, NTV

NTV Turkey

NTV is a Turkish nationwide television news channel. NTV was founded in 1996 by Turkish businessman Cavit Çağlar as the first news channel of Turkey and has partnered with MSNBC since May 2000. Aired on this channel is usually the news but also provides football games, especially La Liga matches,...

, CNBC-e

CNBC-e

CNBC-e is a hybrid business/financial and entertainment channel operated in Turkey by CNBC Europe and the NTV Group.The channel shares its name with a co-owned magazine about CNBC-e....

 and FOX TV took over the promotion of the pageant. The title "Miss Turkey" is a registered trade mark.

Miss Turkey Organization currently sends delegates to Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

, Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

, International

International

----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...

 and Miss Earth

Miss Earth

Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

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Winners

Miss Turkey
1929	Feriha Tevfik Feriha Tevfik Feriha Tevfik was a Turkish beauty pageant contestant and actress. She is best known for being the very first Miss Turkey .-Filmography:- External links :...	1930	Mübeccel Namık	1931	Naşide Saffet Esen
1932	Keriman Halis Ece Keriman Halis Ece Keriman Halis Ece is a former Turkish beauty contestant, pianist and fashion model, who became Miss Turkey 1932. She was also crowned as the winner at International Pageant of Pulchritude in Spa, Belgium.-Biography:...	1933	Nazire Hanım	1934-50	Not held
1951	Günseli Başar Günseli Basar Günseli Başar is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1952.-Biography:She was born on January 22, 1932 to an officer's family in Diyarbakır, where her father was stationed. However, her birth was registered some time later in Erzurum due to her father's transfer...	1952	Not held	1953	Ayten Akyol
1954	Sibel Göksel	1955-59	Not held	1960	Nebahat Çehre Nebahat Çehre -Early life and family:Nebahat Çehre was born as Hilal Nebahat Çehre on 15 March, 1945, in Samsun, a city off the Black Sea in northern Turkey. Çehre is of Georgian origin from her father's side, Izzet Çehre, who was a lawyer, and her mother, Müzeyyen, was a housewife...
1961	Güler Samuray	1962	Not held	1963	Gülseren Esen Kocaman
1964	Ayten Örnek	1965	Zerrin Arbaş	1966	İnci Asena
1967	Neşe Yazıcıgil	1968	Mine Kürkçüoğlu	1969	Şermin Ayşin
1970	Afet Tuğbay	1971	Nil Menemencioğlu	1972	Feyzal Kibarer
1973	Hale Soygazi Hale Soygazi Hale Soygazi is a famous Turkish film actress of the 1970s and 1980s.- Biography :She was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1950. She studied French philology at the university. She was chosen as 'Miss Turkey' in 1973 and also did modeling for magazines. She made her film debut in a leading role in Kara...	1974	Not held	1975	Harika Değirmenci
1976	Jale Bayhan	1977	Kamer Bulutöte	1978	Sevil Özgültekin
1979	Şebnem Ünal	1980	Fahriye Funda Ayloğlu	1981	Aydan Şener Aydan Sener Aydan Şener is a Turkish film and television actress of Tatar descent, former model, Miss Turkey 1981 and a beauty contestant in Miss World 1981.-Biography:...
1982	Ayşe Belgin Güven	1983	Ebru Özmeriç	1984	Gülçin Ülker
1985	Filiz Hülya Küçükbayraktar	1986	Meltem Doğanay	1987	Şebnem Dinçgör
1988	Esra Sümer	1989	Burcu Burkut	1990	Jülide Ateş
1991	Pınar Özdemir	1992	Özlem Kaymaz	1993	Arzum Onan Arzum Onan Arzum Onan is a Turkish television actress, a former model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1993.-Biography:She was born on October 31, 1973 in Ankara, Turkey. After the primary school in Ankara, her family moved to İstanbul, where she finished the vocational high school as a draftswoman.Arzum...
1994	Pınar Altuğ	1995	Demet Şener Kutluay	1996	Pınar Tezcan
1997	Çağla Şikel	1998	Buket Saygı	1999	Ayşe Hatun Önal Ayse Hatun Önal Ayşe Hatun Önal, is a Turkish model, actress, singer and Miss Turkey 1999 who represented her country in the 49th Miss World 1999 in London, England....
2000	Yüksel Ak	2001	Tuğçe Kazaz Tugçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz is a Turkish model and Miss Turkey 2001.- Biography :Tuğçe Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated in International Relations at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul....	2002	Azra Akın Azra Akin Azra Akın is a Dutch born Turkish model and actress. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2002 and Miss Turkey 2002.-Biography:...
2003	Tuğba Karaca	2004	Nur Gümüşdoğrayan	2005	Hande Subaşı
2006	Merve Büyüksaraç	2007	Selen Soyder Selen Soyder Mükerrem Selen Soyder, born in Alsancak, İzmir, Turkey on December 26, 1986, is a Turkish model and Miss Turkey 2007, who represented her country in the 57th Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China. A graduate of Selma Yiğitalp High School in Izmir, Selen is a professional model who is also a university...	2008	Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu Leyla Tugutlu Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu is a beauty pageant contestant who represented Turkey in Miss World 2008 in South Africa.-External links:*...
2009	Ebru Şam	2010	Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç is a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. Gizem Memiç accepted the crown from Ebru Şam, Miss Turkey 2009...	2011	Melissa Aslı Pamuk

Some representatives at major pageants

Year	Miss Universe Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....	Miss World Miss World The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...	Miss International Miss International Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
1990	Jülide Ateş (Top 10)	Jülide Ateş (Top 10)	Aylin Fatma Aydın
1991	Pınar Özdemir	Dilek Aslıhan Sabancı (Top 10)	Defne Samyeli
1992	Elif Ilgaz	Özlem Kaymaz	Banu Nur Dipçin
1993	İpek Gümüşoğlu	Emel Yıldırım	Hande Kazanova (Top 15)
1994	Banu Usluer	Pınar Altuğ	Ayşın Albayrak
1995	Gamze Saygı	Demet Şener	Ahu Paşakay (Top 15)
1996	Serpil Sevilay Öztürk	Serpil Sevilay Öztürk	Gökçe Yanardağ (Top 15)
1997	Yeşim Çetin	Çağla Şikel (4th place)	Burcu Esmersoy Burcu Esmersoy Kamile Burcu Esmersoy is a Turkish anchorwoman, journalist, occasional actress and beauty pageant contestant who represented her nation at Miss International.- Life and career :...  (Top 15)
1998	Asuman Krause Asuman Krause Asuman Krause is a German-born former model and singer of mixed Turkish and German-Dutch descent.Krause grew up in Germany until the end of middle school. Afterwards she decided to stay with her mother in Turkey...	Buket Saygı	Şenay Akay (Top 15)
1999	Öznur Erkan	Ayşe Hatun Önal Ayse Hatun Önal Ayşe Hatun Önal, is a Turkish model, actress, singer and Miss Turkey 1999 who represented her country in the 49th Miss World 1999 in London, England....	Merve Alman
2000	Cansu Dere Cansu Dere Cansu Dere is a Turkish film actress, beauty pageant contestant, and model.-Biography:Having received her primary and secondary education in Izmir, Dere graduated from the department of Archaeology at İstanbul University.She has starred in TV and movies since 2004... * (DNC)	Yüksel Ak (3rd place)	Hülya Karanlık (Top 15)
2001	Sedef Avcı Sedef Avci Sedef Avci is a Turkish model and actress. She won Elite Model Look Turkey in 1997. She represented Turkey at Miss Universe contestant in 2001.She is married to model and actor Kıvanç Kasabalı.-Acting career:...	Tuğçe Kazaz Tugçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz is a Turkish model and Miss Turkey 2001.- Biography :Tuğçe Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated in International Relations at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul....	Ece İncedursun
2002	Çağla Kubat Çagla Kubat Çağla Kubat is a Turkish model, actress and windsurfer who is member of Fenerbahçe sailing & windsurfing team. She is 5 feet 10¾ tall....	Azra Akın Azra Akin Azra Akın is a Dutch born Turkish model and actress. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2002 and Miss Turkey 2002.-Biography:...  (Miss World)	Nihan Akkuş (Top 15)
2003	Özge Ulusoy Özge Ulusoy Özge Ulusoy is a Turkish model, retired ballet dancer , and occasional film actress from Izmir. She is best known for her appearance in the popular TV-series Arka Sokaklar in 2008 and 2009...	Kadriye Tuğba Karaca	Gizem Kalyoncu
2004	Fatoş Seğmen	Nur Gümüşdoğrayan	Gülşah Şahin
2005	Dilek Aksoy	Hande Subaşı	Şebnem Azade  (Top 15)
2006	Ceyla Kirazlı Ceyla Kirazli Ceyla Kirazlı is Miss Turkey Universe 2006. Her interests include traditional dances, traveling, backgammon, swimming, music, and volleyball. Growing up in İzmir, she stands at 5' 10" and admires Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic. Her ambition is to be a world-famous...	Merve Büyüksaraç	Asena Tuğal Asena Tuğal Asena Tuğal is a Turkish television journalist. She presented on TGRT, Kanal D Show TV in Turkey and on Rai Uno in Italy after having spent six years behind the scenes.In 2006, Tuğal was selected 3rd runner up in the Miss Turkey beauty pageant...
2007	Sinem Sülün** (DNC)	Mükerrem Selen Soyder	Aslı Temel  (Top 15)
2008	Sinem Sülün	Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu Leyla Tugutlu Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu is a beauty pageant contestant who represented Turkey in Miss World 2008 in South Africa.-External links:*...	Gülsün Uslu  (Top 15)
2009	Senem Kuyucuoğlu Senem Kuyucuoğlu Senem Kuyucuoğlu is a professional Turkish model and television presenter, who won the Best Model of Turkey 2007 and Miss Turkey 2009 first runner-up titles. Since her debut, Kuyucuoğlu has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns in Turkey.Kuyucuoğlu began modelling at the age of 14...	Ebru Şam	Begüm Yılmaz
2010	Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç is a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. Gizem Memiç accepted the crown from Ebru Şam, Miss Turkey 2009...	Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç Gizem Memiç is a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. Gizem Memiç accepted the crown from Ebru Şam, Miss Turkey 2009...	Dilay Korkmaz  (Top 15)
2011	Melissa Aslı Pamuk	Gizem Karaca Gizem Karaca Gizem Karaca is a Turkish model who represented her country at the 2011 Miss World pageant.Gizem is a student at the faculty of social sciences at Istanbul University. Besides her mother tongue, she can speak English and French . She stands at 170cm tall and weighs 53 kg...	Elif Korkmaz (TBA)

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

(DNC) = Did not compete

(*) The Miss Universe-delegate during the year 2000, Cansu Dere

Cansu Dere

Cansu Dere is a Turkish film actress, beauty pageant contestant, and model.-Biography:Having received her primary and secondary education in Izmir, Dere graduated from the department of Archaeology at İstanbul University.She has starred in TV and movies since 2004...

, was forbidden by the Turkish Government to travel to the 2000 Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 2000

Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...

, in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, unless she could pass through the occupied areas, which is strictly forbidden for any visitor to the Republic of Cyprus. The competition committee in Turkey made arrangements for her to travel through Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, but the day before her departure the government refused to let her go, "for political reasons". This was the second delegate that was not allowed to represent Turkey that year. Dogoum Vegeri, was disqualified before for being underage.


(**) Competition was arranged after the deadline of the Miss Universe pageant, and the competition committee could not send a delegate. The delegate who was supposed to enter the Miss Universe pageant, competed the following year instead.

Turkey's Representatives to Miss Earth

Miss Turkey organization acquired the Miss Earth franchise in 2008 but prior to that the franchise was owned by a different organization.

Year	Miss Earth Turkey	Placement
2008 Miss Earth 2008 Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...	Demet Karadeniz
2009 Miss Earth 2009 Miss Earth 2009, the 9th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, in the Island of Boracay, Malay, Philippines last November 22, 2009....	Gözde Zay Gözde Zay Gözde Zay is a Turkish fashion model an ex beauty pageant contestant. Gözde won the Miss Earth Turkey 2009 title, and represented Turkey in the Miss Earth 2009 pageant in Boracay, Philippines.-External links:*...
2010 Miss Earth 2010 Miss Earth 2010, the 10th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam on December 4, 2010.Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. At the conclusion of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss...	Döndü Şahin
2011 Miss Earth 2011 Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, is scheduled to be held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The show will be aired live by Channel V at 8:00pm, while Star World will broadcast on Sunday, December 4 at...	Merve Sarıbaş	(TBA)

Turkey's Representatives to Miss Europe

Miss Turkey organization has acquired the Miss Europe franchise since 1982.

Year	Miss Europe Turkey	Placement
1990	Şebnem Tan	(3)
1991	Defne Samyeli	(4)
1992	Banu Sağnak	(2)
1993	Arzum Onan Arzum Onan Arzum Onan is a Turkish television actress, a former model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1993.-Biography:She was born on October 31, 1973 in Ankara, Turkey. After the primary school in Ankara, her family moved to İstanbul, where she finished the vocational high school as a draftswoman.Arzum...	(Miss Europe)
1994	Didem Uzel	(2)
1995	Beste Acar	(Top 15)
1996	Pınar Yiğit	(Top 15)
1997	Nilay Ceylan
1998	Hülya Mutlu	(Top 15)
2001	Hatice Şendil	(4)
2002	Esra Eron	(3)
2005	Birce Akalay	(Top 15)
2006	Selda Ögrük

Miss Europe

• 1952 Günseli Başar
  Günseli Basar
  Günseli Başar is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1952.-Biography:She was born on January 22, 1932 to an officer's family in Diyarbakır, where her father was stationed. However, her birth was registered some time later in Erzurum due to her father's transfer...
  
  
• 1971 Filiz Vural
  Filiz Vural
  Filiz Vural is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971.-Biography:Filiz participated at a beauty pageant organized by the newspaper Hürriyet, and won the title Miss Turkey 1970. The next year, she represented her country at the Miss Europe beauty contest held in Tunis, Tunisia, and...
  
  
• 1982 Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu
  Nazli Deniz Kuruoglu
  Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu is a Turkish ballet dancer and a former beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1982.-Biography:She was educated in ballet dancing at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Turkey. She danced in the state opera until she had to quit active dancing career following a...
  
  
• 1984 Neşe Erberk
  Nese Erberk
  Neşe Erberk is a Turkish businesswoman, a former fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984.-Biography:She was born on October 14, 1964, in İstanbul, Turkey...
  
  
• 1993 Arzum Onan
  Arzum Onan
  Arzum Onan is a Turkish television actress, a former model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1993.-Biography:She was born on October 31, 1973 in Ankara, Turkey. After the primary school in Ankara, her family moved to İstanbul, where she finished the vocational high school as a draftswoman.Arzum...