Miss Turkey

Miss World 2002, Azra Akın, introducing countries participating in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest.

Çağla Kubat, the first runner-up for the Miss Turkey 2002 beauty pageant, Miss Turkey Universe 2002 titleholder.

Selen Soyder, Miss Turkey 2007 titleholder.

Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, Miss Turkey 2008 titleholder.

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

Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper Cumhuriyet. 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, Channel D, Star TV, NTV, 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 World, International and Miss Earth.

Miss Turkey 1960, Nebahat Çehre.

Winners

Miss Turkey
1929	Feriha Tevfik	1930	Mübeccel Namık	1931	Naşide Saffet Esen
1932	Keriman Halis Ece	1933	Nazire Hanım	1934-50	Not held
1951	Günseli Başar	1952	Not held	1952	Ayten Akyol
1954	Sibel Göksel	1955-59	Not held	1960	Nebahat Çehre
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	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
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
1994	Pınar Altuğ	1995	Demet Şener Kutluay	1996	Pınar Tezcan
1997	Çağla Şikel	1998	Buket Saygı	1999	Ayşe Hatun Önal
2000	Yüksel Ak	2001	Tuğçe Kazaz	2002	Azra Akın
2003	Tuğba Karaca	2004	Nur Gümüşdoğrayan	2005	Hande Subaşı
2006	Merve Büyüksaraç	2007	Selen Soyder	2008	Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu
2009	Ebru Şam	2010	Gizem Memiç	2011	Melissa Aslı Pamuk

Some representatives at major pageants

Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss International
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 (Top 15)
1998	Asuman Krause	Buket Saygı	Şenay Akay (Top 15)
1999	Öznur Erkan	Ayşe Hatun Önal	Merve Alman
2000	Cansu Dere* (DNC)	Yüksel Ak (3rd place)	Hülya Karanlık (Top 15)
2001	Sedef Avcı	Tuğçe Kazaz	Ece İncedursun
2002	Çağla Kubat	Azra Akın (Miss World)	Nihan Akkuş (Top 15)
2003	Özge Ulusoy	Kadriye Tuğba Karaca	Gizem Kalyoncu
2004	Fatoş Seğmen	Nur Gümüşdoğrayan	Gülşah Şahin
2005	Dilek Aksoy	Hande Subaşı	Şebnem Azade (Top 15)
2006	Ceyla Kirazlı	Merve Büyüksaraç	Asena Tuğal
2007	Sinem Sülün** (DNC)	Mükerrem Selen Soyder	Aslı Temel (Top 15)
2008	Sinem Sülün	Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu	Gülsün Uslu (Top 15)
2009	Senem Kuyucuoğlu	Ebru Şam	Begüm Yılmaz
2010	Gizem Memiç	Gizem Memiç	Dilay Korkmaz (Top 15)
2011	Melissa Aslı Pamuk	Gizem Karaca	Elif Korkmaz (TBA)

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

(DNC) = Did not compete

(*) The Miss Universe-delegate during the year 2000, Cansu Dere, was forbidden by the Turkish Government to travel to the 2000 Miss Universe pageant, in Cyprus, 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, 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.

Representatives at other pageants

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	Demet Karadeniz
2009	Gözde Zay
2010	Döndü Şahin
2011	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	(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

Winners at major international contests

Miss Europe

• 1952 Günseli Başar
• 1971 Filiz Vural
• 1982 Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu
• 1984 Neşe Erberk
• 1993 Arzum Onan

Miss World

• 2002 Azra Akın

International Pageant of Pulchritude (Miss Universe)

• 1932 Keriman Halis Ece^[1]

References

• Miss Globe official website
• Miss Turkey official website

1. ^ Ahmad, Feroz (1993). The making of modern Turkey. Routledge. p. 87. http://books.google.com/books?id=ghl5GPHDPPQC.