The 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 2017 Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017.

The name of the mascot was chosen as "Çakır" (literally "greyish blue") following a voting on the official website of the Deaflympics.

[12][13] The Deaflympic Torch was brought from Lausanne, Switzerland to Batı Park in Samsun by the Turkish Olympic champion in wrestling, Taha Akgül.

The torch relay began with lighting of the torches of the Turkish sportspeople as "Olympic ambassadors", the footballers Gökhan Gönül and Sabri Sarıoğlu, world-record holder female diver Şahika Ercümen and television host Ece Vahapoğlu.

These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Deaf Sports Association (NDSA).