The four-day competition was held during the centenary year of the Republic of Turkey, and featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events over three morning and four afternoon sessions.

[2][3] On 11 November 2020, the European Athletic Association (EAA) chose Istanbul at its 160th Council Meeting held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[5] In a statement issued on 21 February 2023, European Athletics announced that the championships would take place as planned despite the Turkey–Syria earthquake, which struck southern and central Turkey on 6 February and affected 16 percent of country's population with more than 45,900 deaths, albeit with limitations on usual celebratory side-events and activities as well as no local promotion.

[6] Turkish Athletic Federation announced that all proceeds from ticket sales in the championship would be donated to the victims of the earthquake.

[11] In addition, with her third European indoor title, she became the most successful female pentathlete in history of this championships, retaining also her gold medal from the 2021 edition.

Poland's Adrianna Sułek also went above previous record with a score of 5014 points and basically was the world record-holder for about six seconds, finishing first the 800 metres run, the final of the five events in pentathlon.

Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson in the 800 metres, Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the high jump and Portugal's Auriol Dongmo in the shot put also retained their titles.