Miss Turkey

The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper Cumhuriyet.

[citation needed] Between the years 1980–1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers Güneş, Sabah, Tercüman, Bulvar, and some others.

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".

[citation needed] (*) Ahu Ağırbaş who was crowned Miss Turkey/International 2013 did not compete, due to maximum age recruitment.

The delegate who was supposed to enter the Miss Universe pageant, competed the following year instead.