← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Turkey → 1973 1974 1975
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in Turkey

Events in the year 1972 in Turkey.^[1]

• 14th Parliament of Turkey

• President – Cevdet Sunay
• Prime Minister:

Nihat Erim (up to 22 May 1972)

Ferit Melen (from 22 May 1972)

• 34th government of Turkey (up to 22 May 1972)
• 35th government of Turkey (from 22 May 1972)

• 8 February – Documents about the Yenice Conference between İsmet İnönü and Winston Churchill in 1943 disclosed.
• 30 March – Some militants of People’s Liberation Army, including Mahir Çayan, killed during gunfight.
• 4 May – General Kemalettin Eken is injured in a terrorist attack.^[2]
• 6 May – Three members of Turkish People’s Liberation Army receive death sentences.^[2]
• 8 May – İsmet İnönü resigns as chairman of CHP.^[2]
• 14 May – Bülent Ecevit is the new chairman of CHP.^[2]
• 28 May – Galatasaray wins the Turkish championship.^[3]
• 16 July – Demetrios I elected as patriarch.
• 4 September – Republican Party formed.^[2]
• 1 October – Turkish boxer Cemal Kamacı wins European championship in 63.5 kg. weight category

• 29 January – Engin Günaydın, actor and screenwriter
• 6 July – Levent Üzümcü, actor
• 1 October – Ayse Yigit, Belgian politician^[4]
• 17 October – Tarkan, singer

• 6 January – Tevfik Rüştü Aras former foreign minister
• 6 May – Deniz Gezmiş and two friends, members of armed underground organization People's Liberation Army of Turkey
• 15 September Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
• 19 December Ahmet Emin Yalman, journalist

• 
  Nihat Erim
• 
  Bülent Ecevit
• 
  Tarkan
• 
  Tevfik Rüştü Aras
• 
  Ulvi Camal Erkin

• 1971–72 1.Lig
• List of Turkish films of 1972
• Turkey at the 1972 Summer Olympics