January

• January 15 - Lale Oraloglu, actress and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• January 19 - Hrant Dink, intellectual, journalist and columnist (b. 1954)
• January 24 - İsmail Cem, politician, intellectual and journalist (b. 1940)

February

• February 20 - Zahrad, poet (b. 1924)

March

• March 3 - Türkan Rado, professor of law (b. 1915)
• March 6 - Naci Özkaya, footballer (b. 1922)

April

• April 18 - Ali Dinçer, engineer and politician (b. 1945)
• April 26 - Ümit Haluk Bayülken, diplomat, ambassador and politician (b. 1921)

May

• May 6 - Nükhet Ruacan, singer (b. 1951)
• May 26 - Hasan Eren, Turkologist and Hungarologist (b. 1919)

June

• June 23 - Erdal Saygın, academician (b. 1931)
• June 28 - Zehra Bilir, folk singer (b. 1913)

July

• July 4 - Barış Akarsu, rock musician (b. 1979)
• July 11 - Ferhunde Erkin, pianist (b. 1909)
• July 12 - Ulus Baker, sociologist (b. 1960)

August

September

• September 29 – Yıldırım Aktuna, psychiatrist and politician (b. 1930)

October

• October 2 – İclal Ar, soprano (b. 1904)
• October 31 – Erdal İnönü, physicist and politician (b. 1926)

November

• November 30
  • Aydın Gün, opera singer and stage director (b. 1917)
  • Engin Arık, physicist (b. 1948)

December

• December 5 – Tankut Öktem, sculptor (born 1941)
• December 10 – Vitali Hakko businessman (born 1913)
• December 12 – Saadet İkesus Altan opera singer (born 1916)
• 13 December – Ahmet Tahtakılıç, lawyer and politician (born 1909)
• December 20 – Savaş Dinçel actor (born 1942)