| 4 Jul | 11 Turkish soldiers were taken captive by US troops in Iraq |
| 5 Jul | Big explosion in Ankara causing 189 people to be injured |
| 7 Jul | 57 hours later, Turkish soldiers in Iraq were released |
| 29 Jul | Priminister Mustafa Miro of Syria visits Turkey after a 17-year break of silence |
| 29 Aug | Elvan Abelegese, 5000 meter woman runner, takes the fifth place during the World Athletism Championship in Paris, France |
| 31 Aug | Sureyya Ayhan, 1500 meter woman runner, takes the silver medal during the World Athletism Championship in Paris, France |
| 13 Sep | Sureyya Ayhan, 1500 meter woman runner, and 5000 meter woman runner Elvan Abelegese have the gold medals during the World Athletism Finals in Monaco, France |
| 28 Sep | Turkish Senior Women's Volleyball Team takes the second place in the 2003 Senior Women's European Volleyball Championship played in Ankara and Antalya, Turkey |
| 11 Nov | Turkish Women's Volleyball Team, competing in the World Volleyball Championship for the first time, takes the 7th place in Japan. |
| 14 Nov | Sedat Artuc, 56 Kg. snatch weightlifter, won the silver medal during World Weightlifting Championship in Vancouver, Canada |
| 15 Nov | 1) Halil Mutlu, 62 Kg. snatch weightlifter, won 3 gold medals during World Weightlifting Championship in Vancouver, Canada 2) Two different synagogues are attacked by 2 different car bomb attacked and partly destroyed in İstanbul by Al-Qaida terrorists causing 25 fatalities |
| 20 Nov | British funded HBSC Bank and British Consulate in İstanbul destroyed by the Al-Qaida and a Turkish branch by means of car bomb attack causing 30 fatalities and 455 injuries |