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Crisis atlas / TUR

Turkey

88 distinct crisis events in 12 episodes, 18092014, from the union of five primary chronologies.

Debt profile: government debt trajectory and crisis-start levels →

13
Banking crises
43
Currency crises
32
Sovereign debt crises
88
Crisis events
1809–2014
Span

Crisis timeline

Every distinct (year, type) event, most recent first, with the chronologies flagging it. Start-year sources (GMD, JST) do not mark continuation years, so long episodes show lower agreement after their first year.

  1. 2014
    Currencyrr1 source
  2. 2008
    Currencyrr1 source
  3. 2005
    Currencyrr1 source
  4. 2002
    Bankingrr1 source
  5. 2001
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinggmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  6. 2000
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  7. 1999
    Currencyrr1 source
  8. 1998
    Currencyrr1 source
  9. 1997
    Currencyrr1 source
  10. 1996
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  11. 1995
    Currencyrr1 source
  12. 1994
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  13. 1993
    Currencyrr1 source
  14. 1992
    Currencyrr1 source
  15. 1991
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources
  16. 1990
    Currencyrr1 source
  17. 1989
    Currencyrr1 source
  18. 1988
    Currencyrr1 source
  19. 1987
    Currencyrr1 source
  20. 1986
    Currencyrr1 source
  21. 1985
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankingrr1 source
  22. 1984
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  23. 1983
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  24. 1982
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinglaeven_valencia, rr2 sources
  25. 1981
    Currencyrr1 source
  26. 1980
    Currencyrr1 source
    Bankinggmd1 source
  27. 1979
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  28. 1978
    Sovereign debtgmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
    Currencygmd, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  29. 1977
    Currencyrr1 source
  30. 1971
    Currencyrr1 source
  31. 1963
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  32. 1959
    Currencyrr1 source
  33. 1958
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  34. 1957
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  35. 1956
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  36. 1946
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  37. 1943
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  38. 1942
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  39. 1941
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  40. 1940
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  41. 1932
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  42. 1931
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
    Bankingrr1 source
  43. 1930
    Bankinggmd1 source
  44. 1928
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  45. 1927
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  46. 1926
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  47. 1925
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  48. 1924
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  49. 1923
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  50. 1922
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  51. 1921
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencyrr1 source
  52. 1920
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  53. 1919
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  54. 1918
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  55. 1917
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  56. 1916
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  57. 1915
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  58. 1914
    Bankinggmd1 source
  59. 1881
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  60. 1880
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  61. 1879
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  62. 1878
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  63. 1877
    Sovereign debtrr1 source
  64. 1876
    Sovereign debtgmd, rr2 sources
  65. 1863
    Currencyrr1 source
  66. 1862
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  67. 1831
    Currencyrr1 source
  68. 1829
    Currencyrr1 source
  69. 1828
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  70. 1822
    Currencyrr1 source
  71. 1820
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources
  72. 1810
    Currencyrr1 source
  73. 1809
    Currencygmd, rr2 sources

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) | Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory R6 | Laeven & Valencia (2020) | Reinhart-Rogoff via HBS BFFS | ECB/ESRB Financial Crises Database Methodology

Macro context around each episode

Inflation, central-bank policy rate, and government debt in a window of five years either side of each crisis episode (consecutive crisis years bridged across gaps of up to two years). Crisis years shaded.

1809–1810

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050100180418091815
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1820–1822

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-40-2002040181518201827
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1828–1831

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040182318281836
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
No data for this window

1862–1863

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
-2002040185718621868
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0255075185718621868

1876–1881

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
-20-1001020187118761886
Policy rate (%)
No data for this window
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0100200300187118761886

1914–1932

BankingSovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-5051015190919141937
Policy rate (%)
02.557.5190919141937
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100150190919141937

1940–1946

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
-50050100193519401951
Policy rate (%)
0246193519401951
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040193519401951

1956–1959

Sovereign debtCurrency
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030195119561964
Policy rate (%)
0510195119561964
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0102030195119561964

1963

Sovereign debt
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030195819631968
Policy rate (%)
0510195819631968
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040195819631968

1971

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
0102030196619711976
Policy rate (%)
0510196619711976
Govt debt (% of GDP)
02040196619711976

1977–2008

CurrencySovereign debtBankingFiscal cost 2.5% of GDP, output loss 35.0% of GDP (Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
050100150197219772013
Policy rate (%)
0100200197219772013
Govt debt (% of GDP)
050100197219772013

2014

Currency
Inflation (% y/y)
01020200920142019
Policy rate (%)
0102030200920142019
Govt debt (% of GDP)
0204060200920142019

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) Inflation is % year over year; policy rate is the central-bank rate in %; government debt is % of GDP. Methodology