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This list of rail accidents in Turkey provides details of significant railway crashes in Turkey involving railway rolling stocks and with fatalities.[1][2][3][4][5]

Date Killed Injured Type Details
1942 16 21 Collision Two trains collide in Bor, Niğde.
October 7, 1945 40 40 Collision Two trains collide in Bağıştan, Erzincan.
1948 8 4 Derailment Passenger train derails in Doğanşehir, Malatya.
1948 12 8 Collision Two trains collide in Samsun.
October 9, 1948 38 103 Poor maintenance Train derails in Irmak, Yahşihan, Kırıkkale Province after an axle broke.
1948 1 11 Collision Two trains collide in Kayaş, Mamak, Ankara after an axle broke.
1952 31 15 Derailment Passenger train derails in Karaisalı, Bozyazı, Mersin Province.
1952 7 10 Collision Two trains collide in Torbalı, Izmir.
1953 2 2 Collision Two trains collide in Esenkent.
October 20, 1957 95 150 Collision Yarımburgaz train disaster - Two trains collide head-on in Yarımburgaz, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province due to allowing the trains into same occupied block section by signalmen.
1958 11 4 Collision Two trains collide in Çobanlar, Afyonkarahisar.
April 30, 1961 15 70 Collision Two trains collide in Kartal, Istanbul.
1965 8 4 Collision Two trains collide in Kadılı.
1965 3 30 Derailment Passenger train derails in Toprakkale.
1972 4 13 Collision Two trains collide in Pehlivanköy, Kırklareli.
1972 34 40 Collision Two trains collide in Gökçekısık, Tepebaşı, Eskişehir Province.
1974 16 35 Collision Two trains collide in Zeytinli.
1974 15 8 Earthslide Train hits into earthslide in Palu, Elazığ Province.
1974 6 8 Collision Two trains collide in Kalın, Yıldızeli, Sivas Province.
1975 5 1 Bridge collapse Train falls into River Euphrates after bridge collapsed.
1975 7 32 Collision Two trains collide in Sarıkent, Şefaatli. Yozgat Province.
1975 2 8 Derailment Train derails in Biçer.
1977 5 7 Collision Two trains collide in Bilecik.
1977 2 2 Collision Two trains collide in Ulugüney, Alanya, Antalya Province.
1977 2 10 Collision Two trains collide in Ankara.
1978 1 12 Collision Two trains collide in Polatlı, Ankara.
1978 1 6 Collision Two trains collide in Lalabel, Elmadağ, Ankara Province.
January 5, 1979 16 119 Collision Two express trains collide in Esenkent, Ankara Province.
January 9, 1979 33 81 Collision Two commuter trains collide in Behiçbey, Ankara Province.
1980 12 24 Level crossing misuse Collision at level crossing in Afyonkarahisar.
1980 4 0 Collision Run-away cars hit into train in Diyarbakır.
May 3, 1980 17 25 Collision Two trains collide in İzmit.
1981 5 15 Level crossing misuse Collision at level crossing in Karakuyu.
1982 3 1 Collision Two trains collide in Taşlıdere.
1982 1 5 Collision Two trains collide in Uluova.
1983 1 11 Collision Train runs away in Bilecik.
1986 2 1 Collision Passenger train collides with freight train in Porsuk.
1986 2 23 Collision Passenger train collides with freight train in Hereke, Kocaeli.
1989 4 5 Collision Passenger train collides with freight train in Pozantı, Adanai.
1990 2 49 Collision Two trains collide in Polatlı.
1992 5 41 Track fault Train falls into river from bridge due to dismantled rail track in Muş.
1995 3 30 Collision Railbus collides with freight cars in Ulukışla, Niğde.
1998 2 18 Derailment Express train derails in Eskişehir.
2002 1 8 Derailment Passenger train derails in Temelli.
July 22, 2004 41 80 Derailment Pamukova train derailment - Higher-speed train derails in a curve near Pamukova, Sakarya due to excessive speed.[6]
August 11, 2004 8 88 Collision Two passenger trains collide in Tavşancıl, Kocaeli Province.
January 27, 2008 9 30 Derailment Kütahya train derailment - Express train derails near Kütahya.[7]
August 27, 2009 5 21 Level crossing misuse Passenger train collides with a heavy equipment machine on level crossing in Bozöyük, Bilecik Province.[8]
January 3, 2010 1 7 Passing signal at danger Bilecik train collision - Two passenger trains collide when a train passed a signal at danger and ran into the rear of a stationary train in Bilecik.[9]
July 8, 2018 24 318 (42 severely) Derailment Çorlu train derailment - Five cars of a six-car passenger train derail and overturn near Çorlu due to railroad damage caused by wash-out of ballast after heavy rainfall.[10]
December 13, 2018 9 47 Head-on collision Ankara train collision - A high-speed train collides with a pilot near Ankara while two cars of the passenger train derail.[11]
October,10, 2020 2 2 opposite direction crash 2 freight trains coming in opposite direction crash in Ankara, killing 2.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Türkiye'deki en büyük tren kazaları". Zaman (in Turkish). 2008-01-27. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  2. ^ "TÜğrkiye'deki Büyük Tren Kazaları..." Haber Vitrini (in Turkish). 2004-07-24. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  3. ^ "Türkiye'yi yasa boğan kazalar". Kon haber (in Turkish). 2014-05-15. Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  4. ^ "Türkiye'deki büyük tren kazaları". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2004-07-24. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  5. ^ "Türkiye'de tren kazaları". Son Haberler (in Turkish). 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  6. ^ "Sakarya'daki hızlandırılmış tren kazası davasında karar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  7. ^ "Kütahya'da tren kazası : 9 ölü". Sabah (in Turkish). 27 January 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Bozüyük'te tren kazası: 5 ölü". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 27 August 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Trains collide in northern Turkey". BBC. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  10. ^ "Tekirdağ'da tren kazasında hayatını kaybedenler toprağa veriliyor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ankara'da tren kazası". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  12. ^ ANKARA
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