Karabulut, Etka

Etka Karabulut, a 17-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2189 — just 15 short of his peak of 2204 (May 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 4% of Turkish players under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 1828 and 2204 over the past 2 years. 50 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, 9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A, and European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U16. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World U9-U17 Rapid Chess Championships - U17 Open) and 4 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He reached Turkish #97 in Jun 2025.

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #19, #7, #42, #42 and #12 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.