| Turkey at the 2019 European Games | |
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| IOC code | TUR |
| NOC | Turkish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Minsk, Belarus 21 – 30 June 2019 | |
| Competitors | 115 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mete Gazoz |
| Medals Ranked 24th |
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| European Games appearances (overview) | |
Turkey competed at the 2019 European Games , in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June 2019. Turkey has previously competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it won 29 medals, including six golds. [1]
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| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mete Gazoz | Men's individual | 685 GR | 1 | Bye |  Flink (SWE)W 6–0 |  Faber (SUI)L 2–6 | Did not advance | |||
| Yasemin Anagöz | Women's individual | 645 | 10 | Bye |  Kuoppa (FIN)L 0–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Aybüke Aktuna | 624 | 25 |  Timinskienė (LTU)W 6–5 |  Dziominskaya (BLR)L 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Gülnaz Büşranur Coşkun | 618 | 28 |  Laursen (DEN)W 6–2 |  Adiceom (FRA)L 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yasemin Anagöz Aybüke Aktuna Gülnaz Büşranur Coşkun | Women's team | 1887 | 5 | — |  Great Britain L 0–6 | Did not advance | 5 | |||
| Mete Gazoz Yasemin Anagöz | Mixed team | 1330 | 3 | — | Bye | Finland W 5–1 |  Germany L 0–6 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Evren Çağıran | Men's individual | 697 | 7 | Borgström (SWE) W 142–136 |  Schloesser (NED)L 144–147 | Did not advance | ||
| Yeşim Bostan | Women's individual | 697 | 5 | Mason (GBR) W 140 (10)–140 (9) | Meißner (GER) W 145–139 |  Ellison (SLO)L 145–139 | Dodemont (FRA) L 142–148 | 4 |
| Evren Çağıran Yeşim Bostan | Mixed team | 1394 | 5 | Bye | France W 151–148 |  Russia L 145–152 |  Croatia W 153–152 |  |
| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
| Emre Lale | Men's singles |  Krausz (HUN)W 2–1 | Roovers (GER) | Axelsen (DEN) Walkover | ||||||
| Neslihan Yiğit | Women's singles |  Zetchiri (BUL) |  Ulitina (UKR) |  Kuuba (EST) | ||||||
| Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci | Women's doubles | Piek / Seinen (NED) | Goliszewski / Käpplein (GER) |  Bášová / Fuchsová (CZE) | — | |||||
| Athlete | Category | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ali Sofuoğlu | Men's Kata | 26.31 | — | — | 1 Q | 27.12 1 Q |  Quintero (ESP)L 25.60 |  |
| Eray Şamdan | 60 kg |  Gogoloşi (ROU)W 2–2 |  Kalniņš (LAT)L 3–4 | Plakhutin (RUS) L 1–5 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Burak Uygur | 67 kg |  Rosiello (BEL)D 0–0 |  Maresca (ITA)D 0–0 |  Hodžić (MNE)D 0–0 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Erman Eltemur | 75 kg | Hárspataki (HUN) D 0–0 |  Aghayev (AZE)L 0–1 | Kellaway (GBR) W 3–1 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Uğur Aktaş | 84 kg | Martina (ITA) W 3–3 | Isakau (BLR) W 1–0 | Abdesselem (FRA) W 2–1 | 1 Q | Chobotar (UKR) W 4–1 | Kvesić (CRO) L 0–0 | |
| Athlete | Category | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Dilara Bozan | Women's Kata | 24.77 | — | — | 2 Q | 25.80 2 Q | Feracci (FRA) W 25.46 | |
| Serap Özçelik | 50 kg | Aliyeva (AZE) W 4–0 | Koulinkovitch (BLR) W 6–0 | Hubrich (GER) L 0–1 | 1 Q | Bouderbane (FRA) W 2–0 |  Plank (AUT)L 1–5 | |
| Tuba Yakan | 55 kg | Terliuga (UKR) L 0–1 | Goranova (BUL) L 3–6 | Connell (GBR) W 4–1 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Merve Çoban | 61 kg |  Ferrer (SRB)D 0–0 | Dzyachkova (BLR) D 3–3 | Ristić (SLO) W 2–0 | 1 Q | Serogina (UKR) L 2–2 | Did not advance | |
| Meltem Hocaoğlu | +68 kg | Garcia (FRA) W 1–0 | Martynouskaya (BLR) W 6–0 | Palacio (ESP) D 0–0 | 1 Q | Keinänen (FIN) W 0–0 | Palacio (ESP) L 1–4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Süleyman Atlı | 57 kg | Metreveli (ESP) W 10-0 | Mićić (SRB) L 5-6 | — |  Lomtadze (GEO)W 6-0 | Markovych (UKR) W 12-9 | |
| Selahattin Kılıçsallayan | 65 kg | Ohannesian (UKR) L 0-11 | Did not advance | 14 | |||
| Soner Demirtaş | 74 kg | Gadzhiyev (AZE) W 4-3 |  Binenmpaoum (GRE)W 15-4 | Mykhailov (UKR) W 5-2 | — | Sidakov (RUS) L 0-4 | |
| Fatih Erdin | 86 kg | Shabanau (BLR) L 3-4 | — |  Kalashnikov (ISR)W 12-0 | Dudarov (GER) L 8-10 | 5 | |
| Baki Şahin | 97 kg | Mchedlidze (UKR) L 0-6 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
| Fatih Yaşarlı | 125 kg | Mihailovs (LAT) W 5-0 | Khizriev (RUS) L 4-9 | — | Kargiotakis (GRE) W 4-0 | Khotsianivskyi (UKR) L 1-2 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kerem Kamal | 60 kg |  Melikyan (ARM)W 4-0 | Maryanyan (RUS) L 2-5 | — |  Ciobanu (MDA)L 9-10 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Enes Başar | 67 kg |  Bernatek (POL)W 7-5 | Kalinichenko (UKR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | 8 | ||
| Yunus Emre Başar | 77 kg | Christen (SUI) W 4-0 | Maksimović (SRB) W 6-4 | Chekhirkin (RUS) L 0-8 | — | Kessidis (SWE) L 3-12 | 5 |
| Metehan Başar | 87 kg | Ozdoev (RUS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Cenk İldem | 97 kg | Kuosmanen (FIN) W 3-1 | Kajaia (SRB) W 7-5 | Hrabovik (BLR) L 1-2 | — | Baldauf (SWE) L 1-6 | 5 |
| Osman Yıldırım | 130 kg | David (CZE) W 3-1 | Semenov (RUS) L 1-7 | Did not advance | 6 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Evin Demirhan | 50 kg | Bay | Grunewald (FRA) W 8-4 | Stadnik (AZE) L 1-6 | — | Łukasiak (POL) W 6-2 | |
| Zeynep Yetgil | 53 kg | Prevolaraki (GRE) L 4-10 | — | Leorda (MDA) W 8-3 | Hemmer (GER) L 0-2 | 5 | |
| Bediha Gün | 57 kg | Chatsatourova (GRE) W 13-3 | Lindborg (SWE) W 10-0 | Hristova (BUL) L 2-6 | — | Kolesnik (AZE) L 4-9 | 5 |
| Aslı Tuğcu | 62 kg | Zaicevaitė (LTU) W 5-0 | Incze (ROU) L 2-3 | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Buse Tosun | 68 kg | Bratchikova (RUS) L 2-4 | — | Fransson (SWE) L 3-5 | Did not advance | 9 | |
| Ayşegül Özbege | 76 kg | Axente (ROU) W 2-2 | Rädelt (GER) L 0-7 | — |  Solheim (NOR)L 0-4 | Did not advance | 10 |
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