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Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
The first Turkish women to take part in the Olympic Games were Halet Çambel and Suat Fetgeri Aşani who participated in the fencing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Olympics | Name | Event | Rank |
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1992 | Hülya Şenyurt | Judo 48 kg | Bronze |
2000 | Hamide Bıçkın | Taekwondo 57 kg | Bronze |
2004 | Nurcan Taylan | Weightlifting 48 kg | Gold |
2008 | Azize Tanrıkulu | Taekwondo 57 kg | Silver |
2012 | Nur Tatar | Taekwondo 67 kg | Silver |
2016 | Nur Tatar | Taekwondo 67 kg | Bronze |
2020 | Busenaz Sürmeneli | Boxing welterweight | Gold |
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu | Boxing flyweight | Silver | |
Hatice Kübra İlgün | Taekwondo 57 kg | Bronze | |
Yasemin Adar | Wrestling freestyle 76 kg | Bronze | |
Merve Çoban | Karate 61 kg | Bronze |
- Necla Şahin, Islamic Solidarity Games (2021) champion
Year | Name | Event | Rank |
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2003 | Süreyya Ayhan | 1500 m. | Silver |
2009 | Karin Melis Mey | Long jump | Bronze |
Year | Name | Event | Rank |
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2002 | Süreyya Ayhan | 1500 m. | Gold |
2006 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 5000 m. | Bronze |
2010 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 5000 m. | Gold |
Elvan Abeylegesse | 10000 m. | Gold | |
Nevin Yanıt | 100 m. hurdles | Gold | |
2012 | Gülcan Mıngır | 3000 m. steeplechase | Gold |
2023 | Tuğba Danışmaz | triple jump Indoor | Gold |
Year | Name | Event | Rank |
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1987 | Serap Aksu | 400 m. hurdles | Silver |
1991 | Aysel Taş | Javelin | Bronze |
1997 | Serap Aktaş | Marathon | Gold |
Lale Öztürk | Marathon | Bronze | |
2001 | Nora Güner | 100 m. | Gold |
Nora Güner | 200 m. | Gold | |
Süreyya Ayhan | 1500 m. | Silver | |
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | 1500 m. | Bronze | |
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | 5000 m. | Gold | |
Elvan Abeylegesse | 10000 m. | Bronze | |
Mehtap Sızmaz | Marathon | Gold | |
Serap Aktaş | Marathon | Silver | |
Anzhela Atroshchenko | Heptathlon | Gold | |
2005 | Binnaz Uslu | 800 m. | Bronze |
Anzhela Atroshchenko | Heptathlon | Bronze | |
Turkish team | 4 × 400 m. | Bronze | |
2009 | Nevin Yanıt | 100 m. hurdles | Gold |
Elvan Abeylegesse | 10000 m. | Gold | |
Burcu Ayhan | high jump | Silver | |
Karin Melis Mey | long jump | Silver |
, Islamic Solidarity Games (2021) champion
The Turkey women's national basketball team, also known as "Periler" (The Fairies) by the Turkish fans, is No 13 in FIBA World Rankings.
Year | City | Rank |
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2011 | Łódź, Poland | Silver |
2013 | Orchies, France | Bronze |
Year | City | Rank |
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1987 | Latakia, Syria | Silver |
2005 | Almeria, Spain | Gold |
Women's football in Turkey began with the establishment of the all-women's club Dostlukspor in Istanbul in the early 1970s. Turkey women's national football team was established in 1995.
The Turkish Women's Handball League was established in 1978.
Year | City | Rank |
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2009 Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | Silver |
Turkish national women's ice hockey team was established in 2006.
Some notable Turkish female tennis players include:
The Turkish Women's National Team is also known as "Filenin Sultanları" (Sultans of the Net).
Fenerbahçe won the 2011–12 CEV Women's Champions League. Vakıfbank is the winner of the 2013 Club World Championship and the 2012–13 CEV Champions League. Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor won the 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.
National team players:
Mediterranean Games (2018) and Islamic Similarity Games (2021) champion
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