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Nevin Yanıt

Aslı Çakır Alptekin

Gülcan Mıngır

Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.

Participation in Olympics

Pioneers

The first Turkish women to take part in the Olympic Games were Halet Çambel and Suat Fetgeri Aşani who participated at the fencing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Medals

Olympics	Name	Event	Rank
1992	Hülya Şenyurt	Judo 48 kg	Bronze
2000	Hamide Bıçkın	Taekwondo 57 kg	Bronze
2004	Nurcan Taylan	Weightlifting 48 kg	Gold
2008	Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekvondo 57 kg	Silver
2012	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo 67 kg.	Silver
2016	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo 67 kg.	Bronze

Archery

Yasemin Ecem Anagöz

Athletics

National record-holders

World Athletics Championship

Year	Name	Event	Rank
2003	Süreyya Ayhan	1500 m.	Silver
2009	Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	Bronze

European Athletics Championship

Year	Name	Event	Rank
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

Melek Hu

Athletics in Mediterranean Games

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Year	Name	Event	Rank
1987	Serap Aksu	400 m. hurdles	Silver
1991	Aysel Taş	Javelin	Bronze
1997	Serap Aktaş	Marathon	Gold
1997	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

Elvan Abeylegesse

Basketball

Turkey (white) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

The Turkish Women's National Basketball Team, also known as "Periler" (The Fairies) by the Turkish fans, is No 13 in FIBA World Rankings.

European Women Basketball Championship

Year	City	Rank
2013	Vannes, France	Bronze

Mediterranean Games

Year	City	Rank
1987	Latakia, Syria	Silver
2005	Almeria, Spain	Gold

Players

Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), retired national team player

Referees

Özlem Yalman (born 1977), FIBA-listed referee since 2011.^[2]

Funda Teoman (born 1984), referee

Cycling

Esra Kürkçü, Balkan champion

Semra Yetiş, Balkan champion

Boxing

Nurcan Çarkçı, European champion

Sümeyra Kaya, European champion

Hülya Şahin, world and European champion

Gülsüm Tatar, world and European champion

Şemsi Yaralı, world and European champion

Serpil Yassıkaya, European champion

Fencing

İrem Karamete.

Suat Aşani (born 22 September 1916, date of death unknown)

Halet Çambel (1916–2014), 1936 Olympian

Özden Ezinler (born 1950)

İrem Karamete (born 1993)

Football

Women's football in Turkey began with the establishment of the all-women's club Dostlukspor in Istanbul in early 1970s. Turkey women's national football team was established in 1995.

Sevgi Çınar, from Konak Belediyespor.

Notable footballers

Merve Aladağ (born 1993)

Sevgi Çınar (born 1994)

Bilgin Defterli (born 1980)

Sibel Duman (born 1990)

Eylül Elgalp (born 1991)

Esra Erol (born 1985)

Melahat Eryurt (born 1975)

Leyla Güngör (born 1993)

Başak İçinözbebek (born 1994)

Lale Orta (born 1960)

Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (born 1984)

Zeliha Şimşek (born 1981)

Ebru Topçu (born 1996)

Yağmur Uraz (born 1990)

Cansu Yağ (born 1990)

Aylin Yaren (born 1989)

Managers

Özlem Araç (born 1989)

Necla Güngör (born 1981)

Referees

Leman Bozacıoğlu

İpek Emiroğlu (born 1992)

Mürvet Yavuztürk (born 1985)

FIFA listed refereesː

Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born 1970)

Dilan Deniz Gökçek (born 1976)

Kadriye Gökçek

Dilek Koçbay (born 1982)

Sibel Kolçak (born 1990)

Neslihan Muratdağı (born 1988)

Lale Orta (born 1960)

Melis Özçiğdem (born 1982)

Fatma Özlem Tursun (born 1988)

Yeliz Topaloğlu (born 1978)

Freediving

Derya Can Göçen (born 1979), world record holder

Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), world record holder

Şahika Ercümen (born 1985), world record holder

Birgül Erken (born 1972)

Handball

Perihan Topaloğlu (white) at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship European qualification match.

The Turkish Women's Handball League was established in 1978.

In the Mediterranean Games

Year	City	Rank
2009 Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	Silver

Ice hockey

Turkish national women's ice hockey team was established in 2006.

Judo

In the Mediterranean Games

Year	Event	Name	Rank
1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy	48 kg.	Gülnigar Gülsaran	Bronze
	61 kg.	Neşe Yazıcı	Bronze
	66 kg.	Gamze Sakızlıgil	Bronze
	72 kg.	Zarife Yıldırım	Bronze
2001 Mediterranean Games, Tunis, Tunisia	48 kg.	Neşe Şensoy	Gold
2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain	48 kg.	Neşe Şensoy	Bronze
	52 kg.	Aynur Samat	Silver
	78 kg.	Seda Karadağ	Bronze
	78+ kg.	Belkıs Zehra Kaya	Gold
2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy	48 kg.	Derya Cibir	Bronze
	78+ kg.	Gülşah Kocatürk	Bronze

Modern pentathlon

İlke Özyüksel (born 1997), first ever Turkish Olympian

Sailing

Windsurfing

Lena Erdil 2018 PWA World Cup Silver

Swimming

Name	Competition	Host	Event	Rank
Melis Akarsu	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	200m butterfly	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	400m ind medley	Silver
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 200 m free relay	Gold
Gizem Bozkurt	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	4 × 100 m free relay	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	100 m free	Silver
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	200m ind medley	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m free relay	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 200 m free relay	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m medley relay	Bronze
Ceren Dilek	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m free relay	Gold
Ceren Dilek	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m medley relay	Bronze
Burcu Dolunay	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	50m free	Bronze
Burcu Dolunay	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	4 × 100 m free relay	Bronze
Dilara Buse Gunaydin	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	50m breast	Silver
Dilara Buse Gunaydin	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	100m breast	Bronze
Esra Kübra Kaçmaz	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	4 × 100 m free relay	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	50m butterfly	Silver
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	200m back	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	100m butterfly	Silver
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 200 m free relay	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m free relay	Gold
Ayşe Ezgi Yazıcı	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	50m butterfly	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	100m butterfly	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m medley relay	Bronze
Halime Zülal Zeren	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	200m back	Bronze
	2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	4 × 100 m free relay	Bronze
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	200m free	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	50m back	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	200m back	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m free relay	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 200 m free relay	Gold
	2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	4 × 100 m medley relay	Bronze

Taekwondo

Zeliha Ağrıs, world champion

Dürdane Altunel

Furkan Asena Aydın, world and European champion

Arzu Ceylan, European champion

Nuray Deliktaş, European champion

Ayşegül Ergin, 1992 Olympian

Yeliz Fındık, European champion

Sibel Güler, 2008 Olympian, European champion

Hatice Kübra İlgün, World silver medalist

Nafia Kuş, European champion

Zeynep Murat, European champion

Burcu Sallakoğlu

Kadriye Selimoğlu, world champion

Arzu Tan, world champion

Azize Tanrıkulu, 2008 Olympian, European champion

Ayşenur Taşbakan, European champion

Nur Tatar, 2012 Olympian, world and European champion

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, 2000 Olympian, world champion

İrem Yaman, world champion

Hatice Kübra Yangın, European champion

Tennur Yerlisu, world and European champion

Gülnur Yerlisu, European champion

Rukiye Yıldırım, European champion

Tennis

İpek Soylu at the 2012 US Open.

Some notable Turkish female tennis players include:

Başak Eraydın

Çağla Büyükakçay, Olympian tennis player

İpek Soylu

İpek Şenoğlu

Melis Sezer

Pemra Özgen

Volleyball

National teams

The Turkish Women's National Team, is also known as "Filenin Sultanları" (Sultans of the Net) won gold medal at the European Games in 2015, beating Poland 3–0 at the final.

In the Mediterranean Games

Year	City	Rank
1975 Mediterranean Games	Algiers, Algeria	Bronze
1987 Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	Silver
1991 Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	Silver
1993 Mediterranean Games	Languedoc-Roussillon, France	Bronze
1997 Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	Silver
2001 Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	Silver
2005 Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	Gold
2009 Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	Silver
2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	Silver

Club teams

Vakıfbank SK, Istanbul.

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.

Water polo

National team players:

Reyhan Acar

Dilara Buralı

Melek Cavlak

Asli Duman

Damla Deniz Düz

Yagmur Arzu Elma

Yonca Sevval Erdem

Melda Fatma Idrisoglu

Karya Kose

Kübra Kuş

Fatma Eser Özaydın

Pelin Ozdemir

Aylin Soylemez

Weightlifting

Emine Bilgin, European champion

Ayşegül Çoban, European champion

Aylin Daşdelen, European champion

Sibel Özkan, European champion

Şule Şahbaz, European champion

Sibel Şimşek, European champion

Nurcan Taylan, Olympic, world and European champion

Wrestling

Yasemin Adar (born 1991), world and European champion

Paralympic sports

Archery

Handan Biroğlu (born 1981), para-archer

Burcu Dağ (born 1981), world champion para-archer

Gizem Girişmen (born 1981), Paralympic champion archer

Gülbin Su (born 1971), Paralympian archer

Athletics

Sümeyye Özcan running with guide in a 1500m event.

Hamide Kurt (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter

Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympian middle distance runner

Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter

Goalball

Sevda Altınoluk (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Buket Atalay (born 1990), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Gülşah Düzgün (born 1995), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Neşe Mercan (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Seda Yıldız (born 1998), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

Judo

Nazan Akın (born 1983), Paralympic medalist judoka

Duygu Çete (born 1989), Paralympic medalist judoka

Mesme Taşbağ (born 1981), European champion, Paralympic medalist judoka

Ecem Taşın (born 1991), Paralympic medalist judoka

Powerlifting

Özlem Becerikli (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter

Çiğdem Dede (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter

Nazmiye Muslu (born 1979), Paralympic and world champion powerlifter

Shooting

Çağla Baş (born 1992), wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic shooter

Aysel Özgan (born 1978), sport shooter

Ayşegül Pehlivanlar (born 1979), sport shooter

Swimming

Sümeyye Boyacı (born 2003), Paralympian (2016)

Özlem Kaya (born 1992), Paralympian (2012, 2016)

Sevilay Öztürk (born 2003), Paralympian (2016)

Table tennis

Ümran Ertiş (born 1996), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player

Neslihan Kavas (born 1987), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player

Kübra Öçsoy (born 1994), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player

Wheelchair tennis

Büşra Ün (born 1994), first Paralympic competitor

References

^ Official results

^ "Basketbol -A Klasman Hakemlerinden Özlem Yalman, FIBA Hakemi Oldu". Haber 3 (in Turkish). 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2015-10-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

External links

A Turkish Sports Page

[1] Official results

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