History

Turkey made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1908 and has competed in most Olympics since. The nation was banned from competing in 1920 due to its involvement in World War I, they missed the 1932 Olympic and in 1980 they participated in the United States led boycott. Turkey sends a large delegation to compete with around 100 athletes competing at the last two Olympics. The athletes compete in a variety of sports with athletics, boxing, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling being well represented.

Turkey won its first Olympic medal in 1936 and has won at least one medal since 1984. The nation has won around 93 medals across 6 sports with wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo and boxing being the most successful. The most successful athletes are wrestler Hamit Kaplan and weightlifters Halil Mutlu and Naim Suleymanoglu whom all won three medals each. Kaplan won a gold, silver and bronze in the men’s freestyle heavyweight at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics respectively. Mutlu won three gold medals at the 1996 (-54kg), 2000 (-56kg) and 2004 (-56kg) Olympics as did Suleymanoglu whom completed his trio at the 1988 (-60kg), 1992 (-60kg) and 1996 (-64kg) Olympics. In 2016 Turkey won 8 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Mate Gazoz	Mate Gazoz
Women’s Individual	Yasemin Anagoz	Yasemin Anagoz
Mixed Team	Eligible to Compete

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m	Ramil Guliyev	Ramil Guliyev
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Yasmani Copello	Yasmani Copello
Men’s 20km Walk	Salih Korkmaz	Salih Korkmaz
Men’s Marathon	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Men’s Triple Jump	Necati Er	Necati Er
Men’s Hammer Throw	Esref Apak	Esref Apak
	Ozkan Baltaci	Ozkan Baltaci

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 5000m	Yasemin Can	Yasemin Can
Women’s 10000m	Yasemin Can	Yasemin Can
Women’s 20km Walk	Meryem Bekmez	Meryem Bekmez
	Ayse Tekdal	Ayse Tekdal
Women’s Marathon	Meryem Erdogan
Women’s Javelin Throw	Eda Tugsuz	Eda Tugsuz

Badminton

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Singles	Neslihan Yigit	Neslihan Yigit

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Flyweight	Batuhan Ciftci	Batuhan Ciftci
Men’s Welterweight	Necat Ekinci	Necat Ekinci
Men’s Light Heavyweight	Bayram Malkan	Bayram Malkan
Women’s Flyweight	Buse Naz Cakiroglu	Buse Naz Cakiroglu
Women’s Lightweight	Esra Yildiz	Esra Yildiz
Women’s Welterweight	Busenaz Surmeneli	Busenaz Surmeneli

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Ahmet Orken
		Onur Balkan

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual Foil	Irem Karamete	Irem Karamete

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events (1) (2) (3) (4)	Ferhat Arican	Ferhat Arican
	Ibrahim Colak	Ibrahim Colak
	Ahmet Onder	Ahmet Onder
	Adem Asil	Adem Asil
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Nazli Savranbasi	Nazli Savranbasi

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -60kg	Mihrac Akkus	Mihrac Akkus
Men’s -73kg	Bilal Ciloglu	Bilal Ciloglu
Men’s -81kg	Vedat Albayrak	Vedat Albayrak
Men’s -90kg	Mihael Zgank	Mihael Zgank
Women’s -48kg	Gulkader Senturk	Gulkader Senturk
Women’s +78kg	Kayra Sayit	Kayra Sayit

Karate

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Kata	Ali Sofuoglu	Ali Sofuoglu
Men’s -67kg	Eray Samdan	Eray Samdan
Men’s +75kg	Ugur Aktas	Ugur Aktas
Women’s Kata	Dilara Bozan	Dilara Bozan
Women’s -55kg	Serap Ozcelik	Serap Ozcelik
Women’s -61kg	Merve Coban	Merve Coban
Women’s +61kg	Meltem Hocaoglu	Meltem Hocaoglu

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Ilke Ozyuksel	Ilke Ozyuksel

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Onat Kazakli	Onat Kazakli

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Onur-Cavit Biriz	Onur-Cavit Biriz
Women’s RS:X	Dilara Uralp	Dilara Uralp
Women’s Laser Radial	Nazli Donertas	Ecem Guzel
Men’s Finn	Alican Kaynar	Alican Kaynar
Men’s 470	Deniz Cinar Ates Cinar	Deniz Cinar Ates Cinar
Women’s 470	Beste Kaynacki Okyanus Arikan	Beste Kaynacki Okyanus Arikan

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Double Starter	Omer Akgun
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Omer Akgun	Omer Akgun
Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol	Ozgur Varlik	Ozgur Varlik
Men’s 10m Air Pistol	Ismail Keles	Ismail Keles
	Yusuf Dikec	Yusuf Dikec

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Huseyin Sakci
	Berkay Ogretir	Berkay Ogretir
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Berkay Ogretir

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m Freestyle	Merve Tuncel
	Beril Bocekler	Beril Bocekler
Women’s 800m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Viktoria Gunes	Viktoria Gunes
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Qualified Via Rankings

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -68kg	Hakan Recber	Hakan Recber
Women’s -49kg	Rukiye Yildirim	Rukiye Yildirim
Women’s -57kg	Irem Yaman	Hatice Kubra Ilgun
Women’s -67kg	Nur Tatar	Nur Tatar
Women’s +67kg	Nafia Kus	Nafia Kus

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Simge Sebnem Akoz Cansu Ozbay Seyma Ercan Hande Baladin Meliha Ismailoglu Naz Aydemir Akyol Meryem Boz Eda Erdem Dundar Zehra Gunes Asli Kalac Fatma Yildirim Ayca Aykac Tugba Senoglu Ebrar Karakurt	Simge Sebnem Akoz Cansu Ozbay Seyma Ercan Naz Aydemir Akyol Eda Erdem Dundar Ebrar Karakurt Kubra Caliskan Zehra Gunez Meryem Boz Hande Baladin Meliha Ismailoglu Tugba Senoglu

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -61kg	Ferdi Hardal	NOC Partially Suspended
Men’s -67kg	Muhammed Furkan Ozbek	Muhammed Furkan Ozbek
Women’s -64kg	Nuray Levent	Nuray Levent

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -57kg	Suleyman Atli	Suleyman Atli
Men’s Freestyle -86kg	Osman Gocen	Osman Gocen
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Suleyman Karadeniz	Suleyman Karadeniz
Men’s Freestyle -125kg	Taha Akgul	Taha Akgul
Men’s Greco-Roman -60kg	Kerem Kamal	Kerem Kamal
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg	Cenk Ildem	Cenk Ildem
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg	Riza Kayaalp	Riza Kayaalp
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Evin Demirhan	Evin Demirhan
Women’s Freestyle -76kg	Yasemin Adar	Yasemin Adar