| Iaaf: | TUR |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Competitors: | 9(3 men/6 women) in 10 sports |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Rank: | 33 |
| Previous: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2011 |
Turkey competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August in Berlin.[1] A team of 12 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition.
| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Discus throw | Ercüment Olgundeniz | 57.52 | 29 | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |
| Hammer throw | Eşref Apak | 70.70 | 27 | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |
| Javelin throw | Fatih Avan | 78.12 | 19 | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||||||
| 10,000 metres | Elvan Abeylegesse | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not finish |
| 5000 metres | Elvan Abeylegesse | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not start |
| Alemitu Bekele | 15:19.88 | 5 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 15:18.18 SB | 13 | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Aslı Çakır | 10:06.64 | 41 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m | Alemitu Bekele | 4:13.69 | 33 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| Aslı Çakır | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not start | |
| 800 m | Yeliz Kurt | 2:13.42 | 39 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| 100 m hurdles | Nevin Yanit | 12.92 | 3 | 12.99 | 15 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||||