| Iaaf: | TUR |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Games: | European Athletics Championships |
| Location: | Barcelona |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Rank: | 6 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1950 |
Turkey was represented by 20 athletes, among them 12 women, at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held between July 27 and August 1 in Barcelona, Spain.
Turkey ranked fifth in the countries' medal table. With three gold and one silver medals that have been won all by female athletes, it was Turkey's most successful European championship. Placing two athletes at the first and second positions at one event, Women's 5000 metres, crowned Turkey's participation.
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 100 m | ||
| 200 m | İzzet Safer | Meliz Redif |
| 400 m | ||
| 1500 m | Aslı Çakır Binnaz Uslu Sultan Haydar | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | ||
| 5000 m | Halil Akkaş Kemal Koyuncu Mert Girmalegese | Alemitu Bekele Elvan Abeylegesse Meryem Erdoğan |
| 10000 m | Kemal Koyuncu | Elvan Abeylegesse Meryem Erdoğan |
| 100 m hurdles | Nevin Yanıt | |
| 400 m hurdles | Tuncay Ors | Birsen Engin Özge Gürler |
| High Jump | Burcu Ayhan | |
| 4 × 100 m | Hakan Karacaoğlu İzzet Safer Mustafa Delioğlu Sezayi Özkaya | |
| 4 × 400 m | ||
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||||||
| 100 m | İzzet Safer | 10.68 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m | İzzet Safer | 21.41 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| 5000 m | Halil Akkaş | 14:07.42 | 10 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| Kemal Koyuncu | 13:47.41 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 14:17.32 | 13 | |||
| Mert Girmalegese | 13:36.32 | 5 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 13:45.25 | 9 | |||
| 4 × 100 m | Hakan Karacaoğlu İzzet SaferMustafa Delioğlu Sezai Özkaya | 40.23 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||
| 10000 m | Kemal Koyuncu | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 30:28.83 | 22 |
| 400 m H | Tuncay Örs | 51.41 | 6 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 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 | |||||||||
| 200 m | Meliz Redif | 24.53 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m | Meliz Redif | 54.19 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |||
| Pınar Saka | 54.33 | 7 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500 m | Aslı Çakır | 4:05.53 | 1 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 4:02.17 | 5 | |||
| Binnaz Uslu | 4:12.04 | 10 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||||
| Sultan Haydar | align=center colspan="2" | Did not finish | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||||
| 3000 m S | Binnaz Uslu | 10:15.28 | 9 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |||
| 5000 m | Alemitu Bekele | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 14:52.20 CR | align=center bgcolor="gold" | 1 |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 14:54.44 | align=center bgcolor="silver" | 2 | |
| Meryem Erdoğan | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 15:14.92 PB | 7 | ||
| 10000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 31:10.23 EL | align=center bgcolor="gold" | 1 |
| Meryem Erdoğan | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | 31:44.86 PB | 5 | ||
| 100 m H | Nevin Yanıt | 12.89 | 1 | align=center | - | align=center | - | 12.71 | 1 | 12.63 NR | align=center bgcolor="gold" | 1 | ||||
| 400 m H | Birsen Engin | 58.19 | 6 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |||
| Özge Gürler | 58.98 | 8 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | ||||
| 4 × 400 m | Birsen Engin Meliz RedifPınar Saka Özge Gürler | 3:33.13 | 5 | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center | - | align=center colspan="2" | Did not advance | |||
| Event | Athletes | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| 10000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | 31:10.23 EL | ||||||
| 100 m H | Nevin Yanıt | 12.63 NR | ||||||
| 5000 m | Alemitu Bekele | 14:52.20 CR | align=center bgcolor="gold" | |||||
| 5000 m | Elvan Abeylegesse | 14:54.44 | align=center bgcolor="silver" | |||||