Turkey at the 2023 European Games explained

Games:	European Games
Games Link:	2023 European Games
Year:	2023
Noc:	TUR
Competitors:	193
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Nafia Kuş & Emre Kutalmış Ateşli
Start Date:	21 June
End Date:	2 July 2023
Gold:	9
Silver:	9
Bronze:	20
Rank:	9
Appearances:	auto

Turkey competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland, from 21 June to 2 July 2023 with a total of 193 athletes, including 103 women and 90 men in 20 sports.^[1] The flag bearers during the opening ceremony were the taekwondo practitioners Nafia Kuş and Emre Kutalmış Ateşli.^[2]

Turkey completed the 2023 European Games with 9 gold, 9 silver and 20 bronze medals in total at ninth place.^[3]

With Istanbul being the host for the next edition, Turkey will host it in 2027.

Medals by sports

28 of 38 medals in martial arts.

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	0	0	2	2
Artistic swimming	0	0	1	1
Athletics	0	2	2	4
Boxing	2	1	3	6
Muaythai	2	2	2	6
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Karate	1	1	4	6
Kickboxing	1	0	3	4
Taekwondo	2	1	3	6
Total (9)	9	9	20	38

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's 10 metre air pistol







			Women's Full Contact 52 kg


			Men's triple jump
			Women's triple jump
			Men's team 10 metre air pistol



			Women's team trap




			Men's 800 m
			Free combination routine
			Men's 400 m hurdles










			Men's Light Contact 79 kg
			Men's Point Fighting 84 kg
			Women's Point Fighting 60 kg

Competitors

Team Turkey have selected a squad of 193 athletes (in 20 of 29 sports) to compete in the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games^[4]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	2	4	6
	0	12	12
	20	19	39
	1	1	2
	7	6	13
	5	0	5
	3	1	4
	3	0	3
	6	5	11
	4	6	10
	5	4	9
	5	7	12
	4	4	8
	2	4	6
	0	13	13
	10	7	17
	3	0	3
	1	2	3
	8	7	15
	1	1	2
Total	90	103	193

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2023 European Games. Turkey qualified 6 athletes for the Games.^[5]

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		692 GR	1	W 6-0	W 6-5	L 4-6	Did not advance
		650	19	L 4-6	Did not advance
		642	25	L 4-6	Did not advance
		624	33	W 6-2	L 5-6	Did not advance
		1916	5	L 0-6		Did not advance
		1342	5		W 6-0	L 2-6	Did not advance

Compound

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		712	6	W 149-145	W 147-141	L 145-147	W 149-146
		705	5	W 147-143	W 143-136	L 144-148	W 146-138
		1417	2		W 155-148	L 159-159	L 152-153	4

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Esmanur Yirmibeş Nil Talu	Duet technical routine	157.7500	17	colspan="2"
Esmanur Yirmibeş Nil Talu Ayda Salepcioğlu Melek Andreea Akay Selin Telci İsra Yüksel Derin Aralp Ece Sokullu Ece Üngör	Team technical routine	135.7999

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2023 European Games. Turkey is set to compete in the first division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which is going to be held in Chorzów during, and as part of, the Games. Turkey will compete in the team event, and each athlete will also be eligible for the individual event medals.^[6]

European Athletics Team Championships First Division

Team!! colspan="2" rowspan="2"
100m	200m	400m	Total	Rank
Event	Event points		Total	Rank
See below	Team Championships First Division	Men
See below	Team Championships First Division	Women

key: h: hurdles; SC; Steeplechase: SP; Shot put: JT: Javelin: HT: Hammer: DT: Discus: PV: Pole vault: HJ: High jump: TJ: Triple Jump: LJ: Long Jump

Women compete at 100 metre hurdles, rather than 110 metre hurdles.
4 x 400 metres is held as a single mixed sex event

Individual eventsAs a participant in the Team event, each nation, including Turkey, automatically enters one athlete in each of the individual 'events'. Medals are awarded at the conclusion of the First Division program.

!Event!Male Athlete!Score!Rank!Female athlete!Score!Rank
100 m	Kayhan Özer	10.32	9	Elif Polat	11.84	16
200 m	Batuhan Altıntaş	21.19	13	Simay Özçiftçi	23.77	15
400 m	İlyas Çanakçı	47.23	14	Edanur Tulum	53.52	15
800 m	Mehmet Çelik	1:46.84		Tuğba Toptaş	2:03.63	13
1500 m	İbrahim Erata	3:43.55	12	Şilan Ayyıldız	4:16.06	12
5000 m	Ramazan Özdemir	14:00.71	7	Fatma Karasu	15:56.63	13
110/100 m h	Mikdat Sevler	13.82	10	Şevval Ayaz	13.33	10
400m h	İsmail Nezir	48.84		Gülşah Cebeci	1:02.52	15
3000m SC	Turgay Bayram	DQ		Tuğba Güvenç	9:47.31	4
	Ertan Özkan Kayhan Özer Batuhan Altıntaş Ramil Guliyev	38.96	7	Sıla Koloğlu Şevval Ayaz Simay Özçiftçi Elif Polat	44.74	11
(mixed)	İlyas Çanakçı Edanur Tulum Oğuzhan Kaya Elif Polat			3:20.01	13
Shot put	Nuh Bolat	17.93	14	Sinem Yıldırım	15.76	10
Javelin	Emin Öncel	74.18	9	Esra Türkmen	55.32	7
Hammer	Halil Yılmazer	69.30	10	Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	61.92	12
Discus	Ömer Şahin	57.75	11	Nurten Mermer	50.89	11
Pole vault	Ersu Şaşma	5.45	11	Buse Arıkazan	4.10	15
High jump	Ali Eren Ünlü	2.20	6	Buse Savaşkan	1.87	4
Triple Jump	Necati Er	16.71		Tuğba Danışmaz	14.16
Long Jump	Necati Er	7.10	15	Ecem Çalağan	5.95	15

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2023 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Neslihan Yiğit	Women's singles	W (18–21, 21–17, 21–10)	W (21–6, 21–10)	W (21–6, 21–8)	1 Q	W (21–9, 21–16)	L (18–21, 8–21)	Did not advance
Emre Lale	Men's singles	L (12–21, 9–21)	L (18–21, 11–21)	L (18–21, 10–21)	4	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2023 European Games. Turkey qualified 13 athletes for the Games.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samet Gümüş	Men's 51 kg		W 3-1	W 5-0	W 4-1	L 1-4
Batuhan Çiftçi	Men's 57 kg	W 5-0	L 0-5	Did not advance
Bilge Kağan Kanlı	Men's 63.5 kg	W 5-0	W 3-2	L 0-5	Did not advance
Tuğrulhan Erdemir	Men's 71 kg	W 5-0	W 3-2	W 5-0	L WO
Kaan Aykutsun	Men's 80 kg	L 1-3	Did not advance
Berat Acar	Men's 92 kg		W 3-2	L 0-5	Did not advance
Uğur Aydemir	Men's +92 kg	L RSC R3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu	Women's 50 kg		W 5-0	W 5-0	W 5-0	W 5-0
Hatice Akbaş	Women's 54 kg		W 5-0	W 4-1	L 2-3
Ayşen Taşkın	Women's 57 kg		L 0-5	Did not advance
Gizem Özer	Women's 60 kg	W 5-0	W 4-0	W 5-0	L 1-4
Busenaz Sürmeneli	Women's 66 kg	W 5-0	RSC R2	W 5-0	W 4-1	W 5-0
Büşra Işıldar	Women's 75 kg		W 3-2	L 0-5	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2023 European Games. Turkey qualified 9 athletes for the Games.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Category	Group stage				Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Category	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ali Sofuoğlu	Kata	W 41.40-41.30	W 42.70-41.00	W 42.60-38.60	1	W 44.60–42.30	L 44.10–44.60
Eray Şamdan	60 kg	W 2–1	W 7–0	W 1–0	1	W 0–0	W 2–2
Burak Uygur	67 kg	L 1–2	L 2–3	L 0–6	4	Did not advance
Erman Eltemur	75 kg	W 10–5	W 5–2	W 3–0	1	L 3–4
Fatih Şen	+84 kg	L 3–5	W 8–0	W 3–1	2	W 5–1	L 0-5	DSQ

Women

Athlete	Category	Group stage				Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Category	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dilara Bozan	Kata	W 41.30-36.80	L 41.90-43.20	L 41.20-41.90	3	Did not advance
Serap Özçelik	50 kg	L 4–4	D 0–0	W 3–1	2	L 3–5
Tuba Yakan	55 kg	L 2–4	W 3–2	W 6–2	2	L 3–3
Gülbahar Gözütok	61 kg	L 0–3	W 1–0	W 11–3	2	L 0–2

Kickboxing

See main article: Kickboxing at the 2023 European Games. Turkey qualified through the 2022 European Championships 12 athletes (5 male and 7 female) for the Games.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Category	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final/Bronze medal bout
Athlete	Category	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emrah Yaşar	Full Contact 86 kg	L 1–2	Did not advance
Nurettin Diler	Light Contact 63 kg	L 0–3	Did not advance
Recep Men	Light Contact 79 kg	W 3–0	L 0–3
Ferit Özdemir	Point Fighting 63 kg	L 7–11	Did not advance
Cevat Kır	Point Fighting 84 kg	W 11–1	L 3–13

Women

Athlete	Category	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final/Bronze medal bout
Athlete	Category	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emine Arslan	Full Contact 52 kg	W 2–1	W 2–1	W 3–0
Büşra Demirayak	Full Contact 60 kg	L 1–2	Did not advance
Sabriye Gür	Full Contact 70 kg	L 1–2	Did not advance
Afra Adıyaman	Light Contact 50 kg	L 1–2	Did not advance
Aybüke Kılınç	Point Fighting 50 kg	L 4–8	Did not advance
Funda Güleç	Point Fighting 60 kg	W 22–18	L 3–8
Fatmanur Karagöz	Point Fighting 70 kg	L 5–13	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2023 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event		Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Buğra Ünal	align=left rowspan="4"	Men's individual
Tolga Topaklı
Eren Kıvanç Taşyaran
Dora Nusretoğlu
	Men's team
İlke Mihrioğlu	align=left rowspan="4"	Women's individual
İpek Akşin
Yaren Nur Polat
Sıdal Aslan
	Women's team
	Mixed team

Muaythai

See main article: Muaythai at the 2023 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	OppositionResult	Opposition Result	Rank
Sercan Koç	Men's 60 kg		W 29-28	L 28-29
Enis Yunusoğlu	Men's 81 kg	W RET R2	L 28-29
Gülistan Turan	Women's 51 kg	W 30-27	W 30-27	W 30-27
Ezgi Keleş	Women's 54 kg	W 30-27	L 27-30
Kübra Kocakuş	Women's 60 kg	W 30-27	W 30-27	L 27-30
Bediha Tacyıldız	Women's 63.5 kg	W 30-27	W 30-27	W 30-27

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2023 European Games.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
İbrahim Gündüz	Men's singles	L 0-4	Did not advance
Sibel Altınkaya	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 3-4	Did not advance
Özge Yılmaz	L 1-4	Did not advance
Sibel Altınkaya İbrahim Gündüz	Mixed doubles	W 3-2	L 2-3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games. Turkey qualified 15 athletes for the Games.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Görkem Polat	54 kg	L 0-2	Did not advance
Ömer Faruk Dayıoğlu	58 kg	L 0-2	Did not advance
Hakan Reçber	63 kg	W 2-0	L 0-1	Did not advance
Ferhat Can Kavurat	68 kg	L 1-2	Did not advance
Muhammed Emin Yıldız	74 kg	W 2-0	L 1-2	Did not advance
Hüseyin Kartal	80 kg	W 2-1	L 1-2	W 2-1	W 2-0
Enbiya Taha Biçer	87 kg	W 2-0	W 2-0	L 0-2	L 1-2	5
Emre Kutalmış Ateşli	+87 kg	W 2-0	L 0-2	W 2-1	W 2-0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rukiye Yıldırım	46 kg	L 0-2	Did not advance
Merve Dinçel	49 kg		W 2-0	W 2-0	L 1-2
Sıla Ezgi Yağcı	53 kg	W 2-1	L 1-2	Did not advance
Hatice Kübra İlgün	57 kg		W 2-0	L 1-2	W 2-0
İkra Kayır	67 kg	L 0-2	Did not advance
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar	73 kg	W 2-0	W 2-0	W 2-0	W 2-0
Nafia Kuş	+73 kg	W 2-0	W 2-0	W 2-0	W 2-0

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2023 European Games.

!Athlete!Event!Swim (1.5 km)!Trans 1!Bike (40 km)!Trans 2!Run (10 km)!Total Time!Rank
Gültigin Er	Men's individual	18:39	0:55	57:24	0:40	36:22	1:53:57	48
Xisca Tous	Women's individual	20:36	0:58	1:04:52	0:31	38:15	2:05:11	37

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Team Türkiye Avrupa Oyunları’nda 193 Sporcu ile Yarışacak . olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr . . 16 June 2023 . tr . 28 June 2023 .
News: 3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda Türk bayrağı milli tekvandocularda . . 22 June 2023 . tr . 28 June 2023 .
News: Türkiye Avrupa Oyunları'nı 38 madalya ile tamamladı . . 2 July 2023 . tr . 3 July 2023 .
https://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/Olimpiyat-Oyunlari-Detay/144/1
https://www.archeryeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/general-quotas.pdf General quotas in archery for the 2023 European Games
https://www.friidrott.se/tavling-landslag/elit-landslag/kriterier-uttagningar/senior-arena/#LagEM
https://www.iba.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230428-List-of-eligible-boxers-for-European-Games22.pdf
https://www.wkf.net/pdf/2023_EuropeanGames_athletes.pdf 2023 European Games athletes
https://www.eurolympic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/KICKBOXING_EG2023_-QUALIFICATION-SYSTEM.pdf Qualification system in kickboxing for the 2023 European Games
https://www.eurolympic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Taekwondo_men_and_women.pdf 2023 European Games athletes