Turkey have participated at six UEFA European Championships so far, with an upcoming seventh appearance in 2032 as co-host; the first group stage they qualified for was Euro 1996. Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals in 2008, after winning their quarter-final match against Croatia on penalties.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1996.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group D.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2000.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group A.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2008 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group D.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2020.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group A.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2024.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group F. --------
See main article: UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2032.
Turkey automatically qualified for the 2032 edition as co-host.
| UEFA European Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||
 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 | |||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| 1980 | |||||||||
 1984 | |||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||
 1992 | |||||||||
| 1996 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
 2000 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
 2004 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
  2008 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
  2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2016 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
 2024 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||
 2032 | Qualified as co-hosts | ||||||||
| Total | Semi-finals | 6/17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 38 | |