| Turkey B | |
| Nickname: | Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars) |
| Association: | Turkish Football Federation |
| Coach: | Mehmet Yıldırım[1] |
| Most Caps: | Tevfik Köse Ferhat Kiraz Kemal Tokak (8) |
| Top Scorer: | Veysel Sarı (4) |
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| First Game: | Turkey A2 2–1 Germany B (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002) |
| Largest Win: | Turkey A2 5–0 Estonia U-23  (Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012) |
| Largest Loss: | Denmark U-21 4–0 Turkey A2  (Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011) |
The Turkey national football B team or Turkey national under-23 football team, also known as the Turkey A2 national football team, is a reserve team for the Turkey national football team. It features players from the A2 Ligi. The team played their first match in 2002 at the 2003 Future Cup. They have played 23 matches, winning eleven, drawing eight, and losing four.[2] The team is currently coached by Mehmet Yıldırım.[1]
The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.
When Guus Hiddink took over the senior squad, he re-introduced the reserve squad. The team came together for their first camp in Istanbul in November 2010. The team played their first matches against Belarus in February 2011.[3]
The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June.[4] They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico.[5] They also won the 2011–13 International Challenge Trophy.
At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia, the team took the bronze medal defeating the squad of Saudi Arabia 2–1.[6] The team won its first gold medal in the tournament at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.[1]
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| Year | Result | Position | |||||||
 1992 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 1996 | |||||||||
 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
 2008 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
 2020 | |||||||||
 2024 | |||||||||
| 2028 | to be decided | ||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | Rank | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1951 | did not participate | ||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||
 1959 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
 1963 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |
 1967 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1971 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
 1975 | Group stage | 7th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1979 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
 1983 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1987 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1991–present | See Turkey national under-20 football team | ||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 8/10 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 33 | |
| width=150 | Player ! | Caps | Goals | |
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| align=left | 8 | 3 | ||
| align=left | 8 | 0 | ||
| align=left | 8 | 0 | ||
| align=left | 7 | 0 | ||
| align=left | 6 | 3 |
| width=150 | Player ! | Goals | Caps | |
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| align=left | 5 | 5 | ||
| align=left | 4 | 4 | ||
| align=left | 3 | 5 | ||
| align=left | 3 | 6 | ||
| align=left | 3 | 8 | ||
| align=left | 3 | 5 | ||
| align=left | 1 | 5 | ||
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The squad as of 28 July 2022, which participated at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey from 8 August to 16 August 2022.[7]
Head coach: Mehmet Yıldırım