Ozlem Ozkan

Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.

Pioneers

The first Turkish women to take part in the Olympic Games were Halet Çambel and Suat Fetgeri Aşani who participated at the fencing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Medals

Olympics	Name	Event	Rank
1992	Hülya Şenyurt	Weightlifting 48 kg	03 ! Bronze
2000	Hamide Bıçkın	Taekwondo 57 kg	03 ! Bronze
2004	Nurcan Taylan	Weightlifting 48 kg	01 ! Gold
2008	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics 5000 m.	02 ! Silver
	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics 10000 m.	02 ! Silver
	Azize Tanrıkulu	Taekvondo 57 kg	02 ! Silver
	Sibel Özkan	Weightlifting 48 kg	02 ! Silver
2012	Gamze Bulut	Athletics 1500 m.	01 ! Gold
	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo 67 kg.	02 ! Silver
2016	Nur Tatar	Taekwondo 67 kg.	03 ! Bronze

• Yasemin Ecem Anagöz

National record-holders

World Athletics Championship

Year	Name	Event	Rank
2003	Süreyya Ayhan	1500 m.	02 ! Silver
2007	Elvan Abeylegesse	10000 m.	02 ! Silver
2009	Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	03 ! Bronze

European Athletics Championship

Year	Name	Event	Rank
2002	Süreyya Ayhan	1500 m.	01 ! Gold
2006	Elvan Abeylegesse	5000 m.	03 ! Bronze
2010	Elvan Abeylegesse	5000 m.	01 ! Gold
	Elvan Abeylegesse	10000 m.	01 ! Gold
	Nevin Yanıt	100 m. hurdles	01 ! Gold
2012	Aslı Çakır Alptekin	1500 m.	01 ! Gold
	Gamze Bulut	1500 m.	02 ! Silver
	Nevin Yanıt	100 m. hurdles	01 ! Gold
	Gülcan Mıngır	3000 m. steeplechase	01 ! Gold

Melek Hu

Athletics in Mediterranean Games

Year	Name	Event	Rank
1987	Serap Aksu	400 m. hurdles	02 ! Silver
1991	Aysel Taş	Javelin	03 ! Bronze
1997	Serap Aktaş	Marathon	01 ! Gold
	Lale Öztürk	Marathon	03 ! Bronze
2001	Nora Güner	100 m.	01 ! Gold
	Nora Güner	200 m.	01 ! Gold
	Süreyya Ayhan	1500 m.	02 ! Silver
	Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	1500 m.	03 ! Bronze
	Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	5000 m.	01 ! Gold
	Elvan Abeylegesse	10000 m.	03 ! Bronze
	Mehtap Sızmaz	Marathon	01 ! Gold
	Serap Aktaş	Marathon	02 ! Silver
	Anzhela Atroshchenko	Heptathlon	01 ! Gold
2005	Binnaz Uslu	800 m.	03 ! Bronze
	Anzhela Atroshchenko	Heptathlon	03 ! Bronze
	Turkish team	4 × 400 m.	03 ! Bronze
2009	Nevin Yanıt	100 m. hurdles	01 ! Gold
	Elvan Abeylegesse	10000 m.	01 ! Gold
	Burcu Ayhan	high jump	02 ! Silver
	Karin Melis Mey	long jump	02 ! Silver

Elvan Abeylegesse

Turkey (white) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

The Turkish Women's National Basketball Team, also known as "Periler" (The Fairies) by the Turkish fans, is No 13 in FIBA World Rankings.

Year	City	Rank
2013	Vannes, France	03 ! Bronze

Year	City	Rank
1987	Latakia, Syria	02 ! Silver
2005	Almeria, Spain	01 ! Gold

• Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), retired national team player

• Özlem Yalman (born 1977), FIBA-listed referee since 2011.
• Funda Teoman (born 1984), referee

• Esra Kürkçü, Balkan champion
• Semra Yetiş, Balkan champion

• Nurcan Çarkçı, European champion
• Sümeyra Kaya, European champion
• Hülya Şahin, world and European champion
• Gülsüm Tatar, world and European champion
• Şemsi Yaralı, world and European champion
• Serpil Yassıkaya, European champion

İrem Karamete.

• Suat Aşani (born 22 September 1916, date of death unknown)
• Halet Çambel (1916–2014), 1936 Olympian
• Özden Ezinler (born 1950)
• İrem Karamete (born 1993)

Women's football in Turkey began with the establishment of the all-women's club Dostlukspor in Istanbul in early 1970s. Turkey women's national football team was established in 1995.

Sevgi Çınar, from Konak Belediyespor.

• Merve Aladağ (born 1993)
• Sevgi Çınar (born 1994)
• Bilgin Defterli (born 1980)
• Sibel Duman (born 1990)
• Eylül Elgalp (born 1991)
• Esra Erol (born 1985)
• Melahat Eryurt (born 1975)
• Leyla Güngör (born 1993)
• Başak İçinözbebek (born 1994)
• Lale Orta (born 1960)
• Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (born 1984)
• Zeliha Şimşek (born 1981)
• Ebru Topçu (born 1996)
• Yağmur Uraz (born 1990)
• Cansu Yağ (born 1990)
• Aylin Yaren (born 1989)

• Özlem Araç (born 1989)
• Necla Güngör (born 1981)

• Leman Bozacıoğlu
• İpek Emiroğlu (born 1992)
• Mürvet Yavuztürk (born 1985)

• Derya Can Göçen (born 1979), world record holder
• Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), world record holder
• Şahika Ercümen (born 1985), world record holder
• Birgül Erken (born 1972)

Perihan Topaloğlu (white) at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship European qualification match.

The Turkish Women's Handball League was established in 1978.

Year	City	Rank
2009 Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	02 ! Silver

Turkish national women's ice hockey team was established in 2006.

• İlke Özyüksel (born 1997), first ever Turkish Olympian

• Dürdane Altunel
• Furkan Asena Aydın, world and European champion
• Arzu Ceylan, European champion
• Nuray Deliktaş, European champion
• Ayşegül Ergin, 1992 Olympian
• Yeliz Fındık, European champion
• Sibel Güler, 2008 Olympian, European champion
• Nafia Kuş, European champion
• Zeynep Murat, European champion
• Burcu Sallakoğlu
• Kadriye Selimoğlu, world champion
• Arzu Tan, world champion
• Azize Tanrıkulu, 2008 Olympian, European champion
• Ayşenur Taşbakan, European champion
• Nur Tatar, 2012 Olympian, European champion
• Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, 2000 Olympian, world champion
• İrem Yaman, world champion
• Hatice Kübra Yangın, European champion
• Tennur Yerlisu, world and European champion
• Gülnur Yerlisu, European champion
• Rukiye Yıldırım, European champion

İpek Soylu at the 2012 US Open.

Some notable Turkish female tennis players include:

• Başak Eraydın
• Çağla Büyükakçay, Olympian tennis player
• İpek Soylu
• İpek Şenoğlu
• Melis Sezer
• Pemra Özgen

National teams

The Turkish Women's National Team, is also known as "Filenin Sultanları" (Sultans of the Net) won gold medal at the European Games in 2015, beating Poland 3–0 at the final.

Year	City	Rank
1975 Mediterranean Games	Algiers, Algeria	03 ! Bronze
1987 Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	02 ! Silver
1991 Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	02 ! Silver
1993 Mediterranean Games	Languedoc-Roussillon, France	03 ! Bronze
1997 Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	02 ! Silver
2001 Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	02 ! Silver
2005 Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	01 ! Gold
2009 Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	02 ! Silver
2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	02 ! Silver

Club teams

Vakıfbank SK, Istanbul.

Fenerbahçe won the 2011–12 CEV Women's Champions League. Vakıfbank is the winner of the 2013 Club World Championship and the 2012–13 CEV Champions League. Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor won the 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.

National team players:

• Emine Bilgin, European champion
• Ayşegül Çoban, European champion
• Aylin Daşdelen, European champion
• Sibel Özkan, European champion
• Şule Şahbaz, European champion
• Sibel Şimşek, European champion
• Nurcan Taylan, Olympic, world and European champion

• Yasemin Adar (born 1991), first-ever European champion

• Handan Biroğlu (born 1981), para-archer
• Burcu Dağ (born 1981), world champion para-archer
• Gizem Girişmen (born 1981), Paralymic champion archer
• Gülbin Su (born 1971), Paralympian archer

Sümeyye Özcan running with guide in a 1500m event.

• Hamide Kurt (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter
• Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympian middle distance runner
• Zübeyde Süpürgeci (born 1993), Paralympian sprinter

• Sevda Altınoluk (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
• Buket Atalay (born 1990), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
• Gülşah Düzgün (born 1995), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
• Neşe Mercan (born 1994), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
• Sümeyye Özcan (born 1992), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
• Seda Yıldız (born 1998), Paralympic gold medalist goalball player

• Nazan Akın (born 1983), Paralympic medalist judoka
• Duygu Çete (born 1989), Paralympic medalist judoka
• Mesme Taşbağ (born 1981), European champion, Paralympic medalist judoka
• Ecem Taşın (born 1991), Paralympic medalist judoka

• Özlem Becerikli (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter
• Çiğdem Dede (born 1980), Paralympic medalist powerlifter
• Nazmiye Muslu (born 1979), Paralympic and world champion powerlifter

• Çağla Baş (born 1992), wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic shooter
• Aysel Özgan (born 1978), sport shooter
• Ayşegül Pehlivanlar (born 1979), sport shooter

• Ümran Ertiş (born 1996), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player
• Neslihan Kavas (born 1987), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player
• Kübra Öçsoy (born 1994), Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player

• Büşra Ün (born 1994), first Paralympic competitor