In this article, the topic of Turkey at the Olympics will be addressed, which has become very relevant today. Turkey at the Olympics has captured the attention of people around the world due to its impact on various aspects of daily life. Since its emergence, Turkey at the Olympics has generated extensive debate and has given rise to many conflicting opinions. Throughout this text, different perspectives on Turkey at the Olympics will be analyzed, as well as its implications in today's society. Possible solutions or alternatives to address this phenomenon will also be explored, in order to provide a comprehensive and enriching vision of Turkey at the Olympics.

Sporting event delegation

Turkey at the Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 41 Silver 26 Bronze 36 Total 103
Summer appearances
1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott. Turkey has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since their first appearance in 1936. Turkish athletes have won a total of 103 medals, divided into 41 golds, 26 silvers and 36 bronzes. Turkey won the most medals in wrestling. The National Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.

Medals

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1908 London 1 0 0 0 0 - 1912 Stockholm 2 0 0 0 0 - 1920 Antwerp did not participate 1924 Paris 21 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Amsterdam 32 0 0 0 0 - 1932 Los Angeles did not participate 1936 Berlin 48 1 0 1 2 19 1948 London 58 6 4 2 12 7 1952 Helsinki 51 2 0 1 3 16 1956 Melbourne 19 3 2 2 7 12 1960 Rome 49 7 2 0 9 6 1964 Tokyo 23 2 3 1 6 16 1968 Mexico City 29 2 0 0 2 21 1972 Munich 43 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 27 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 46 0 0 3 3 40 1988 Seoul 41 1 1 0 2 27 1992 Barcelona 47 2 2 2 6 23 1996 Atlanta 53 4 1 1 6 19 2000 Sydney 57 3 0 2 5 26 2004 Athens 65 3 3 4 10 22 2008 Beijing 67 1 1 3 5 42 2012 London 114 1 1 1 3 46 2016 Rio de Janeiro 103 1 3 4 8 41 2020 Tokyo 108 2 2 9 13 35 Total (23/29) 1,104 41 26 36 103 31

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 6 0 0 0 0 - 1948 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 - 1952 Oslo did not participate 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 - 1960 Squaw Valley 2 0 0 0 0 - 1964 Innsbruck 5 0 0 0 0 - 1968 Grenoble 11 0 0 0 0 - 1972 Sapporo did not participate 1976 Innsbruck 9 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Lake Placid did not participate 1984 Sarajevo 7 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Calgary 8 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville 8 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 - 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 - 2002 Salt Lake City 3 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin 6 0 0 0 0 - 2010 Vancouver 5 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 6 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 8 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 7 0 0 0 0 - Total (18/24) 101 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Wrestling 29 18 19 66 Weightlifting 8 1 2 11 Taekwondo 1 3 5 9 Boxing 1 3 3 7 Judo 1 0 1 2 Archery 1 0 0 1 Karate 0 1 3 4 Athletics 0 0 2 2 Artistic gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Totals (9 entries) 41 26 36 103 List of Medalists Medal Games Name Sport Event  Gold 1936 Berlin Yaşar Erkan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight  Bronze 1936 Berlin Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight  Gold 1948 London Nasuh Akar Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)  Gold 1948 London Gazanfer Bilge Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 – 63 kg (featherweight)  Gold 1948 London Celal Atik Wrestling Men's Freestyle 63 – 67 kg (lightweight)  Gold 1948 London Yaşar Doğu Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 – 73 kg (welterweight)  Gold 1948 London Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman + 87 kg (super heavyweight)  Gold 1948 London Mehmet Oktav Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 – 61 kg (featherweight)  Silver 1948 London Halit Balamir Wrestling Men's Freestyle - 52 kg (flyweight)  Silver 1948 London Adil Candemir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)  Silver 1948 London Kenan Olcay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman - 52 kg (flyweight)  Silver 1948 London Muhlis Tayfur Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 73 – 79 kg (middleweight)  Bronze 1948 London Halil Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 – 57 kg (bantamweight)  Bronze 1948 London Ruhi Sarıalp Athletics Men's Triple Jump  Gold 1952 Helsinki Hasan Gemici Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight  Gold 1952 Helsinki Bayram Şit Wrestling Men's Freestyle Featherweight  Bronze 1952 Helsinki Adil Atan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light-Heavyweight  Gold 1956 Melbourne Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight  Gold 1956 Melbourne Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Bantamweight  Gold 1956 Melbourne Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight  Silver 1956 Melbourne Rıza Doğan Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight  Silver 1956 Melbourne İbrahim Zengin Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight  Bronze 1956 Melbourne Dursun Ali Eğribaş Wrestling Greco-Roman Flyweight  Bronze 1956 Melbourne Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Freestyle Flyweight  Gold 1960 Rome Müzahir Sille Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight  Gold 1960 Rome Mithat Bayrak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight  Gold 1960 Rome Tevfik Kış Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight  Gold 1960 Rome Ahmet Bilek Wrestling Men's Freestyle Flyweight  Gold 1960 Rome Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling Freestyle Featherweight  Gold 1960 Rome Hasan Güngör Wrestling Freestyle Middleweight  Gold 1960 Rome İsmet Atlı Wrestling Freestyle Light Heavyweight  Silver 1960 Rome İsmail Ogan Wrestling Freestyle Welterweight  Silver 1960 Rome Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Freestyle Heavyweight  Gold 1964 Tokyo Kazım Ayvaz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight  Gold 1964 Tokyo İsmail Ogan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight  Silver 1964 Tokyo Hüseyin Akbaş Wrestling Men's Freestyle Bantamweight  Silver 1964 Tokyo Hasan Güngör Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight  Silver 1964 Tokyo Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight  Bronze 1964 Tokyo Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Men's Freestyle Heavyweight  Gold 1968 Mexico City Mahmut Atalay Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight  Gold 1968 Mexico City Ahmet Ayık Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight  Silver 1972 Munich Vehbi Akdağ Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg  Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Eyüp Can Boxing Men's Flyweight (51 kg)  Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Turgut Aykaç Boxing Men's Featherweight (57 kg)  Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Ayhan Taşkın Wrestling Men's freestyle +100 kg  Gold 1988 Seoul Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg  Silver 1988 Seoul Necmi Gençalp Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg  Gold 1992 Barcelona Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg  Gold 1992 Barcelona Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg  Silver 1992 Barcelona Hakkı Başar Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg  Silver 1992 Barcelona Kenan Şimşek Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg  Bronze 1992 Barcelona Hülya Şenyurt Judo Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)  Bronze 1992 Barcelona Ali Kayalı Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg  Gold 1996 Atlanta Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 54 kg  Gold 1996 Atlanta Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting Men's 64 kg  Gold 1996 Atlanta Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg  Gold 1996 Atlanta Mahmut Demir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 130 kg  Silver 1996 Atlanta Malik Beyleroğlu Boxing Men's Middleweight  Bronze 1996 Atlanta Akif Pirim Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg  Gold 2000 Sydney Hüseyin Özkan Judo Men's 66 kg  Gold 2000 Sydney Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg  Gold 2000 Sydney Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg  Bronze 2000 Sydney Hamide Bıkçın Taekwondo Women's 57 kg  Bronze 2000 Sydney Adem Bereket Wrestling Men's freestyle 76 kg  Gold 2004 Athens Nurcan Taylan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg  Gold 2004 Athens Halil Mutlu Weightlifting Men's 56 kg  Gold 2004 Athens Taner Sağır Weightlifting Men's 77 kg  Silver 2004 Athens Şeref Eroğlu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg  Silver 2004 Athens Bahri Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Men's 80 kg  Silver 2004 Athens Atagün Yalçınkaya Boxing Light flyweight  Bronze 2004 Athens Sedat Artuç Weightlifting Men's 56 kg  Bronze 2004 Athens Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Weightlifting Men's 77 kg  Bronze 2004 Athens Mehmet Özal Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg  Bronze 2004 Athens Aydın Polatçı Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg  Gold 2008 Beijing Ramazan Şahin Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg  Silver 2008 Beijing Azize Tanrıkulu Taekwondo Women's 57 kg  Bronze 2008 Beijing Yakup Kılıç Boxing Men's 57 kg  Bronze 2008 Beijing Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg  Bronze 2008 Beijing Nazmi Avluca Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg  Gold 2012 London Servet Tazegül Taekwondo Men's 68 kg  Silver 2012 London Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg  Bronze 2012 London Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg  Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg  Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Daniyar Ismayilov Weightlifting Men's 69 kg  Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg  Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Selim Yaşar Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg  Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Yasmani Copello Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles  Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cenk İldem Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg  Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Soner Demirtaş Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg  Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nur Tatar Taekwondo Women's 67 kg  Gold 2020 Tokyo Mete Gazoz Archery Men's individual  Gold 2020 Tokyo Busenaz Sürmeneli Boxing Women's welterweight  Silver 2020 Tokyo Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Boxing Women's flyweight  Silver 2020 Tokyo Eray Şamdan Karate Men's 67 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Hakan Reçber Taekwondo Men's 68 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Hatice Kübra İlgün Taekwondo Women's 57 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Yasemin Adar Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Ferhat Arıcan Gymnastics Men's parallel bars  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Taha Akgül Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Ali Sofuoğlu Karate Men's kata  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Merve Çoban Karate Women's 61 kg  Bronze 2020 Tokyo Uğur Aktaş Karate Men's 75 kg Athletes with most medals # Athlete Sport Games Total 1 Naim Süleymanoğlu Weightlifting 1988–2000 3 0 0 3 2 Halil Mutlu Weightlifting 1996–2004 3 0 0 3 3 Mustafa Dağıstanlı Wrestling 1956–1960 2 0 0 2 4 Hamza Yerlikaya Wrestling 1996–2004 2 0 0 2 5 Hamit Kaplan Wrestling 1956–1964 1 1 1 3 5 Ahmet Ayık Wrestling 1964–1968 1 1 0 2 5 Servet Tazegül Taekwondo 2008–2016 1 1 0 2 8 Mehmet Akif Pirim Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2 9 Ahmet Kireççi Wrestling 1936–1948 1 0 1 2 10 Taha Akgül Wrestling 2012–2020 1 0 1 2 11 Rıza Kayaalp Wrestling 2008–2020 0 1 2 3 12 Nur Tatar Taekwondo 2012–2020 0 1 1 2 Change Medalists Main articles: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and 2004 Summer Olympics medal table Adem Bereket from 4th place to bronze (Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg) Reyhan Arabacıoğlu from 4th place to bronze (Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg) Disqualified Medalists Main articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, 2012 Summer Olympics medal table, and List of stripped Olympic medals Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Sibel Özkan Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 9 August 2008  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 10000 metres 15 August 2008  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 5000 metres 22 August 2008  Gold Aslı Çakır Alptekin Athletics Women's 1500 metres 10 August 2012  Silver Gamze Bulut Athletics Women's 1500 metres 10 August 2012 See also List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Olympics Category:Olympic competitors for Turkey Turkey at the Paralympics External links "Turkey". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021. "Turkey". Olympedia.com. "Olympic Analytics/TUR". olympanalyt.com.