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Turkey, after 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 because of the sanction against the Central Powers including the Ottoman Empire, the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and the 1980 ...
The Turkish football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Turkey. Brought to the country by Englishmen , the sport had first taken root in Istanbul , where the Istanbul Football League was founded and became the first football league in Turkey.
Turkey has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Çağla Büyükakçay (world no. 77) received a spare ITF Olympic place to compete in the women's singles, as the next highest-ranked eligible player, not yet qualified, in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: TUR: NOC: Turkish Olympic Committee: Website: olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish) in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 () – 8 August 2021 () Competitors: 108 in 18 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Merve Tuncel Berke Saka: Flag bearer (closing) Busenaz Sürmeneli: Medals Ranked 35th: Gold 2 Silver 2 ...
Here are the 45 Turkey of the Year "winners" who preceded this year's "winner." The Turkey was thought to have been retired in 2017. The Authentic Turkey, a one-year wonder, made an appearance the ...
Turkey: Imre Polyák Hungary: Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union: lightweight details: Avtandil Koridze Soviet Union: Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia: Gustav Freij Sweden: welterweight details: Mithat Bayrak Turkey: Günther Maritschnigg United Team of Germany: René Schiermeyer France: middleweight details: Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria: Lothar Metz
Turkey's Yususf Dikec competes in the 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Chateauroux, France.