Turkey at the 2026 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the
2026 Mediterranean Games
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish Olympic Committee
in Taranto
21 August – 3 September
Competitors335 in 29 sports
Flag bearersNesrin Baş, Emre Sakçı
Medals
Gold
28
Silver
14
Bronze
19
Total
61
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)

Türkiye will participate in the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy from 21 August to 3 September 2026. 335 athletes, including137 female and 198 male, from Türkiye were registered to compete in 29 sports at the Games.[1]

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Wrestling83415
 Taekwondo5016
 Badminton4004
 Shooting3216
 Swimming2237
 Boxing1236
 Fencing1214
 Finswimming1124
 Archery1113
 Judo1023
 Rhythmic gymnastics1001
 Boules0112
Totals (12 entries)28141961

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldElif Sude AkgülTaekwondoWomen's -49 kg22 August
 GoldEnes KaplanTaekwondoMen's -58 kg22 August
 GoldHatice Kübra İlgünTaekwondoWomen's -57 kg22 August
 GoldEnver YıldırımFencingMen's Individual sabre22 August
 GoldMuhammet KaravuşWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg23 August
 GoldYasemen Bektaş
Emre Sönmez		BadmintonMixed Doubles23 August
 GoldIşıl ZaferTaekwondoWomen's -67 kg23 August
 GoldSude Yaren UzunçavdarTaekwondoWomen's +67 kg23 August
 GoldDoruk YoğurtçuoğluSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke23 August
 GoldYunus Emre BaşarWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 77 kg23 August
 GoldEmre SakçıSwimmingMen's 50 m breaststroke24 August
 GoldAhmet DumanWrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg24 August
 GoldHakan BüyükçıngılWrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg24 August
 GoldZehra DemirhanWrestlingWomen's freestyle 50 kg25 August
 GoldZeynep YetgilWrestlingWomen's freestyle 53 kg25 August
 GoldElvira KamaloğluWrestlingWomen's freestyle 57 kg25 August
 GoldNesrin BaşWrestlingWomen's freestyle 68 kg25 August
 GoldHatice Gokce EmirRhythmic gymnasticsIndividual all-around26 August
 GoldSafiye Sarıtürk TemizdemirShootingWomen's Trap26 August
 GoldNeslihan ArınBadmintonWomen's singles26 August
 GoldKaan Efe KayaFinswimmingMen's 400 m bi-fins26 August
 Goldİsmail KeleşShootingMen's Pistol27 August
 GoldMehmethan ÇınarBoxingMen's 60 kg27 August
 GoldYavuz İlnam
Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir		ShootingTrap team27 August
 GoldElif Berra Gökkır
Gizem Özkan
Dünya Yenihayat		ArcheryWomen's team28 August
 GoldTuğçe BederJudoWomen's -60 kg28 August
 GoldBuğra Aktaş
Emre Sönmez		BadmintonMen's Doubles28 August
 GoldBengisu Erçetin
Nazlıcan İnci		BadmintonWomen's Doubles28 August
 SilverFurkan YamanFencingMen's Individual sabre22 August
 SilverNisanur ErbilFencingWomen's Individual sabre22 August
 SilverÇiğdem ÖzyamanShootingWomen's Skeet23 August
 SilverMuhammet Seyhun KayaShootingMen's Skeet23 August
 SilverAhmet Mete BoyluSwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle23 August
 Silverİsmail KüçüksolakWrestlingMen's freestyle 86 kg24 August
 SilverMine TürkerBoulesLyonnaise – Women's progressive shooting25 August
 SilverBerke SakaSwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley25 August
 SilverEbru DağbaşıWrestlingWomen's freestyle 62 kg25 August
 SilverKadriye Aksoy KoçakWrestlingWomen's freestyle 76 kg25 August
 BronzeSudem DenizliSwimmingWomen's 200 m Backstroke22 August
 BronzeHüseyin Berat DemircioğluTaekwondoMen's +80 kg23 August
 BronzeMurat FıratWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 67 kg23 August
 BronzeDoğan KayaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 87 kg23 August
 BronzeAleyna ErtürkFencingWomen's Individual épée23 August
 BronzeNusrat AllahverdiSwimmingMen's 50 m breaststroke24 August
 BronzeYasin YeşilWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg24 August
 BronzeResul GüneWrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kg24 August
 BronzeAbdullah KaplanBoulesRaffa – Men's individual25 August
 BronzePolat Uzer TurnalıSwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly25 August

3x3 basketball

Men

  • Murat Kuntker
  • Yiğit Sarı
  • Zeki Es
  • Baran Yurduşen
Athletes Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank
Turkey Men  Portugal
  Serbia
  Kosovo

Women

  • Ceren Akpınar
  • Ceylin Altunpa
  • Selen Baş
  • Selin Gül
Athletes Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank
Turkey Women Tunisia
  Algeria
  Cyprus

Aquatics

Swimming

Water polo

Finswimming

Archery

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Berkay Akkoyun Individual 636 12 Bye  Charisis (GRE)
W 6-2		  Viale (FRA)
L 2-6		 Did not advance
Berkim Tümer 644 8 Bye  Karageorgiou (GRE)
W 6-0		  Antoku (ESP)
L 2-6		 Did not advance
Mete Gazoz 656 2 Bye  Themelis (GRE)
W 6-0		  Vrbec (SLO)
W 6-2		  Gregori (ITA)
L 0-6		 Did not advance
Berkay Akkoyun
Berkim Tümer
Mete Gazoz		 Team 1936 3 N/a Bye  Egypt (EGY)
W 6-0		  Spain (ESP)
L 3-5		  Italy (ITA)
W 6-0		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dünya Yenihayat Individual 656 3 Bye  Randriantsara (FRA)
W 6-0		  Gonzalez (ESP)
L 5-6		 Did not advance
Elif Gökkır 649 5  Hajjar (LBN)
W 6-0		  Pruccoli (SMR)
W 6-0		  Nasoula (GRE)
W 7-3		  Barbelin (FRA)
L 2-6		  Gonzalez (ESP)
L 2-6		 4
Gizem Özkan 621 12  Pruccoli (SMR)
L 4-6		 Did not advance
Dünya Yenihayat
Elif Gökkır
Gizem Özkan		 Team 1926 3 N/a Bye  Cyprus (CYP)
W 6-0		  Italy (ITA)
W 5-4		  France (FRA)
W 5-3		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dünya Yenihayat
Mete Gazoz		 Mixed team 1312 3 Bye  Greece (GRE)
W 5-3		  Italy (ITA)
W 6-2		  France (FRA)
L 0-6		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Athletics

Men

Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ertan Özkan 100 m
Oğuz Uyar 200 m
Deniz Kaan Kartal
Kubilay Ençü 400 m
İsmail Nezir
Ömer Faruk Bozdağ 800 m
Salih Teksöz 1500 m
Mehmet Çelik
Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu 5000 m
Ramazan Baştuğ 10000 m
Ali Kaya Half marathon
Ramazan Baştuğ
Koray Uygun 110 m hurdles
Mikdat Sevler
İsmail Nezir 400 m hurdles
Berke Akçam
Deniz Kaan Kartal
Kubilay Ençü
İsmail Nezir
Batuhan Altıntaş
İhsan Selçuk
Berke Akçam		 4 × 100 m relay
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Alperen Acet High jump
Ersu Şaşma Pole Vault
Can Özüpek Triple Jump
Ömer Şahin Discus Throw
Özkan Baltacı Hammer Throw
Muhammet Hanifi Zengin Javelin Throw

Women

Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Simay Özçiftçi 100 m
Sıla Koloğlu
Sıla Koloğlu 200 m
Elif Polat
Sıla Koloğlu 400 m
Elif Polat
Şilan Ayyıldız 1500 m
Yonca Kutluk Ala 5000 m
Derya Kunur 10000 m
Yonca Kutluk Ala
Tuğba Güvenç Yenigün 3000 m steeplechase
Nursena Çeto Half marathon
Simay Özçiftçi
Sıla Koloğlu
Elif Polat
Büşra Akay		 4 × 100 m relay
Simay Özçiftçi
Sıla Koloğlu
Elif Polat
Şilan Ayyıldız		 4 × 400 m relay
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Yasemin Zehra Börekçi Long Jump
Tuğba Danışmaz
Özlem Becerek Discus Throw
Esra Türkmen Javelin Throw
Eda Tuğsuz

Mixed

Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kayhan Özer
Ertan Özkan
Simay Özçiftçi
Sıla Koloğlu		 Mixed 4 × 100 m relay
Kubilay Ençü
İsmail Nezir
Sıla Koloğlu
Elif Polat		 Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Nurullah Saraç Men's singles Bye  Toti (ITA)
L 0–2 (19–21, 9–21)		 Did not advance
Yusuf Yaşar  Jelenc (SLO)
W 2–0 (21–11, 21–14)		  Abdelhalim (EGY)
W 2–0 (21–17, 21–19)		  Vicen (ESP)
– ( – , – )
Emre Sönmez
Buğra Aktaş		 Men's doubles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Neslihan Arın Women's singles
Bengisu Erçetin
Bengisu Erçetin
Nazlıcan İnci		 Women's doubles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Yasemen Bektaş
Emre Sönmez		 Mixed double

Boules

Baseball5

Athlete Event Match #1 Match #2 Match #3 Group Rank Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Turkey Mixed team  Greece
W 2–0		  Syria
W 2–0		  France
L 1–2		 Q 2  Italy
W 2–0		  Spain
W 2–1		  France
W 2–1		 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Boxing

Canoeing

Equestrian

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final
Round A Round B Total
Penalties Rank CP Total Sıra CP Rank CP Rank CP Rank
Alin Yazıcı Cornascriebe Emerald Individual
Emre Buladoğlu Maikel
Hasan Şentürk Avan Toi
Necmi Eren PSS Levilensky
Alin Yazıcı
Emre Buladoğlu
Hasan Şentürk
Necmi Eren		 Team

Fencing

Turkey competed in fencing.

Men
Athlete Event Match #1 Match #2 Match #3 Match #4 Match #5 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Enver Yıldırım Sabre  Bounabi (ALG)
W 5-1		  Choureiry (FRA)
L 2-5		  Kontoeidis (GRE)
W 5-1		  Hesham (EGY)
L 4-5		  Cavaliere (ITA)
W 5-2		  Hospital (FRA)
W 15-10		  Moataz (EGY)
W 15-13		  Ferjani (TUN)
W 15-14		  Furkan Yaman (TUR)
W 15-13		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Furkan Yaman  Fraboulet (FRA)
L 0-5		  Cantini (ITA)
W 5-3		  Moataz (EGY)
L 3-5		  Madrigal (ESP)
W 5-3		 N/a  Cavaliere (ITA)
W 15-11		  Mastrullo (ITA)
W 15-8		  Madrigal (ESP)
W 15-4		  Enver Yıldırım (TUR)
L 13-15		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Enes Talha Kalender  Ferjani (TUN)
L 4-5		  Ibrihen (ALG)
W 5-3		  Mastrullo (ITA)
L 1-5		  Krajnc (SLO)
W 5-4		  Hospital (FRA)
W 5-2		  Fraboulet (FRA)
W 15-10		  Ferjani (TUN)
L 12-15		 Did not advance 8
Kıvanç Kırtay Foil Did not advance 15
Halis Efe Elibol Epee Did not advance 21
Women

Football

Team roster

Head coach: Turkey Uğur İnceman

Group play

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Padel

Road cycling

Roller sports

Roller speed skating

Skateboarding

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Rank Final Rank
İsmail Keleş 10 m air pistol
Buğra Selimzade
Ömer Akgün 10 m air rifle
Mert Nalbant
Muhammet Kaya Skeet
Mustafa Serhat Şahin
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Rank Final Rank
Şevval İlayda Tarhan 10 m air pistol
Şimal Yılmaz
Elif Eren 10 m air rifle
Damla Köse
Nur Banu Balkancı Skeet
Çiğdem Özyaman
Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir Trap 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed events
Athlete Event Qualification Qualification Final/BM Qualification
İsmail Keleş
Buğra Selimzade
Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Şimal Yılmaz		 10 m air pistol
Ömer Akgün
Elif Eren
Damla Köse
Mert Nalbant		 10 m air rifle
Yavuz İlnam
Rümeysa Pelin Kaya
Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir
Nedim Tolga Tuncer		 Trap

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Enes Kaplan 58 kg Bye  Boukarnia (FRA)
W 2-0		  Harbi (ALG)
W 2-0		  Teskera (CRO)
W 2-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Berkay Erer 68 kg  Merdanaj (ALB)
W 2-0		  Golubić (CRO)
L 1-2		 DNA 5
Yiğithan Kılıç 80 kg  Papadopoulos (GRE)
L 0-2		 DNA 9
Hüseyin Demircioğlu +80 kg Bye  Šapina (CRO)
W 2-1		  Georgievski (MKD)
L 0-2		 DNA 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Elif Sude Akgül 48 kg Bye  Barroso (POR)
W 2-0		  Krim (FRA)
W 2-1		  Hinić (CRO)
W 2-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hatice Kübra İlgün 57 kg  Boukhalfao (ALG)
W 2-0		  Lukić (SRB)
W 2-1		  Avdagić (BIH)
W 2-1		  Dehhaoui (MAR)
W 1-1DSQ		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Işıl Zafer 67 kg Bye  García (ESP)
W 2-1		  Laaraj (MAR)
W 2-1		  Masghouni (TUN)
W 2-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sude Uzunçavdar +67 kg Bye  Rudolf (SLO)
W 2-0		  Zurdo (ESP)
W 2-1		  Šević (SRB)
W 2-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Turkey men's Men's tournament  Egypt
W 3–1		  Kosovo
W 3–2		  Greece
W 3–0		  Spain
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Turkey women's Women's tournament  North Macedonia
W 3–0		  Algeria
W 3–0		  Kosovo
W 3–0		  Greece
W 3–1		 1 Q  Serbia

Men's tournament

  • Head coach: Turkey Cemal Bora Şensoy[2]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Turkey 4 4 0 11 12 4 3.000 384 335 1.146 Final round
2  Greece 4 3 1 9 9 4 2.250 321 275 1.167
3  Spain 4 2 2 6 8 6 1.333 343 310 1.106
4  Egypt 4 1 3 3 4 9 0.444 272 295 0.922
5  Kosovo 4 0 4 1 2 12 0.167 229 334 0.686
Source: Taranto 2026


Women's tournament

  • Head coach: Turkey Gökhan Durmaz
  • Asst. coach: Turkey Hakan Can Turan
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Turkey 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 322 190 1.695 Final round
2  Greece 4 3 1 9 10 4 2.500 319 258 1.236
3  Kosovo 4 2 2 6 6 7 0.857 287 281 1.021
4  North Macedonia 4 1 3 3 5 10 0.500 283 352 0.804
5  Algeria 4 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 185 325 0.569
Source: Taranto 2026

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk
Result Rank Result Rank
Ferdi Hardal 65 kg
Yusuf Fehmi Genç 75 kg
Kerem Kurnaz 85 kg
Hakan Şükrü Kurnaz 95 kg
Muhammed Emin Burun 110 kg
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk
Result Rank Result Rank
Cansel Özkan 53 kg
Aysel Özkan 61 kg
Nuray Güngör 69 kg
Tuğbanur Koz 77 kg

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM Rank
Muhammet Karavuş 57 kg  Galbouraev (FRA)
W 8-2		  Pirrone (ITA)
W 10-0		  Altabbaa (SYR)
W 10-0		 —  Usinova (MKD)
W 12-2		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ahmet Duman 65 kg Bye  Álvarez (ESP)
W 11-1		  Laribi (ALG)
W 6-4		 —  Abakarov (ALB)
W 4-2		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yasin Yeşil 74 kg  Aisha (SYR)
W 10-0		  Ikkal (ALG)
W 9-4		  Vejseli (MKD)
L 3-5		 —  Mourad (EGY)
W 13-3		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
İsmail Küçüksolak 86 kg Bye  Magamadov (FRA)
W 11-1		  Iglesias (ESP)
W 5-0		 —  Kuyumçidis (GRE)
L 0-8		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Athlete Event Group stage Group
rank		 Semifinal Repechage Final / BM Rank
Resul Güne 97 kg  Viskhanov (FRA)
L 8-12		  Honis (ITA)
W 10-3		  Salahel (EGY)
W 14-2		 2  Kurugliyev (GRE)
L 2-13		 —  Viskhanov (FRA)
W 6-6		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hakan Büyükçıngıl 125 kg  Khelif (ALG)
W 10-0		  Sheyatan (EGY)
W 10-5		 — 1  Conyedo (ITA)
W 5-1		 —  Sheyatan (EGY)
W 4-3		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM Rank
Ekrem Öztürk 60 kg Bye  Alosta (SYR)
L
4-8		 DNA 7
Murat Fırat 67 kg  Loureiro (POR)
G 8-0		  Nifri (FRA)
G 3-0		  Abdelrehim (EGY)
L 0-2		 —  Etlinger (CRO)
L 5-1		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yunus Emre Başar 77 kg  Kupi (ALB)
W 5-0		  Doulache (ALG)
W 7-2

W 5-0

  Alameldine (EGY)
W 6-4		 —  Kamenjaševiće (CRO)
W 2-1		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Doğan Kaya 87 kg Bye  Pagkalidis (GRE)
W 5-1		  Dyab (EGY)
L 3-12DSQ		 —  Nemeš (SRB)
L 5-7		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Beytullah Kayışdağ 97 kg  Kesidis (GRE)
L 3-3		  Samen (FRA)
W 9-0		  Komarov (SRB)
L 1-4		 — DNA 5
Women's Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Zehra Demirhan 50 kg  Liuzzi (ITA)
W 4-2		  Ayachi (TUN)
W 12-0		  Haemmerle (FRA)
W 10-0		  Gkika (GRE)
W 7-1		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Zeynep Yetgil 53 kg —  Prevolarak (GRE)
W R		  Debien (FRA)
W 2-1		  Jaume (ESP)
W 10-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elvira Kamaloğlu 57 kg —  Jeljeli (TUN)
W 8-1		  Rinella (ITA)
W 11-0		  Pérez (ESP)
W 4-0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ebru Dağbaşı 62 kg  Jakovljević (SRB)
W 4-1		  Danise (ITA)
W 6-3		  Hamdun (EGY)
W 3-3		  Douarre (FRA)
L 1-3		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nesrin Baş 68 kg Bye  Lecarpentier (FRA)
W 6-0		  Khamis (EGY)
W 10-0		  Godino (ITA)
W 4-2		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kadriye Aksoy Koçak 76 kg  Rinaldi (ITA)
W 3-2		  Bouregba (ALG)
W 4-0		  Dacher (FRA)
W 10-0		  Amir (EGY)
L 3-5		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Taranto 2026 Akfeniz Oyunları Hakkında" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  2. ↑ TRTSpor. "Erkek Milli Voleybol Takımı'nın kadrosu açıklandı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-08-22.
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