Turkey will participate in the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy from 21 August to 3 September 2026. 335 athletes from Turkey, including 137 female and 198 male, were registered to compete in 29 sports at the Games.
Medals by sport
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Elif Sude Akgül Taekwondo Women's -49 kg Enes Kaplan Taekwondo Men's -58 kg Hatice Kübra İlgün Taekwondo Women's -57 kg Enver Yıldırım Fencing Men's Individual sabre Muhammet Karavuş Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Yasemen BektaşEmre Sönmez Badminton Mixed Doubles Işıl Zafer Taekwondo Women's -67 kg Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Doruk Yoğurtçuoğlu Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke Yunus Emre Başar Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg Emre Sakçı Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke Ahmet Duman Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Hakan Büyükçıngıl Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg Zehra Demirhan Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg Zeynep Yetgil Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg Elvira Kamaloğlu Wrestling Women's freestyle 57 kg Nesrin Baş Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg Hatice Gokce Emir Rhythmic gymnastics Individual all-around Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir Shooting Women's Trap Neslihan Arın Badminton Women's singles Kaan Efe Kaya Finswimming Men's 400 m bi-fins İsmail Keleş Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Mehmethan Çınar Boxing Men's 60 kg Yavuz İlnam Safiye Sarıtürk Temizdemir Shooting Trap team Elif Berra Gökkır Gizem Özkan Dünya Yenihayat Archery Women's team Tuğçe Beder Judo Women's -60 kg Buğra AktaşEmre Sönmez Badminton Men's Doubles Bengisu ErçetinNazlıcan İnci Badminton Women's Doubles Tuana Gülenay Judo Women's -78 kg İbrahim Tataroğlu Judo Men's +100 kg Ece HaraçAbdullah Talha Yiğenler Table tennis Mixed team Simay Kurt,Tuğba İvegin,Merve Atlıer,Defne Başyolcu,İdil Naz Başcan,Arelya Karasoy Koçaş,Dilay Özdemir,Liza Safronova,Berka Buse Özden,Begüm Kaçmaz,Beren Yeşilırmak,Aylin UysalcanVolleyballWomen's team Kubilay Ençü,Simay Özçiftçi,İsmail Nezir,Sıla Koloğlu Athletics 4x400 m relay mixed team Şimal Yılmaz,İsmail Keleş Shooting 10 m air pistol Mixed team Cansel Özkan Weightlifting Women's – 53 kg Snatch Ferhat Arıcan,Alperen Ege Avcı,Altan Doğan,Mert Efe Kılıçer,Mehmet Ayberk Koşak,İbrahim Çolak Artistic gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Yusuf Fehmi Genç Weightlifting Men's – 75 kg Clean & Jerk Mehmet Ayberk Koşak Artistic gymnastics Men's rings Altan Doğan Artistic gymnastics Men's parallel bars Berke Akçam,Ihsan Selçuk,Kubilay Ençü,Ismail Nezir Athletics Men's 4x400 m relay Ali Kaya Athletics Men's Half marathon Furkan Yaman Fencing Men's Individual sabre Nisanur Erbil Fencing Women's Individual sabre Çiğdem Özyaman Shooting Women's Skeet Muhammet Seyhun Kaya Shooting Men's Skeet Ahmet Mete Boylu Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle İsmail Küçüksolak Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg Mine Türker Boules Lyonnaise – Women's progressive shooting Berke Saka Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley Ebru Dağbaşı Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg Kadriye Aksoy Koçak Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg Emre Gurdenli Finswimming Men's 100 m bi-fins Sema Çalışkan Boxing Women's 65 kg Berat Acar Boxing Men's +90 kg Dünya YenihayatMete Gazoz Archery Mixed team Şevval İlayda Tarhan,Buğra Selimzade Shooting 10 m air pistol Mixed team Ferdi Hardal Weightlifting Men's – 65 kg Snatch Aysel Özkan Weightlifting Women's – 61 kg Snatch Ertan Özkan,Kayhan Özer,Batuhan Altıntaş,Oğuz Uyar Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay Enver Erman Rowing Men's single sculls Ahmet Ali Kabadayı Rowing Men's lightweight single sculls Yusuf Fehmi Genç Weightlifting Men's – 75 kg Snatch Burak Özdemir Karate Men's 60 kg Ömer Faruk Yürür Karate Men's 75 kg Fatma Naz Yenen Karate Women's 61 kg Hasan Şentürk Equestrian Individual jumping Elis Özbay,Derin Kumuk Rowing Women's double sculls İsmail Nezir Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles Ersu Şaşma Athletics Men's Pole vault Sudem Denizli Swimming Women's 200 m Backstroke Hüseyin Berat Demircioğlu Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Murat Fırat Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Doğan Kaya Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg Aleyna Ertürk Fencing Women's Individual épée Nusrat Allahverdi Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke Yasin Yeşil Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Resul Güne Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg Abdullah Kaplan Boules Raffa – Men's individual Polat Uzer Turnalı Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly Ece Asude Ediz Boxing Women's 57 kg Dilara Sak Boxing Women's 70 kg Sude Nur Aslan Boxing Women's 75 kg Buğra Selimzade Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Derin Atman Finswimming Men's 50 m apnea Kaan Efe Kaya Finswimming Men's 200 m bi-fins Mete Gazoz,Berkim Tümer,Berkay Akkoyun ArcheryMen's team Salih Yıldız JudoMen's -60 kg Vedat Albayrak JudoMen's -81 kg Şevval İlayda Tarhan Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Damla Köse,Mert Nalbant Shooting Mixed rifle team Özlem Yıldız,Ayşenur Budak,Sinem Oruç,Tuana Gülenay,Hilal ÖztürkHilmi Mucık,Bilal Çiloğlu,Vedat Albayrak,Emir Selim Arı,İbrahim Tataroğlu Judo Mixed team Şilan Ayyıldız Athletics Women's 5000 m Çağla Büyükakçay,Berfu Cengiz Tennis Women's doubles Cansel Özkan Weightlifting Women's – 53 kg Clean & Jerk Ferdi Hardal Weightlifting Men's – 65 kg Clean & Jerk Büşra Akay,Sıla Koloğlu,Simay Özçiftçi,Elif Polat Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay Nuray Güngör Weightlifting Women's – 69 kg Clean & Jerk Eda Eltemur Karate Women's 68 kg Tuğbanur Koz Weightlifting Women's – 77 kg Snatch Tuğbanur Koz Weightlifting Women's – 77 kg Clean & Jerk Uğur Aktaş Karate Men's +84 kg Fatma Çekiç Karate Women's +68 kg Ferhat Arıcan Artistic gymnastics Men's pommel horse Alperen Ege Avcı Artistic gymnastics Men's vault Sıla Koloğlu Athletics Women's 200 m Berke Akçam Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles Şilan Ayyıldız Athletics Women's 1500 m Can Özüpek Athletics Men's Triple jump Özlem Becerek Athletics Women's Discus throw Simay Özçiftçi,Şilan Ayyıldız,Elif Polat,Sıla Koloğlu Athletics Women's 4x400 m relay Ramazan Baştuğ Athletics Men's Half marathon
3x3 basketball
Men Murat Kuntker Yiğit Sarı Zeki Es Baran Yurduşen
AthletesEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinal / RankMatch 1Match 2Match 3RankTurkeyMenW 16-15W 21-11W 01W 18-16L 15-21L 19-214
Women Ceren Akpınar Ceylin Altunpa Selen Baş Selin Gül
AthletesEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinal / RankMatch 1Match 2Match 3RankTurkeyWomenW 11-8W 20-13L 7-122L 13-21Did not advance5
Aquatics Swimming
Water polo
Finswimming
Archery
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBerkay AkkoyunIndividual63612W 6-2L 2-6Did not advance10Berkim Tümer6448W 6-0L 2-6Did not advance10Mete Gazoz6562W 6-0W 6-2L 0-6Did not advance8Berkay AkkoyunBerkim TümerMete GazozTeam19363colspan=2 W 6-0L 3-5W 6-0
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDünya YenihayatIndividual6563W 6-0L 5-6Did not advance5Elif Gökkır6495W 6-0W 6-0W 7-3L 2-6L 2-64Gizem Özkan62112L 4-6Did not advance19Dünya YenihayatElif GökkırGizem ÖzkanTeam19263W 6-0W 5-4W 5-3
Mixed AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDünya YenihayatMete GazozMixed team13123W 5-3W 6-2L 0-6
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankKayhan Özer100 m10.494 Q10.566Ertan Özkan10.627 q10.525Oğuz Uyar200 m20.806 Q20.825Deniz Kaan Kartal21.169 q21.137Kubilay Ençü400 m45.919Did not advanceİsmail Nezir46.7011Did not advanceÖmer Faruk Bozdağ800 m1:47.109Did not advanceSalih Teksöz1500 mcolspan=2 3:43.816Mehmet Çelikcolspan=2 3:43.535Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu5000 mcolspan=2 14:44.137Ali KayaHalf marathoncolspan=2 1:02:06Ramazan Baştuğcolspan=2 1:04:08Koray Uygun110 m hurdles14.003 Q13.524Mikdat SevlerDid not advanceİsmail Nezir400 m hurdles49.112 Q49.01Berke Akçam49.333 Q49.55Deniz Kaan KartalKubilay Ençüİsmail NezirBatuhan Altıntaşİhsan SelçukBerke Akçam4 × 100 m relaycolspan=2 39.09
Field events AthleteEventFinalResultRankAlperen AcetHigh jump2.154Ersu ŞaşmaPole Vault5.70Can ÖzüpekTriple Jump16.14Ömer ŞahinDiscus Throw58.468Özkan BaltacıHammer Throw71.399Halil Yilmazer69.9710Muhammet Hanifi ZenginJavelin Throw68.029
Women Track & road events AthleteEventSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankSimay Özçiftçi100 m11.9110Did not advanceBüsra Akay12.3713Did not advanceClaire Azzopardi12.4014Did not advanceSıla Koloğlu200 m23.273 Q23.12Elif Polat23.365 Q23.325Şilan Ayyıldız1500 mcolspan=2 4:09.79Yonca Kutluk Ala5000 mcolspan=2 15:23.08Derya Kunur10000 mcolspan=2 35:30.225Yonca Kutluk Alacolspan=2 35:43.717Tuğba Güvenç Yenigün3000 m steeplechasecolspan=2 9:31.424Derya Kunurcolspan=2 9:40.525Nursena ÇetoHalf marathoncolspan=2 1:16:219Simay ÖzçiftçiSıla KoloğluElif PolatBüşra Akay4 × 100 m relaycolspan=2 44.05Simay ÖzçiftçiSıla KoloğluElif PolatŞilan Ayyıldız4 × 400 m relaycolspan=2 3:40.99
Field events AthleteEventFinalResultRankYasemin Zehra BörekçiLong Jump6.208Tuğba Danışmaz5.9610Tuğba DanışmazTriple Jump13.475Özlem BecerekDiscus Throw60.18Esra TürkmenJavelin Throw60.924Eda Tuğsuz59.756
Mixed Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankKayhan ÖzerErtan ÖzkanSimay ÖzçiftçiSıla KoloğluMixed 4 × 100 m relay42.174Kubilay Ençüİsmail NezirSıla KoloğluElif PolatMixed 4 × 400 m relay3:14.85
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankNurullah SaraçMen's singlesL 0–2 (19–21, 9–21)Did not advance9Yusuf YaşarW 2–0 (21–11, 21–14)W 2–0 (21–17, 21–19)L 0–2 (22–24, 14–21)Did not advance5Emre SönmezBuğra AktaşMen's doublesW 2-0 (21–12, 21–19)W 2-0 (21–17, 21–17)W 2-0 (21–19, 21–19)
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankNeslihan ArınWomen's singlesW 2-0 (21–10, 21–14)W 2-0 (21–14, 21–13)W 2-0 (21–8, 21–18)W 2-0 (21–17, 21–15)Bengisu ErçetinNazlıcan İnciWomen's doublesW 2-0 (21–13, 21–10)W 2-0 (21–4, 21–5)W 2-0 (21–17, 21–17)
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankYasemen BektaşEmre SönmezMixed doubleW 2-0 (21–8, 21–11)W 2-1 (20–22, 21–15, 21–18)W 2-0 (21–12, 21–13)W 2-1 (21–16, 15–21, 21–17)
Boules
Baseball5
AthleteEventMatch #1Match #2Match #3Group RankQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankTurkey Mixed teamW 2–0W 2–0L 1–2Q 2W 2–0W 2–1W 2–1
Boxing
Canoeing
Equestrian
AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2FinalRound ARound BTotalPenaltiesRankCPTotalSıraCPRankCPRankCPRankAlin YazıcıCornascriebe EmeraldIndividualEmre BuladoğluMaikelHasan ŞentürkAvan ToiNecmi ErenPSS LevilenskyAlin YazıcıEmre BuladoğluHasan ŞentürkNecmi ErenTeam
Fencing
Turkey competed in fencing.
Men AthleteEventMatch #1Match #2Match #3Match #4Match #5Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankEnver Yıldırım SabreW 5-1L 2-5W 5-1L 4-5W 5-2W 15-10W 15-13W 15-14W 15-13Furkan Yaman L 0-5W 5-3L 3-5W 5-3W 15-11W 15-8W 15-4L 13-15Enes Talha Kalender L 4-5W 5-3L 1-5W 5-4W 5-2W 15-10L 12-15Did not advance8Kıvanç Kırtay FoilDid not advance15Halis Efe Elibol EpeeDid not advance21
Women
Football
Team roster
Egemen Aydın Onuralp Çevikkan Ensar Buğra Tivsiz Devran Bozardıç Ömer Arda Kara Muhammed İyyad Kadıoğlu Arda Ünyay Miraç Şimşek Oğuzhan Yılmaz Ege Arslan Muhammet Zeki Dursun Berat Luş Veis Yıldız Berkay Aslan Ömer Faruk Duymaz İsmail Esat Buğa Arda Usluoğlu Emir Tuğra Turhan
Head coach: Uğur İnceman
TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMen's tournamentT 2-2W 3-0L 1-23 Did not advance5
Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Judo
Karate
Padel
Road cycling
Roller sports Roller speed skating
Skateboarding
Men Athlete Event ResultBerke DikişcioğluMen's street 8thEmirhan Sarımustafaoğlu 12th
Women Athlete Event ResultSafa Merve Nalçacı Women's street 6th
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting