Turkish women in sports
have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participation in Olympics
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
Archery
- Yasemin Ecem Anagöz
Athletics
National record-holders
World Athletics Championship
European Athletics Championship
Athletics in Mediterranean Games
| Year | Name | Event | Rank |
| 1987 | Serap Aksu | 400 m. hurdles | |
| 1991 | Aysel Taş | Javelin | |
| 1997 | Serap Aktaş | Marathon | |
| 1997 | Lale Öztürk | Marathon | |
| 2001 | Nora Güner | 100 m. | |
| 2001 | Nora Güner | 200 m. | |
| 2001 | Süreyya Ayhan | 1500 m. | |
| 2001 | Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | 1500 m. | |
| 2001 | Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | 5000 m. | |
| 2001 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 10000 m. | |
| 2001 | Mehtap Sızmaz | Marathon | |
| 2001 | Serap Aktaş | Marathon | |
| 2001 | Anzhela Atroshchenko | Heptathlon | |
| 2005 | Binnaz Uslu | 800 m. | |
| 2005 | Anzhela Atroshchenko | Heptathlon | |
| 2005 | Turkish team | 4 × 400 m. | |
| 2009 | Nevin Yanıt | 100 m. hurdles | |
| 2009 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 10000 m. | |
| 2009 | Burcu Ayhan | high jump | |
| 2009 | Karin Melis Mey | long jump |
Basketball
The Turkish Women's National Basketball Team, also known as "Periler" by the Turkish fans, is No 13 in FIBA World Rankings.;European Women Basketball Championship
| Year | City | Rank |
| 2013 | Vannes, France |
;Mediterranean Games
| Year | City | Rank |
| 1987 | Latakia, Syria | |
| 2005 | Almeria, Spain |
;Players
- Nevriye Yılmaz, retired national team player
- Özlem Yalman, FIBA-listed referee since 2011.
- Funda Teoman, referee
Cycling
- Esra Kürkçü, Balkan champion
- Semra Yetiş, Balkan champion
Boxing
- Nurcan Çarkçı, European champion
- Sümeyra Kaya, European champion
- Busenaz Sürmeneli, world champion
- Hülya Şahin, world and European champion
- Sabriye Şengül
- Gülsüm Tatar, world and European champion
- Şemsi Yaralı, world and European champion
- Serpil Yassıkaya, European champion
Fencing
- Suat Aşani
- Halet Çambel, 1936 Olympian
- Özden Ezinler
- İrem Karamete
Football
, from Konak Belediyespor.
;Notable footballers:
- Merve Aladağ
- Sevgi Çınar
- Bilgin Defterli
- Sibel Duman
- Eylül Elgalp
- Esra Erol
- Melahat Eryurt
- Leyla Güngör
- Başak İçinözbebek
- Lale Orta
- Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç
- Zeliha Şimşek
- Ebru Topçu
- Yağmur Uraz
- Cansu Yağ
- Aylin Yaren
- Özlem Araç
- Cemile Timur
- Necla Akdoğan
- Leman Bozacıoğlu
- İpek Emiroğlu
- Elif Köroğlu
- Mürvet Yavuztürk
, ;FIFA listed referee.
Freediving
- Derya Can Göçen, world record holder
- Yasemin Dalkılıç, world record holder
- Şahika Ercümen, world record holder
- Birgül Erken
Handball
;In the Mediterranean Games
| Year | City | Rank |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy |
Ice hockey
was established in 2006.Judo
;In the Mediterranean Games| Year | Event | Name | Rank |
| 1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy | 48 kg. | Gülnigar Gülsaran | |
| 1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy | 61 kg. | Neşe Yazıcı | |
| 1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy | 66 kg. | Gamze Sakızlıgil | |
| 1997 Mediterranean Games, Bari, Italy | 72 kg. | Zarife Yıldırım | |
| 2001 Mediterranean Games, Tunis, Tunisia | 48 kg. | Neşe Şensoy | |
| 2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain | 48 kg. | Neşe Şensoy | |
| 2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain | 52 kg. | Aynur Samat | |
| 2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain | 78 kg. | Seda Karadağ | |
| 2005 Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain | 78+ kg. | Belkıs Zehra Kaya | |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy | 48 kg. | Derya Cibir | |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy | 78+ kg. | Gülşah Kocatürk | |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy | - | - | - |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games, Pescara, Italy | - | - | - |
Modern pentathlon
- İlke Özyüksel, first ever Turkish Olympian
Rowing
- Fitnat Özdil
- Melek Özdil
- Nezihe Özdil
- Vecihe Taşçı
Sailing
- Lena Erdil 2018 PWA World Cup
Swimming
Table tennis
- Meral Yıldız Ali
- Melek Hu
Taekwondo
Tennis
Some notable Turkish female tennis players include:- Başak Eraydın
- Çağla Büyükakçay, Olympian tennis player
- Pemra Özgen
- İpek Soylu
- İpek Şenoğlu
- Melis Sezer
- Vecihe Taşçı
Volleyball
National teams
The Turkish Women's National Team is also known as "Filenin Sultanları".| Year | City | Rank |
| 1975 Mediterranean Games | Algiers, Algeria | |
| 1987 Mediterranean Games | Latakia, Syria | |
| 1991 Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | |
| 1993 Mediterranean Games | Languedoc-Roussillon, France | |
| 1997 Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | |
| 2001 Mediterranean Games | Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship | Ankara, Turkey | |
| 2005 Mediterranean Games | Almeria, Spain | |
| 2009 Women's European Volleyball League | Kayseri, Turkey | |
| 2009 Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | |
| 2010 Women's European Volleyball League | Ankara,Turkey | |
| 2011 Women's European Volleyball League | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship | Italy and Serbia | |
| 2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, | Ningbo, China | |
| 2013 Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | |
| 2014 Women's European Volleyball League | ||
| 2015 European Games Women's Volleyball | Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| 2015 Women's European Volleyball League | ||
| 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship | Azerbaijan, Georgia | |
| 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League | Nanjing, Chna | |
| 2018 Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | |
| 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship | Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey |
Club teams
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.Water polo
National team players:Weightlifting
- 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
Wrestling
- Yasemin Adar, world and European champion
Paralympic sports
- Handan Biroğlu, para-archer
- Burcu Dağ, world champion para-archer
- Gizem Girişmen, Paralympic champion archer
- Gülbin Su, Paralympian archer
running with guide in a 1500m event.
- Hamide Kurt, Paralympian sprinter
- Sümeyye Özcan, Paralympian middle distance runner
- Zübeyde Süpürgeci, Paralympian sprinter
- Sevda Altınoluk, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Buket Atalay, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Gülşah Düzgün, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Neşe Mercan, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Sümeyye Özcan, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Seda Yıldız, Paralympic gold medalist goalball player
- Nazan Akın, Paralympic medalist judoka
- Duygu Çete, Paralympic medalist judoka
- Mesme Taşbağ, European champion, Paralympic medalist judoka
- Ecem Taşın, Paralympic medalist judoka
- Özlem Becerikli, Paralympic medalist powerlifter
- Çiğdem Dede, Paralympic medalist powerlifter
- Nazmiye Muslu, Paralympic and world champion powerlifter
- Çağla Baş, wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic shooter
- Aysel Özgan, sport shooter
- Ayşegül Pehlivanlar, sport shooter
- Sümeyye Boyacı, Paralympian
- Özlem Kaya, Paralympian
- Sevilay Öztürk, Paralympian
- Ümran Ertiş, Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player
- Neslihan Kavas, Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player
- Kübra Öçsoy, Paralympic medalist, European champion table tennis player
- Büşra Ün, first Paralympic competitor