Turkish national badminton team

The Turkish national badminton team (Turkish: Türkiye milli badminton takımı) represents Turkey in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Turkish Badminton Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu), the national organization for badminton in Turkey. The Turkish national team have never competed in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Turkish national badminton team Türkiye milli badminton takımı
SportBadminton
AssociationTurkish Badminton Federation
LocationTurkey
World rank29 (points balanced with Brazil)

Turkey have competed multiple times at the Sudirman Cup. The Turkish women's team had entered three consecutive quarterfinals at the European Women's Team Badminton Championships from 2016 to 2020.

In individual events, Turkey has won three bronze medals at the European Badminton Championships, most of them won by Neslihan Yiğit and Özge Bayrak. Neslihan and Özge also won Turkey's first badminton medal in the European Games.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Participation in Islamic Solidarity Games

The Turkish badminton team participated in the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia where badminton was first introduced into the games. Türkiye were semifinalists in both men's and women's team. Neslihan Yiğit won the gold medal in women's singles.

As of 2013

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Malaysia (MAS)63110
2 Turkey1157
3 Indonesia (INA)0369
Totals (3 entries)771226

List of medalists
Individual event
Medal Name Games Event
 GoldNeslihan YiğitIndonesia 2013 PalembangWomen's singles
 Silver Emre Aslan
Hüseyin Oruç		 Indonesia 2013 Palembang Men's doubles
 Bronze Emre Vural Indonesia 2013 Palembang Men's singles
 Bronze Emre Lale
Emre Vural		 Indonesia 2013 Palembang Men's doubles
 Bronze Ramazan Öztürk
Neslihan Kılıç		 Indonesia 2013 Palembang Mixed doubles
Team event
Medal Name Games Event
 Bronze
Indonesia 2013 PalembangMen's team
 Bronze
Indonesia 2013 PalembangWomen's team

Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships
Mixed Team
YearResult
Germany 200714th place
Italy 2009Group stage
Finland 2011Quarter-finalist
Turkey 2013Quarter-finalist
Poland 2015Quarter-finalist
France 2017Group stage
Estonia 2018Group stage
Serbia 2022Group stage

Current squad

The following players were selected to represent Türkiye at the 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.[2]

References
  1. Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "European Men's Team Badminton Championships 2020 - Team: [TUR] TURKEY - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
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