List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Olympics

Turkey at the
Olympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
Medals
Gold
41
Silver
29
Bronze
41
Total
111
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
Kelime Çetinkaya bearing Turkish flag at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Turkey at the Olympics.[1][2]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event
year		 Season Flag bearer Sex Sport Ref.
1 1908 Summer
2 1912 Summer None [a]
—
 [2]
3 1924 Summer Ünvan Tayfuroğlu M Athletics
4 1928 Summer
5 1936 Winter Mehmut Şevket Karman M Alpine skiing [2]
6 1936 Summer Saim Polatkan M Equestrian
7 1948 Winter
8 1948 Summer Muharrem Candaş M Wrestling [2]
9 1952 Summer Ruhi Sarıalp M Athletics
10 1956 Winter Osman Yüce M Alpine skiing
11 1956 Summer Hamit Kaplan M Wrestling [2]
12 1960 Winter Zeki Şamiloğlu M Alpine skiing
13 1960 Summer Nuri Turan M Athletics (did not compete) [2]
14 1964 Winter Osman Yüce M Alpine skiing
15 1964 Summer Çetin Şahiner M Athletics [2]
16 1968 Winter Özer Ateşçi M Alpine skiing
17 1968 Summer Gürbüz Lü M Wrestling [2]
18 1972 Summer Gıyasettin Yılmaz M Wrestling
19 1976 Winter Şeref Çınar M Cross-country skiing
20 1976 Summer Süheyl Yeşilnur M Judo
21 1984 Winter Erkan Mermut M Alpine skiing
22 1984 Summer Mehmet Yurdadön M Athletics [2]
23 1988 Winter Abdullah Yılmaz M Cross-country skiing
24 1988 Summer Ali Şahin M Taekwondo
25 1992 Winter Mithat Yıldırım M Cross-country skiing
26 1992 Summer Kerem Ersü M Archery [2]
27 1994 Winter Mithat Yıldırım M Cross-country skiing
28 1996 Summer Derya Büyükuncu M Swimming
29 1998 Winter Arif Alaftargil M Alpine skiing
30 2000 Summer Hamza Yerlikaya M Wrestling
31 2002 Winter Atakan Alaftargil M Alpine skiing
32 2004 Summer Ali Enver Adakan M Sailing
33 2006 Winter Tuğba Karademir F Figure skating
34 2008 Summer Mehmet Özal M Wrestling
35 2010 Winter Kelime Çetinkaya F Cross-country skiing
36 2012 Summer Neslihan Demir Darnel F Volleyball
37 2014 Winter Alper Uçar M Figure skating
38 2016 Summer Rıza Kayaalp M Wrestling
39 2018 Winter Fatih Arda İpcioğlu M Ski jumping
40 2020 Summer Merve Tuncel F Swimming [3]
Berke Saka M Swimming
41 2022 Winter Ayşenur Duman F Cross-country skiing [4]
Furkan Akar M Short track speed skating
42 2024 Summer Busenaz Sürmeneli F Boxing [5]
Mete Gazoz M Archery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ no flag bearer[2]

References

  1. ^ Turkey. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Flagbearers for Türkiye". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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