Turkey at the 2025 Summer World University Games

Turkey at the
2025 Summer World University Games
IOC codeTUR
in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany
16 July 2025 (2025-07-16) – 27 July 2025 (2025-07-27)
Competitors144 (70 men and 74 women)
Medals
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
7
Total
18
Summer World University Games appearances

Turkey will compete at the 2025 Summer World University Games, which will held from 16 July to 27 July 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany.[1] Turkey concluded the 2025 Summer World University Games with a total of 18 medals — 6 gold, 7 silver, and 5 bronze — and ranked 8th overall.[2][3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Day
 Gold Şevval Çakal Taekwondo Women's 62 kg 21 July
 Gold Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar Taekwondo Women's 73 kg 22 July
 Gold Berke Akçam Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 23 July
 Gold Özlem Becerek Athletics Women's discus throw 24 July
 Gold Batuhan Akçaoğlu
Yakup Yıldız
Yunus Emre Arslan
Archery Men's compound team 25 July
 Gold Esra Türkmen Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 July
 Silver Muhammed Emir Yılmaz Taekwondo Men's individual poomsae 17 July
 Silver Ömer Faruk Dayıoğlu Taekwondo Men's 63 kg 22 July
 Silver Mert Alkaya
Tuncay Duran
Tennis Men's doubles 25 July
 Silver Ramazan Baştuğ Athletics Men's Half Marathon 26 July
 Silver Azat Demirtaş
Ramazan Baştuğ
Ayetullah Aslanhan
Ömer Amaçtan
Athletics Men's half marathon team 26 July
 Bronze Berkim Tümer
Berkay Akkoyun
Abdullah Yıldırmış
Archery Men's recurve team 25 July
 Bronze Berkim Tümer Archery Men's recurve individual 26 July
 Bronze Nursena Çeto
Dilek Öztürk
Ezgi Kaya
Athletics Women's half marathon team 26 July
 Bronze Mert Alkaya
Tuncay Duran
Tennis Men's team classification 26 July
 Bronze Elis Özbay Rowing Women's single sculls 27 July
 Bronze Mehmet Çelik Athletics Men's 800 metres 27 July
 Bronze İlyas Çanakçı
Kubilay Ençü
Berke Akçam
İsmail Nezir
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 27 July

Competitors

Team Turkey have selected a squad of 144 athletes to compete in the 2025 Summer World University Games.[4]


Sport Men Women Total
Archery 6 4 10
Athletics 21 21 42
Badminton 2 2 4
Fencing 3 4 7
Gymnastics 5 5 10
Judo 4 5 9
Rowing 4 1 5
Swimming 5 4 9
Table Tennis 3 3 6
Taekwondo 12 9 21
Tennis 2 2 4
Water polo 0 13 13
Total 70 74 144

Archery

Recurve

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 128 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
Opposition
Score
Rank
Berkim Tümer Men's individual 652 18 Bye  Chauhan (IND)
W 6-4
 Yechan (KOR)
W 7-1
 Frenkel (ISR)
W 7-3
 Borsani (ITA)
W 6-5
 Chih-chun (TPE)
L 0-6
 Hao (CHN)
W 6-4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Berkay Akkoyun 650 20 Bye  Collas (BEL)
W 6-4
 Wangyu (CHN)
L 2-6
Did not advance 17
Abdullah Yıldırmış 644 23 Bye  Choudhary (IND)
W 6-2
 Borsani (ITA)
L 1-7
Did not advance 17
Gizem Özkan Women's individual 634 25 Bye  Mazlan (MAS)
W 6-5
 Eun-seo (KOR)
W 6-4
 Fong (TPE)
L 4-6
Did not advance 9
Fatma Maraşlı 612 43  Celan (MDA)
W 7-1
 Tretiakova (UKR)
W 6-0
 Sebastian (FRA)
L 5-6
Did not advance 17
Defne Derebaşı 596 55  Lum (USA)
W 6-4
 Klinger (GER)
L 5-6
Did not advance 33
Gizem Özkan
Berkim Tümer
Mixed team 1286 10  Switzerland
W 6-0
 Germany
L 1-5
Did not advance 9
Berkim Tümer
Berkay Akkoyun
Abdullah Yıldırmış
Men's team 1947 6 Bye  Poland
W 6-0
 China
W 5-4
 Japan
L 1-5
 Chinese Taipei
W 6-0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gizem Özkan
Fatma Maraşlı
Defne Derebaşı
Women's team 1842 12 Bye  India
L 0-6
Did not advance 9

Compound

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
Batuhan Akçaoğlu Men's individual 696 10 Bye  Hoy (CAN)
W 148-139
 Djie (NED)
W 149-143
 Flüß (GER)
L 145-145
Did not advance 9
Yunus Emre Arslan 693 15 Bye  Conan (SGP)
W 148-136
 Ting (TPE)
W 147-145
 Dalal (IND)
L 148-148
Did not advance 9
Yakup Yıldız 690 26 Bye  Saharuddin (MAS)
W 147-138
 Flüß (GER)
L 143-145
Did not advance 17
Hazal Burun Women's individual 681 11 Bye  Kaur (IND)
L 144-145
Did not advance 17
Hazal Burun
Batuhan Akçaoğlu
Mixed team 1377 5 Bye  Slovenia
W 156-144
 Great Britain
L 154-158
Did not advance 6
Batuhan Akçaoğlu
Yunus Emre Arslan
Yakup Yıldız
Men's team 2079 3  Croatia
W 229-227
 Germany
W 236-225
 South Korea
W 236-235
 India
W 232-231
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Taekwondo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alihan Kuru 54 kg  Mejia (ECU)
W 2–0
 Mirza (GER)
W 2–0
 Gun (USA)
L 1–2
Did not advance 5
Enes Kaplan 58 kg  Thai (MAS)
W 2–0
 Kurbonov (UZB)
L 1–2
Did not advance 9
Ömer Faruk Dayıoğlu 63 kg  Tsuruoka (JPN)
W 2–0
 Merdanaj (ALB)
W 1–0
 Sritimongkol (THA)
W 2–0
 Borgen (NOR)
W 2–0
 Ababakirov (KAZ)
L 0–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Berkay Erer 68 kg  Frederick (USA)
W 2–0
 Bystrov (UKR)
W 2–1
 Yushuai (CHN)
L 1–2
Did not advance 5
Ömer Furkan Körpe 74 kg  Mamatov (UKR)
W 2–1
 Mercer (THA)
W 2–1
 Matos (BRA)
L 0–2
Did not advance 5
Muhammet Enes Şahin 80 kg  Hidri (ALB)
W 2–0
 Marques (BRA)
L 0–2
Did not advance 9
Hüseyin Kartal 87 kg  Lee (KOR)
L 0–2
Did not advance 17
Hüseyin Berat Demircioğlu +87 kg Bye  Ruderman (ISR)
W 2–1
 Kablan (KAZ)
L 0–2
Did not advance 5
Muhammed Emir Yılmaz Individual poomsae Bye  Reytomas (AUS)
W 8.799-8.583
8.765 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Muhammed Emir Yılmaz
Yusuf Emre Akbıyık
Furkan Bayrak
Team poomsae  China
L 8.816-8.849
Did not advance
Hüseyin Berat Demircioğlu
Berkay Erer
Ömer Faruk Dayıoğlu
Team Kyorugi Bye  Uzbekistan
L 0-2
Did not advance 9
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Emine Göğebakan 46 kg Bye  Yun-seo (KOR)
L 1–2
Did not advance 9
Elif Sude Akgül 49 kg Bye  Okazaki (JPN)
W 2–0
 Akhmedova (KAZ)
L 1–2
Did not advance 5
Zeynep Taşkın 53 kg  Chanambam (IND)
W 2–0
 Qing (CHN)
L 1–1
Did not advance 9
Rüya Diler 57 kg  Zapata (ECU)
W 2–0
 Mirabzalova (UZB)
L 0–2
Did not advance 9
Şevval Çakal 62 kg Bye  Adilbekkyzy (KAZ)
W 2–0
 Mina (ECU)
W 2–1
 Tongchan (THA)
W 2–0
 Štolbová (CZE)
W 2–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
İkra Kayır 67 kg  Chareewan (THA)
W 2–0
 Tomczak (POL)
W 2–0
 Reyes (ESP)
L 0–2
Did not advance 5
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar 73 kg Bye  Javed (PAK)
W 2–0
 Makhmutova (KAZ)
W 2–0
 Oh (KOR)
W 2–0
 Chaâri (BEL)
W 2–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Esra Akbulak +73 kg Bye  Shvedkova (AIN)
L 0–2
Did not advance 9
Gülsena Ertunç Individual poomsae  Arellano (JPN)
L 8.315-8.566
Did not advance
Esra Akbulak
Rüya Diler
İkra Kayır
Team Kyorugi Bye  Canada
WO
 China
L 0-2
Did not advance 5
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gülsena Ertunç
Aykut Taşgın
Pair poomsae Bye  Singapore
L 8.066–8.282
Did not advance
Şevval Çakal
Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar
Ömer Furkan Körpe
Hüseyin Berat Demircioğlu
Team kyorugi Bye  Germany
L 1–2
Did not advance 9

Water polo

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Classification 5th-8th Classification
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Türkiye women's Women's tournament  Hungary
L 5–25
 Australia
L 10–22
 Germany
L 5–24
4  Italy
L 5–20
 Australia
L 6–24
 Hungary
L 7–25
8

References

  1. ^ "(TUR) Türkiye". rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 2025-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Turkey finished 8th at the 32nd Summer World University Games". Fanatik. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  3. ^ "All final results and medallists from Rhine-Ruhr 2025". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  4. ^ "Rhine-Ruhr 2025 General Schedule". Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Official Website. Retrieved 21 July 2025.