Turkey has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball, and wheelchair basketball.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Powerlifting Women's 41 kg Table tennis Men's Individual C4 Goalball Women's tournament Table tennis Women's Individual C7 Judo Women's 48 kg Shooting Women's 10m air pistol SH1 Judo Women's 70 kg Athletics Men's 1500m Table tennis Men's team – Class 4–5
| width=20% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics0011Goalball1001Judo0022Powerlifting1001Shooting0011Table tennis1113 Total 3 1 5 9
| width=70% align=left valign=top | Medals by genderGender TotalMale1023Female2136Total 3 1 5 9
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 5 3 8Athletics 3 7 10Football 5-a-side 10 0 10Goalball 6 6 12Judo 2 2 4Powerlifting 0 3 3Shooting 5 4 9Swimming 1 2 3Table Tennis 4 5 9Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12Wheelchair Tennis 0 1 1 Total 48 33 81
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Administration and support As of January 2016, the country had qualified 37 vision impaired athletes for Rio. The Games will be the first where Turkey sends teams in all vision impaired team sports.
5-a-side football
Turkey qualified for the Paralympics after finishing first at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football European Championships. They made it out of group play in second, with England having won the group after not dropping a game. Turkey dropped their game against England 1 - 2, with the English side goals coming from Turnham and English while the Turkish goal came from Hasan Şatay. In elimination play, Şatay and Abdullah Sümer scored two goals in penalty time after their game against Spain ended in 0 - 0 draw. Turkey then met Russia in the gold medal match, where Kahraman Gurbetoğlu scored to give Turkey a 1 - 0 win.
5th–6th place match
Archery
Turkey qualified three archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The spots are all in the compound open, with 2 spots for men and 1 spot for a woman. Bülent Korkmaz earned Turkey's first spot in the men's compound open, with Erdoğan Aygan earning the second men's spot. Handan Biroğlu earned the women's spot after defeating Ireland's Kerrie-Louise Leonard to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Men
|align=left|Sadık Savaş |align=left|Individual Recurve Open |545 |31 |L 2–6 |colspan=5|Did Not Advance |- |align=left|Erdoğan Aygan |align=left rowspan=2|Ind. compound |663 |17 |W 143–142 |L 137–137 |colspan=4|Did Not Advance |- |align=left|Bülent Korkmaz |687 |1 | |W 137–137 |L 138–139 |colspan=3|Did Not Advance |- |align=left|Naci Yenier |align=left rowspan=2|Individual compound W1 |637 |4 | |W 138–131 |L 128–131 |colspan=3|Did Not Advance |- |align=left|Ömer Aşık |648 |1
|L 124–130 |colspan=3|Did Not Advance
Women
|align=left|Zehra Özbey Torun |align=left rowspan=2|Individual Recurve Open |582 |14 |W 6–4 |W 6–2 |L 3–7 |colspan=2|Did Not Advance |5 |- |align=left|Merve Nur Eroğlu |603 |9 |L 2–6 |colspan=5|Did Not Advance |- |align=left|Handan Biroğlu |align=left|Ind. compound |648 |8 | |W 139–137 |L 132–144 |colspan=2|Did Not Advance |5
Mixed
|align=left|Sadık SavaşMerve Nur Eroğlu |align=left|Team Recurve Open |1148 |10 | |L 3–5 |colspan=3|Did Not Advance |9 |- |align=left|Bülent KorkmazHandan Biroğlu |align=left|Team Compound Open |1335 |3
|W 147–145 |L 139–149 |L 128–138 |4
Athletics
Men Track events AthleteEventClassificationHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankSemih Deniz1500mT114:11.741 Q4:05.42Hasan Hüseyin Kaçar1500mT11DSQDid not advance5000mT11colspan=2 15:49.524Mehmet Tunç200mT11DSQDid not advance400mT1153.197Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventClassificationFinalDistancePositionMehmet TunçLong JumpT115.668
Women Track events AthleteEventClassificationHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankZeynep Acet100mT5319.265Did not advance400mT531:08.727Did not advanceHamide Kurt100mT5317.093 Q17.014400mT5356.723 Q57.616800mT52/531:50.335 Q1:52.788Zübeyde Süpürgeci100mT5417.935Did not advance400mT541:04.296Did not advance800mT542:07.637Did not advanceZeynep AcetNurşah UstaHamide KurtZübeyde SüpürgeciT53/54DSQÖznur Alumur1500mT115:14.194Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventClassificationFinalDistancePositionBüşra Nur TırıklıDiscus throwF1125.658Mihriban KayaShot putF2010.1611
Goalball
Men Turkey's men enter the tournament ranked fourth in the world.
Pool B
Quarter-Finals
Women The Turkey women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships. They defeated Japan in the bronze medal game to qualify. Turkey's assistant coach Eren Yıldırım said after his team qualified, "We had a nightmare in the semi-final against Russia (a 2-1 defeat). But our main aim was a place at Rio 2016 and we managed to recuperate and focus on this. We’re really pleased.” Turkey's women enter the tournament ranked fifth in the world.
Pool D
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Judo
AthleteEventFirst roundQuarter-finalSemi-finalFirst repechage roundRepechage semi-finalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank İbrahim Bölükbaşı Men's 100 kgW 0100–0000L 0001–0100align="center" align="center" L 0001–0002Did not advance7 Dursun Hayran Men's +100 kgL 0000–0100align="center" align="center" L 0000–0101Did not advance11 Ecem Taşın Women's 48 kgalign="center" L 0000–1000Did not advanceByeW 1000–0000W 0010–0002 Mesme Taşbağ Women's +70 kgalign="center" L 0000–0111align="center" W 0100–0000align="center" W 0003–0001
Powerlifting
Women AthleteEventResultRankSibel Cam-55 kg859Nazmiye Muratlı-41 kg104Dilfiroz Kuzdağı-67 kg06
Shooting
The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Turkey earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R2 – 10m Air Rifle standing women SH1 event as a result of Çağla Baş winning a silver medal. Cevat Karagöl gave Turkey another spot in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event after winning a bronze medal.
The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Muharrem Korhan Yamaç in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.
The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Savaş Üstün earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.
The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA in November. Ayşegül Pehlivanlar earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the P2 Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 event. Murat Oğuz earned a second qualifying spot for Turkey at this competition in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. Because no women qualified in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 event, the spot for women was reallocated to P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1, which Turkey's Aysel Özgan claimed for her country. Hakan Çevik claimed another spot for Turkey with his performance in the R5 Mixed 10m Air Pistol Prone SH2 event.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankCevat KaragölMen's P1-10m air pistol548-12x28Did not advanceMixed P4-50m air pistol538-3x280.27Hakan ÇevikMixed R4-10m air rifle standing624.119Did not advanceMixed R5-10m air rifle prone631.914Did not advanceMuharrem Korhan YamaçMen's P1-10m air pistol560-12x771.78Mixed P3-25m air pistol563-14x10Did not advanceMixed P4-50m air pistol521-5x15Did not advanceMurat OğuzMen's P1-10m air pistol554-11x20Did not advanceMixed P3-25m air pistolDND31Did not advanceSavaş ÜstünMen's R1-10m air rifle standing604.117Did not advanceMen's R3-10m air rifle prone627.926Did not advanceMen's R6-50m air rifle 3 positions606.128Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAysel ÖzganWomen's P2-10m air pistol366-5x7110.16Mixed P4-50m air pistol505-7x25Did not advanceAyşegül PehlivanlarWomen's P2-10m air pistol368-4x6172.3Çağla AtakalWomen's R2-10m air rifle standing400.213Did not advanceMixed R3-10m air rifle prone619.139Did not advanceSuzan ÇevikWomen's R2-10m air rifle standing402.79Did not advanceMixed R3-10m air rifle prone617.743Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Men
AthletesEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankBeytullah Eroğlu50 m butterfly S538.614 Q38.75550 m backstroke S540.572 Q41.316
Women
AthletesEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankSümeyye Boyacı50 m backstroke S550.348Özlem Kaya50 m freestyle S639.206Did Not Advance50 m butterfly S640.653 Q40.606100 m breaststroke SB61:52.155Did Not AdvanceSevilay Öztürk100 m butterfly S549.944 Q50.898
Table Tennis
Men's individual AthleteEventGroup stageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdullah ÖztürkIndividual C4 W 3-0W 3-11 QW 3-2W 3-2W 3-1Nesim Turan W 3-0W 3-11 QW 3-1W 3-2L 1-3L 0-34Süleyman Vural L 0-3L 0-33Did Not AdvanceAli ÖztürkIndividual C5 L 0-3L 2-33Did Not Advance
Men's team AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdullah ÖztürkAli ÖztürkNesim TuranTeam C4-5W 2-0L 0-2W 2-1
Women's individual AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHatice DumanIndividual C3L 0-3W 3-22 QL 1-3Did Not AdvanceNergis AltıntaşIndividual C4W 0-3W 3-22 QL 0-3Did Not AdvanceKübra KorkutIndividual C7W 3-0L 1-3W 3-02 QW 3-1L 0-3Neslihan KavasIndividual C9W 3-0L 1-3L 2-33Did Not AdvanceÜmran ErtişIndividual C10L 1-3L 0-3L 0-33Did Not Advance
Women's team AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHatice DumanNergis AltıntaşTeam C4-5W 2-0L 1-3Did Not AdvanceNeslihan KavasÜmran ErtişKübra KorkutTeam C6-10L 0-2Did Not Advance
Wheelchair basketball
The Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
During the draw, Brazil had the choice of which group they wanted to be in. They were partnered with Spain, who would be in the group Brazil did not select. Brazil chose Group B, which included Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Algeria. That left Spain in Group A with Australia, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Japan. Group A
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
3rd Place
Wheelchair tennis