Turkey women's national handball team

Turkey women's national handball team
Medal record
Mediterranean Games

Turkey
Turkey
Information
Association	Turkey Handball Federation (THF)
Coach	Costică Buceschi
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2024)
Best result	20th (2024)
	Last updated on .

The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation.

The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidarity Games in 2022. The team is being coached by Costică Buceschi from Romania in 2023. Turkey qualified for the country's first European Women's Handball Championship in 2024. Two years later, they will take part as co-host in 2026.

Current squad

The official squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.^[1]

Heah coach: Costică Buceschi

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	RB	Beyza Gedik	(2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 24)	1.76 m	31	78	Yalıkavak SK
2	LW	Beyzanur Türkyılmaz	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23)	1.65 m	0	0	Adasokağı SK
9	LB	Aslı İskit	(1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 31)	1.78 m	72	242	SCM Craiova
10	LW	Elif Sıla Aydın	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28)	1.68 m	30	72	AZS Koszalin
11	RB	Döne Gül Bozdoğan	(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25)	1.72 m	30	43	CSM Slatina
13	RW	Bilgenur Öztürk	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	1.71 m	13	36	Yalıkavak SK
14	P	Nurceren Akgün Göktepe	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32)	1.81 m	72	127	Yalıkavak SK
16	LB	Buğu Sönmez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	1.82 m	0	0	Anadolu University
17	LW	Beyza İrem Türkoğlu	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)	1.76 m	27	103	SCM Gloria Buzău
18	GK	Yağmur Bembeyaz	(1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 25)	1.83 m	3	0	Üsküdar Belediyespor
20	CB	Gülcan Tügel	(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 24)	1.73 m	18	43	Adasokağı SK
21	LB	Betül Yılmaz (c)	(1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36)	1.78 m	85	182	Bursa BBSK
22	RW	Emine Gökdemir	(2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 (age 21)	1.63 m	18	27	Bursa BBSK
23	CB	Yasemin Şahin	(1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36)	1.68 m	96	341	Üsküdar Belediyespor
26	LB	Diğdem Hoşgör	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)	1.80 m	29	34	MKS Kalisz
47	P	Büşra Işıkhan	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	1.76 m	0	0	Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball
58	GK	Merve Erbektaş	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)	1.82 m	36	7	CSM Slatina
61	RB	Edanur Çetin	(2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24)	1.71 m	6	10	Bursa BBSK
99	P	Ceren Demirçelen	(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32)	1.71 m	36	82	Bursa BBSK

Notable former members

Coaches

Péter Kovács (born 1955), head coach (2007-2010)

Players

Fatma Akgün (born 1988)
Fatma Ay (born 1992)
Sevilay İmamoğlu Öcal (born 1984)
Serpil İskenderoğlu (born 1982)
Gonca Nahcıvanlı (born 1979)
Çiğdem Özcan (born 1984)
Esra Öztürk (born 1988)
Burcu Pirinçci (born 1990)
Seda Yörükler (born 1984)
Yeliz Özel (born 1980)
Esin Sağdıç (born 1988)

Competitive record

Islamic Solidarity Games

Year	Host	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Mecca	Did not participate
2010	Tehran	Cancelled
2013	Palembang	Not held
2017	Baku		5	3	0	2	152	125	27
2021	Konya		5	5	0	0	191	109	82

Mediterranean Games

Year	Host	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2001	Tunis	5th	Data missing
2005	Almeria	5th	4	2	0	2	152	146	6
2009	Pescara		6	5	0	1	190	154	36
2013	Mersin	6th	5	2	0	3	119	137	-8
2018	Tarragona	5th	5	3	0	2	148	149	-1
2022	Oran	5th	4	2	0	2	121	117	4

World Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	/–
1957	Did not qualify
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025	To be determined
2027
2029
2031
Total	0/30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	Preliminary	20th	3	0	1	2	68	102
2026	Qualified as co-hosts
2028	TBD
Total	2/18	–	3	0	1	2	68	102