• Among all sport in Turkey, the most popular one is football. Turkey's top teams include Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş. In 2000, Galatasaray won...
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    popular sport in Turkey, followed by basketball, tracing its roots to the Ottoman Empire. The first matches were played in Ottoman Salonica in 1875. The...
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    The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı), recognized as Türkiye by FIFA and UEFA, represents Turkey in men's international...
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    Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast...
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    Wrestling (Turkish: güreş) is considered as an "ancestral sport" in Turkey, represented foremost by the annual Kırkpınar tournament in oil wrestling....
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  • currently holds an 80% stake in the Premier League club Southampton. On 19 August 2022, Sport Republic acquired a 70% stake in Turkish club Göztepe, becoming...
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  • of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye kültürü) or the Turkish culture (Türk kültürü) includes both the national culture and local cultures. Currently, Turkey has...
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  • popular sport after football and chess in Turkey, practiced by more than 400,000 licensed participants. Taekwondo was introduced in Turkey in the 1960s...
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    redefined in accordance with the alignment of the acquis for Accession of Turkey to the European Union. Cabinet of Turkey Sport in Turkey List of ministers...
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  • in Turkey in 1904 at Robert College. An American physical education teacher laid the foundations of the sport in the country. Seven years later, in 1911...
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    Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964...
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    Sport. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025. "Turkey squad announced for the Toulon Tournament 2018!" (in Turkish)...
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    Antalyaspor (category Football clubs in Turkey)
    Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The football side...
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  • Surfing is a growing sport in Turkey, which offers surfers a variety of wave conditions. The Mediterranean Sea on the south coast provides warm water...
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    Turkey hunting is a sport involving the pursuit of the elusive wild turkey. Long before the European settlers arrived in North America, the Native Americans...
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    Turkey bowling is a sport which is based on ordinary bowling. A frozen turkey serves as the bowling ball and 10 liquid-filled plastic beverage bottles...
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  • list of notable Turkish people, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands...
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    Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat...
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    earthquake is the largest in Turkey since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake of the same magnitude, and jointly the second-largest in the country, after larger...
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    the Turkey national team. Known for his dribbling, shooting and playmaking ability, he is widely regarded as one of the best young footballers in the...
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  • Cricket Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Kriket) is the ICC-recognised governing body of the sport of cricket in Turkey. It is Turkey's representative at the...
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    Batman (Kurdish: Êlih) is a city and capital of Batman District in Batman Province, Turkey. It lies on a plateau, 540 meters (1,772 feet) above sea level...
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    Olympic Committee for Turkey, Turkish National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1911.   Leading in that sport Adem Bereket from 4th...
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  • on loan". BBC Sport. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025. "Calvin Ramsay in but no Celtic players in Scotland squad for Turkey friendly". BBC...
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  • Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 25 to 28 percent of the population. Historically, in the...
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  • (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe], Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe or simply Fener, is a Turkish professional multi-sport club...
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    Censorship in Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to Article...
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  • holidays in Turkey are established by the Act 2429 of 19 March 1981 that replaced the Act 2739 of 27 May 1935. These holidays can be grouped in national...
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    racket sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking...
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  • years basketball was a little-known sport in Turkey, but when the American drama The White Shadow started airing in the country, it gained popularity....
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