Turkey men's national volleyball team
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| Nickname(s) | Filenin Efeleri | ||
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| Association | Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu | ||
| Confederation | CEV | ||
| Head coach |  Slobodan Kovač | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1956) | ||
| Best result | 6th (2025) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1958) | ||
| Best result | 10th (2021) | ||
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Honours | |||
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The Turkey men's national volleyball team is the men's national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
Medals
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| European League | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Mediterranean Games | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Summer Universiade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
Competitions
Olympic Games
World Championship
| World Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Result | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad |
 1949 – .svg.png){kind=small} 1952 |
did not enter | |||||||
 1956 |
21st–24th places | 22nd | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1960 –  1962 |
did not enter | |||||||
| 1966 |
9th–16th places | 16th | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |
 1970 –  1994 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1998 |
First round | 19th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Squad |
 2002 –  2018 |
did not qualify | |||||||
  2022 |
Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
 2025 |
Quarterfinals | 6th | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | Squad |
| 2027
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Future event | |||||||
 2029
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| Total | 5/21 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 48 | ||
Record by Opponent
| FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship(by team) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | GP | MW | ML | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
1 | 1 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Brazil |
1 | 1 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
2 | 2 | |||||
 China |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Hungary |
1 | 1 | |||||
 India |
1 | 1 | |||||
| Italy |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Japan |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Libya |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Luxembourg |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Mongolia |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Poland |
2 | 2 | |||||
 Romania |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Russia |
1 | 1 | |||||
 South Korea |
1 | 1 | |||||
| Soviet Union |
1 | 1 | |||||
 United States |
2 | 2 | |||||
 Germany |
1 | 1 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 10 | 17 | ||||
World Cup
| Year | Result | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Japan | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 1/15 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
World League
| World League Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Result | Pld | W | L | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1990 – 2009 |
did not enter | |||||||
| 2010 – 2013 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2014 |
Group 3 Final | 22nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2015 |
Intercontinental round | 25th | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2016 |
Group 2 Final | 16th | 11 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 2017 |
Intercontinental round | 23rd | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Total | 5/21 | 34 | 21 | 13 | ||||
Nations League
| Year | Result | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | PW | PL | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2018
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did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2019
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| 2021
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| 2022
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| 2023
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| 2024
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16th place | 12 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 1024 | 1124 | Squad |
| 2025
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17th place | 12 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 945 | 992 | Squad |
 2026 |
qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 2/7 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 62 | 1969 | 2116 | — |
Record by opponent
| FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League matches (by team) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | GP | MW | ML | ||||
| Argentina |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bulgaria |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Canada |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| China |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| France |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Germany |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Iran |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Italy |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Poland |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Serbia |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Slovenia |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
 Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| United States |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 4 | 20 | ||||
Challenger Cup
| Challenger Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Result | Pld | W | L | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} 2018 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2019 |
Semifinal | 4th | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2022 |
Final |  |
3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2023 |
Final |  |
3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024 |
did not enter (Participated in Nations League) | |||||||
| Total | 3/5 | Titles:1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||
Record by opponent
| FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup matches (by team) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | GP | MW | ML | ||||
 Belarus |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
 Chile |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
 Cuba |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
 Dominican Republic |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Qatar |
2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ukraine |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||
European Championship
| European Championship Record | Qualification Record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | M | W | L | SW | SL | PW | PL | M | W | L | SW | SL | PW | PL | |||
| 1948 |
did not enter | no qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950
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| 1951
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| 1955
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| 1958 |
12/20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 489 | 500 | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1963 |
11/17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 551 | 425 | ||||||||||
 1967 |
14/20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 428 | 512 | ||||||||||
| 1971 |
15/22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 291 | 321 | ||||||||||
| 1975 |
did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||
 1977 |
4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 |
did not start | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 |
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||
 1983 |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||
 1989 |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 1993 |
6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 |
6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 |
8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | |||||||||||||
 1999 |
10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 |
6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 |
6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 2005 |
6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 |
15/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 243 | 287 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| 2009 |
13/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 234 | 269 | via host | |||||||||
| 2011 |
11/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 320 | 332 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||||
 2013 |
14/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 283 | 293 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |||||
| 2015 |
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 |
11/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 339 | 357 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||||
| 2019 |
12/24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 474 | 496 | via 2017 ranking | |||||||||
 2021 |
10/24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 579 | 554 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 328 | 263 | |||
  2023 |
13/24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 574 | 546 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 349 | 278 | |||
| 2026 |
Qualified | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 326 | 253 | ||||||||||
| Total | 13/34 | 75 | 29 | 46 | 129 | 157 | 4805 | 4892 | 126 | 69 | 57 | |||||||
European Volleyball League
| European League Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Result | Pld | W | L | |||
| 2004 |
League Round | 5th | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2005 |
Semifinal | 4th | 14 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2006 |
Semifinal | 4th | 14 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2007 |
League Round | 5th | 12 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2008 |
Semifinal |  |
14 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 2009 |
League Round | 5th | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||
 2010 |
Semifinal | |
14 | 7 | 7 | |||
 2011 |
League Round | 11th | 12 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 2012 |
Final | |
14 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2013 |
Semifinal | 4th | 14 | 4 | 10 | |||
 2014 |
League Round | 8th | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2015 |
League Round | 6th | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2016 |
did not enter | |||||||
| 2017
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| 2018 |
Semifinal | |
8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2019 |
Final | |
8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021 |
Final | |
8 | 8 | 0 | |||
 2022 |
Final | |
6 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2023 |
Final | |
8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2024 |
did not enter (Participated in Nations League) | |||||||
| 2025
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| Total | 17/21 | 190 | 107 | 83 | ||||
Mediterranean Games
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
 1959 |
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| 1963 |
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 1967 |
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| 1971 |
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 1975 |
5th |
| 1979 |
7th |
 1983 |
7th |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1987 |
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| 1991 |
6th |
| 1993 |
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| 1997 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2005 |
8th |
| 2009 |
5th |
| 2013 |
4th |
| 2018 |
7th |
| 2022 |
5th |
| 2026 |
Other tournaments
- Balkan Volleyball Championship
- BVA Cup
Team
Current squad
The following is the Turkish roster in the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.[1]
Head coach: Slobodan Kovac
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2023–24 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ahmet Tümer | 15 September 2001 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 375 cm (148 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Galatasaray
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| 5 | Mert Matić | 22 May 1995 | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 368 cm (145 in) | 350 cm (140 in) | Halkbank
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| 7 | Bedirhan Bülbül | 29 July 1999 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Ziraat Bankası
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| 9 | Ramazan Efe Mandıracı | 1 April 2002 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 0 kg (0 lb) | 370 cm (150 in) | 345 cm (136 in) | Piacenza
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| 11 | Mirza Lagumdžija | 18 May 2001 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 334 cm (131 in) | Arkas Spor
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| 12 | Adis Lagumdžija | 29 March 1999 | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Volley Lube
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| 14 | Gökçen Yüksel | 11 July 2004 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 315 cm (124 in) | Galatasaray
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| 16 | Beytullah Hatipoğlu | 24 February 1992 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Galatasaray
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| 17 | Murat Yenipazar | 1 January 1993 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 339 cm (133 in) | 322 cm (127 in) | Ziraat Bankası
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| 19 | Berkay Bayraktar | 3 July 1998 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Ziraat Bankası
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| 23 | Muhammed Kaya | 7 February 1995 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Spor Toto
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| 55 | Cafer Kirkit | 1 January 2001 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 0 kg (0 lb) | 0 cm (0 in) | 0 cm (0 in) | Altekma S.K
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| 59 | Can Koç | 9 April 2003 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Arkas Spor
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| 77 | Yiğit Savaş Kaplan | 10 January 2004 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 365 cm (144 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | İstanbul Gençlik S.K
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Former coaches
| Dates | Name |
|---|---|
| 1958–1959 | .svg.png){kind=small} Nicolae Sotir
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| 1966 | Nicolae Murafa
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| 1970–1971 | Kosta Shapov
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| 2006–2008 |  Gennady Parshin[2]
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| 2008–2010 | Fausto Polidori[3]
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| 2010–2013 | Veljko Bašić[4]
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| 2013–2016 | Emanuele Zanini
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| 2017 | Joško Milenkoski
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| 2018–2022 | Nedim Özbey
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| 2023 | Alberto Giuliani
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| 2024 | Cédric Énard
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| 2025 | Umut Çakır
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| 2025–present | Slobodan Kovač
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Former squads
- 2010 European League — Silver Medal
- Volkan Güç, Enver Kıdoğlu, Sinan Cem Tanık, Selçuk Keskin, Hasan Yeşilbudak, Arslan Ekşi, Rahmi Çağlar Aksoy, Erhan Dünge, Kadir Cin, Serhat Coşkun, Cüneyt Dağcı, Emre Batur, Burutay Subaşı, Kemal Kuvanç Elgaz, Ahmet Pezük, Zafer Ceyhun Tendar, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Ufuk Minici, Fatih Cihan, Berkan Bozan, Mustafa Koç, Özer Özger, Mustafa Kırıcı and Sabit Karaağaç. Head coach: Veljko Bašić
- Volkan Güç, Enver Kıdoğlu, Sinan Cem Tanık, Selçuk Keskin, Hasan Yeşilbudak, Arslan Ekşi, Rahmi Çağlar Aksoy, Erhan Dünge, Kadir Cin, Serhat Coşkun, Cüneyt Dağcı, Emre Batur, Burutay Subaşı, Kemal Kuvanç Elgaz, Ahmet Pezük, Zafer Ceyhun Tendar, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Ufuk Minici, Fatih Cihan, Berkan Bozan, Mustafa Koç, Özer Özger, Mustafa Kırıcı and Sabit Karaağaç. Head coach:
- 2012 European League — Silver Medal
- Ulaş Kıyak, Murat Yenipazar, Ahmet Pezük, Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz, Gökhan Gökgöz, Emin Gök, Burutay Subaşı, Serhat Coşkun, Halil İbrahim Yücel, Emre Batur, Murathan Kısal, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Berkan Bozan, Baturalp Burak Güngör, Alperay Demirciler, Shoyo Hinita, Arslan Ekşi, Sabit Karaağaç, Selçuk Keskin, Serkan Oğuz, Ali Berke Sağır, Sinan Cem Tanık, Resul Tekeli and Koray Şahin. Head coach: Veljko Bašić[5]
- Ulaş Kıyak, Murat Yenipazar, Ahmet Pezük, Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz, Gökhan Gökgöz, Emin Gök, Burutay Subaşı, Serhat Coşkun, Halil İbrahim Yücel, Emre Batur, Murathan Kısal, Ramazan Serkan Kılıç, Berkan Bozan, Baturalp Burak Güngör, Alperay Demirciler, Shoyo Hinita, Arslan Ekşi, Sabit Karaağaç, Selçuk Keskin, Serkan Oğuz, Ali Berke Sağır, Sinan Cem Tanık, Resul Tekeli and Koray Şahin. Head coach:
See also
- Men's
- Turkey Men's national volleyball team
- Turkey Men's national volleyball team U23
- Turkey Men's national volleyball team U21
- Turkey Men's national volleyball team U19
- Women's
- Turkey Women's national volleyball team
- Turkey Women's national volleyball team U23
- Turkey Women's national volleyball team U20
- Turkey Women's national volleyball team U18
References
- ^ "Team Turkıye". Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "A Milli voleybolculara yeni antrenör". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ "A Erkeklerde Fausto Polidori Dönemi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ "A Erkek Milli Takımın yeni hocası Veljko Bašić". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ "2012 CEV Volleyball European League – Men – Turkey Team Roster". CEV. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
External links
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