# Turkey at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Turkey competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

## Team selection

An initial team of 23 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. In the absence of the 2010 European Athletics Championships 10000m Elvan Abeylegesse, who is missing this summer due to maternity, the team is led by the current European 5000m champion Alemitu Bekele. The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 21 athletes.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of 20 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Women | 4 x 400 metres relay | Merve Aydın |
| Women | 4 x 400 metres relay | Sema Aydemir-Apak |

## Results
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
| Bekir Karayel | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:33:20 SB | 47 |
| Abdurrahim Çelik | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:25:39 | 28 |
| Ercüment Olgundeniz | Discus throw | 60.86 | 25 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eşref Apak | Hammer throw | 73.38 | 18 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fatih Eryıldırım | Hammer throw | 69.37 | 28 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fatih Avan | Javelin throw | 81.94 | 5 | | | | | 83.34 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
| Pınar Saka | 400 metres | | | 53.59 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Merve Aydın | 800 metres | | | 2:04.88 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tuğba Karakaya | 1500 metres | | | 4:10.38 | 12 | 4:08.58 | 8 | 4:08.14 | 8 |
| Aslı Çakır | 1500 metres | | | 4:08.05 | 7 | 4:11.51 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alemitu Bekele | 5000 metres | | | 15:38.25 | 17 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bahar Doğan | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:42:56 | 36 |
| Nevin Yanıt | 100 m hurdles | | | 13.07 SB | 17 | 13.31 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nagihan Karadere | 400 m hurdles | | | 56.76 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Birsen Yavuz-Engin | 400 m hurdles | | | 57.22 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Binnaz Uslu | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:24.56 NR | 2 | | | 9:31.06 | 7 |
| Gülcan Mıngır | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 10:04.83 | 26 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nagihan Karadere Birsen Yavuz-Engin Meliz Redif Pınar Saka | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:32.15 | 15 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Semiha Mutlu | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | DNF | |
| Karin Melis Mey | Long jump | 6.52 | 11 q | | | | | 6.44 | 8 |