# Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey (listed as TUR) participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. With one hundred female and one hundred ninety-six male athletes participating, Turkey garnered seventy-three medals, marking this as its most successful participation in an international multi-sport gaming event in its history.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Eşref Apak | Athletics | Men's Hammer Throw |
| Gold | Turkey | Basketball | Women's Team |
| Gold | Atagün Yalçınkaya | Boxing | Men's 51 kg |
| Gold | Bülent Ulusoy | Boxing | Men's 69 kg |
| Gold | Selim Tataroğlu | Judo | Men's + 100 kg |
| Gold | Belkıs Zehra Kaya | Judo | Women's + 78 kg |
| Gold | Yıldız Aras | Karate | Women's Open |
| Gold | Turkey | Volleyball | Women's Team |
| Gold | Gülbeyi Aktı | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg - Snatch |
| Gold | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | Ekrem Celil | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | Bünyamin Sudaş | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | Nurcan Taylan | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg - Snatch |
| Gold | Nurcan Taylan | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | Emine Bilgin | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg - Snatch |
| Gold | Selçuk Çebi | Wrestling | Men's Grecoroman 66 kg |
| Gold | Mahmut Altay | Wrestling | Men's Grecoroman 74 kg |
| Gold | Serhat Balcı | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 84 kg |
| Gold | Hakan Koç | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 96 kg |
| Gold | Aydın Polatçı | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 120 kg |
| Silver | Turkey | Archery | Women's team |
| Silver | Selçuk Aydın | Boxing | Lightweight (60 kg) |
| Silver | Savaş Kaya | Boxing | Middleweight (75 kg) |
| Silver | İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan | Boxing | Light heavyweight (81 kg) |
| Silver | Turkey | Football | Men's team |
| Silver | Turkey | Golf | Men's team |
| Silver | Aynur Samat | Judo | Women's 48–52 kg |
| Silver | Turkey | Football | Men's team |
| Silver | Yıldız Aras | Karate | Women's +65 kg |
| Silver | Saim Kaya, Saim Kaya | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
| Silver | Mete Yeltepe | Rowing | Men's lightweight single sculls |
| Silver | Yusuf Dikeç | Shooting | Men 10 m Air pistol |
| Silver | Gülbeyi Aktı | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Silver | Sedat Artuç | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg - Snatch |
| Silver | Yasin Arslan | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg - Snatch |
| Silver | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Silver | Mehmet Yılmaz | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg - Snatch |
| Silver | Bünyamin Sudaş | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg - Snatch |
| Silver | Sibel Özkan | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Silver | Serkan Özden | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg |
| Silver | Yekta Yılmaz Gül | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| Silver | Tevfik Odabaşı | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg |
| Silver | Zeynep Yıldırım | Wrestling | Women's 51 kg |
| Silver | Fahrettin Özata | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Bronze | Derya Bard Sarıaltın | Archery | Women's individual |
| Bronze | Ercüment Olgundeniz | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Bronze | Turkey | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m Relay |
| Bronze | Binnaz Uslu | Athletics | 800 m |
| Bronze | Anzhela Atroshchenko | Athletics | Heptathlon |
| Bronze | Abdülkadir Koçak | Boxing | Light flyweight (48 kg) |
| Bronze | Serdar Avcı | Boxing | Bantamweight (54 kg) |
| Bronze | Yakup Kılıç | Boxing | Featherweight (57 kg) |
| Bronze | Önder Şipal | Boxing | Super lightweight (64 kg) |
| Bronze | Hamza Hakan Sayın | Golf | Men's Individual |
| Bronze | Bektaş Demirel | Judo | Men's 60–66 kg |
| Bronze | Burhan Koçan | Judo | Men's 81–90 kg |
| Bronze | Neşe Şensoy Yıldız | Judo | Women's -48 kg |
| Bronze | Seda Karadağ | Judo | Women's 73–78 kg |
| Bronze | Şevket Baştürk | Karate | Men's -60 kg |
| Bronze | Zeynel Çelik | Karate | Men's 75–80 kg |
| Bronze | Yusuf Başer | Karate | Men's Open |
| Bronze | Vildan Doğan | Karate | Women's -50 kg |
| Bronze | Gülcihan Ustaoğlu | Karate | Women's 60–65 kg |
| Bronze | İhsan Emre Vural, Ahmet Yumrukaya | Rowing | Men's Lightweight coxless pair |
| Bronze | Halil İbrahim Öztürk | Shooting | Men 10 m Air rifle |
| Bronze | Ekrem Celil | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg - Snatch |
| Bronze | Mehmet Yılmaz | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Bronze | Emine Bilgin | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg - Clean and Jerk |
| Bronze | Erkan Dündar | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg |
| Bronze | Uğur Tüfenk | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg |
| Bronze | Mehmet Özal | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| Bronze | Ramazan Demir | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 55 kg |
| Bronze | Levent Kaleli | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 66 kg |

## Results by event
### Archery

Men's individual
* Mehmet Darılmaz - 14th place
* Doğan Gürsel - 7th place
* Okyay Tunc Küçükkayalar - 11th place
Women's individual
* Derya Bard Sarıaltın Bronze medal
* Damla Günay - 14th place
* Zekiye Keskin Şatır - 11th place
Women's team
* Derya Bard Sarıaltın, Damla Günay, Zekiye Keskin Şatır – defeated Italy by 236-232 - Silver medal

### Artistic gymnastics

* Göksu Üçtaş
* Ebru Karaduman

### Athletics

Men's
* İsmail Aslan 100 m, 200 m
* Tuncay Örs 400 m Hurdles – 52.55' – 8th place
* Selahattin Çobanoğlu 800 m
* Ramazan Çuğlan 1500 m
* Halil Akkaş 3000 m Steeplechase
* Abdülkadir Türk Half marathon – 1:08:10.00 - 9th place
* Ercüment Olgundeniz Discus throw 59.16 m - Bronze medal
* Eşref Apak Hammer throw – 77.88 m - Gold medal
* Ferhat Çiçek Long jump – 7.50 m – 11th place
* Ferhat Çiçek Triple jump – 16.03 m – 11th place
* Fatih Yazıcı Shot put
Men's handicap
* Ömer Cantay 1500 m wheelchair 3:30.94 – 6th place
Women's
* Saliha Memiş 100 m - 12.09' 13th place at the semifinals
* Esen Kızıldağ 100 m Hurdles 13.97' – 7th place
* Birsen Bekgöz 200 m - 24.33' 9h place at the semifinals, 400 m Hurdles - 50.03' 14th place at the semifinals
* Pınar Saka 400 m – 54.75 – 7th place
* Özge Gürler 400 m Hurdles - 58.24' 11th place at the semifinals
* Anzhela Atroshchenko, Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler, Saliha Memiş, Pınar Saka 4 × 100 m Relay – 45.93' – 6th place
* Anzhela Atroshchenko, Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler, Saliha Memiş, Pınar Saka, Binnaz Uslu 4 × 400 m Relay – 3:40.75' - Bronze medal
* Binnaz Uslu 800 m – 2:02.68' - Bronze medal
* Türkan Bozkurt Erişmiş Half marathon – 1:17:56.00 - 5th place
* Yeliz Ay 20 km Walk - not finished
* Candeğer Kılınçer Oğuz High jump – 1.82 m – 5th place
* Filiz Kadoğan Shot put 16.45 m - 5th place
* Anzhela Atroshchenko Heptathlon (100 m Hurdles: 14.15' – 4th place -, 200 m: 25.26' 4th ace, 800 m: 2:16.61' – 4th place, High jump: 1.70 m – 5th place, Javelin throw: 40.73 m – 4th place, Long jump: 6.17 m – 3rd place, Shot put: 13.22 m – 3rd place) - 5,870p - Bronze medal

### Basketball

Men
* Ender Arslan, Fırat Aydemir, Volkan Çetintahra, Hüseyin Demiral, Ermal Kurtoğlu, Reha Öz, Barış Özcan, Cevher Özer, Valentin Pastal, Kaya Peker, Kerem Tunçeri, Erkan Veyseloğlu - 4th place
Women
* Gülşah Akkaya, Korel Engin, Yasemin Horasan, Şaziye İvegin, Arzu Özyiğit, Esmeral Tunçluer, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesır, Müjde Yüksel Gold medal

### Beach volleyball

Men
* Semih Çıtak, Mehmet Akif Gürgen, Bülent Kandemir, Erkan Togan
Women
* Ebru Bayram, Nejla Güçlü, Zülfiye Gündoğdu, Müjgan Keskin

### Boxing

* Abdülkadir Koçak Light flyweight (48 kg) Bronze medal
* Atagün Yalçınkaya Flyweight (51 kg) Gold medal
* Serdar Avcı Bantamweight (54 kg) Bronze medal
* Yakup Kılıç Featherweight (57 kg) Bronze medal
* Selçuk Aydın Lightweight (60 kg) Silver medal
* Önder Şipal Super lightweight (64 kg) Bronze medal
* Bülent Ulusoy Welterweight (69 kg) Gold medal
* Savaş Kaya Middleweight (75 kg) Silver medal
* İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan Light heavyweight (81 kg) Silver medal
* Kurban Günebakan Super heavyweight (+91 kg)

### Canoe, flat

Men's
* Akın Ağzer Çiçek K1 500 m
* Fırat Akça K1 1000 m
* Gökhan Bahadır, Tolga Turan K2 500 m
* Abdurrahman Demir, Murat Zeki Güçlü K2 1000 m
Women's
* İclal Maviş K1 500 m
* Gamze Togay K1 500 m K1 1000 m

### Cycling, road

Individual time trial
* Kemal Küçükbay – 13th place
* Mehmet Mutlu – 15th place
Road race
* M. Mustafa Karaselek
* Kemal Küçükbay
* Mustafa Maral
* Mehmet Mutlu
* Orhan Şahin
* Behçet Usta

### Equestrian

Individual jumping
* Sencer Can
* İhsan Sencer Horasan
* Hulki Karagülle
* İskender Pisak
* Ata Zorlu
Team jumping
* Sencer Can, Sencer Horasan, Hulki Karagülle, Ata Zorlu

### Fencing

Men's individual épée
* Ulaş Barış Badoğlu
Men's individual foil
* Adnan Özsanat
* Utku Uluşahin
Men's individual sabre
* Erdoğan Kızıldağ
* Kerem Seyfi Yıldırım
Women's individual épée
* Emel Işık
Women's individual foil
* Ilgın Güçlüer
* Tuğba Nilay Güngör

### Football

Men
* Volkan Babacan, Can Arat, Cafercan Aksu, Ertan Aktepe, Serhat Akyüz, Serkan Atak, Bulut Basmaz, İbrahim Dağaşan, Emre Hamzaoğlu, Bekir Irtegun, Ramazan Kahya, Doğa Kaya, Serdar Kurtuluş, Muhammet Reis, Soner Sakarya, Feridun Sungur, Arda Turan, Sezgin Yılmaz – lost to Spain by 0-1 - Silver medal

### Golf

Men's Individual
* Mustafa Hocaoğlu – 295p- 5th place
* Gencer Özcan – 299p- 6th place
* Hamza Hakan Sayın – 294p - Bronze medal
Team
* Mustafa Hocaoğlu, Gencer Özcan, Hamza Hakan Sayın – 583p - Silver medal
Women's Individual
* Nejla Gerçek – 316p – 9th place
* Zakire Korkmaz – 336p – 17th place
* Elçin Ulu – 331p – 15th place
Team
* Nejla Gerçek, Zakire Korkmaz, Elçin Ulu – 641p – 4th place

### Handball

Men
* Şevket Altuğ, Şenol Boyar, Oğuzhan Büyük, İbrahim Demir, Ramazan Döne, Bülent Erkol, Cavit Eyövge, Okan Halay, Enis Kahya, Volga Karslıoğlu, Ümit Kırkayak, Taner Öymen, Hüseyin Pamuk, Ömer Savaş, Okan Yalçıner, Yasin Yüzbaşıoğlu
Women
* Sevda Akbulut, Güneş Atabay, Duygu Aydoğan, Asiye Çelik, Sevilay İmamoğlu, Serpil İskenderoğlu, Eda Maden, Seda Maden, Gonca Nahçıvanlı, Melda Deniz Olcay, Yeliz Özel, Esra Sarı, Serpil Soylu, Nergis Türkay, Ceren Üstün, Yeliz Yılmaz – 5th place

### Judo

Men's
* Halil İbrahim Uzun -60 kg – 4th place
* Bektaş Demirel 60–66 kg Bronze medal
* Sezer Huysuz 66–73 kg Silver medal
* İrakli Uznadze 73–81 kg
* Burhan Koçan 81–90 kg Bronze medal
* Murat Gemalmaz 90–100 kg
* Selim Tataroğlu +100 kg Gold medal
Women's
* Neşe Şensoy Yıldız -48 kg Bronze medal
* Aynur Samat 48–52 kg Silver medal
* Özge Nur Akyüz 52–57 kg
* Canan Kastan 57–63 kg
* Ebru Aktan 63–70 kg
* Seda Karadağ 73–78 kg Bronze medal
* Belkıs Zehra Kaya +78 kg Gold medal

### Karate

Men's
* Şevket Baştürk -60 kg Bronze medal
* Bahattin Kandaz 60–65 kg
* Haldun Alagas 65–70 kg
* İsmail Hakkı Şen 70–75 kg
* Zeynel Çelik 75–80 kg Bronze medal
* Okay Arpa +80 kg
* Yusuf Başer Open Bronze medal
Women's
* Vildan Doğan -50 kg Bronze medal
* Gülderen Çelik 50–55 kg
* Esra Sertdemir 55–60 kg
* Gülcihan Ustaoğlu 60–65 kg Bronze medal
* Yıldız Aras +65 kg Silver medal
* Yıldız Aras Open Gold medal

### Rhythmic gymnastics

All-Around
* Gizem Oylumlu – 48.275p – 10th place
* Berfin Serdil Sütcü – 49.425p – 9th place

### Rowing

Men's
* Hasan Özcan Single sculls
* Saim Kaya, Saim Kaya Double sculls Silver medal
* İhsan Emre Vural, Ahmet Yumrukaya Lightweight coxless pair Bronze medal
* Mete Yeltepe Lightweight single sculls Silver medal
* Atakan Çolak, Murat Türker Lightweight double sculls

### Sailing

Men's Single-handed Dinghy-Laser
* Kemal Muslubaş – 96p – 11th place
* Güray Zümbül – 125p – 13th place
Double-handed Dinghy-470
* Okan Akdağ, Levent Peynirci – 118p – 12th place
* Efe Karakaplan, Hakan Karakaplan – 135p – 13th place
Windsurfer - Mistral
* Koray Ezer – 77p - 7th place
Women's
* Ayda Ünver Single-handed Dinghy-Laser – 88p – 9th place

### Shooting

Men
* Yusuf Dikeç 10 m Air pistol – 681p - Silver medal
* Aydın Güçlü 10 m Air pistol
* Halil İbrahim Öztürk 10 m Air rifle – 694.7p (Turkey record) Bronze medal
* Halil İbrahim Öztürk 50 m Rifle 3 positions
* Abdurrahman Akgün 50 m rifle prone - 7th place
* Murat Şahin 50 m Rifle prone
* Yusuf Karamuk Skeet
* Güçhan Olker Skeet
* Oğuzhan Tüzün Trap – 4th place
Women
* Saliha Kurteş 10 m Air rifle
* Nihan Gürer Trap

### Swimming

Men's
* Emre Çelik 100 m Backstroke, 200 m Backstroke
* Ömer Aslanoğlu 50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Breaststroke
* Engin Can Eter 50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Breaststroke, 200 m Breaststroke
* Mert Karşıyakalılar 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Butterfly
* Onur Uras 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Butterfly, 200 m Butterfly
* Eren Onurlu 50 m Butterfly, 100 m Freestyle
* Aytekin Mindan 200 m Freestyle
Men's Handicap S/10
* İsmet Ayık 100 m Freestyle
* Mustafa Yılmaz 100 m Freestyle
Women's
* Gizem Papila 50 m Freestyle
* Derya Erke 100 m Backstroke – 1:04.84' - 8th place
* Gülşah Gönenç 200 m Butterfly 2:15.57' Turkey record
* Özlem Yasemin Taşkın 800 m Freestyle

### Table tennis

Men's
* Halil Hacı Single, Double
* İrfan Tavukçuoğlu Single, Double
Women's
* Azize Baş Single, Double
* Ayşe Şen Single, Double

### Tennis

Men's
* Haluk Akkoyun Single, Double
* Ergun Zorlu Double
* Ümit Barış Ergüden Single
Women's
* Çağla Büyükakçay Single
* Pemra Özgen Single
* Çağla Büyükakçay, Pemra Özgen Double lost to Italy by 0-2 - 4th place

### Volleyball

Men
* Hakan Akışık, Osman Babagiray, Orhan Cinoğlu, Arslan Ekşi, Barış Hamaz, Özkan Hayırlı, İzzet C. Kartaltepe, Ulaş Kıyak, İsmail Cem Kurtar, Ömer Laçin, Soner Mezgitçi – lost to Greece by 2-3 - 8th place
Women
* Elif Ağca, Neslihan Demir, Deniz Hakyemez, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Gülden Kayalar, Eda Erdem, Gözde Kırdar, Aysun Özbek, Özlem Özçelik, Fatma D. Sipahioğlu, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Bahar Mert – won Greece by 3-0 - Gold medal

### Water polo

Men
* Halil Beşkardeşler, Hakan Çalışır, Emre Coşkun, Orkun Darnel, Can Güven, Yiğithan Hantal, Sezai Kayhan Kızıltan, Oytun Okman, Atilla Sezer, Cahit Sılay, Anıl Sönmez, Michael Taylan, Aytaç Yeğin – 8th place

### Weightlifting

Men's
* Gülbeyi Aktı 56 kg Snatch: 113 kg Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 141 kg Silver medal
* Sedat Artuç 62 kg Snatch: 126 kg Silver medal, Clean and jerk: 160 kg Gold medal
* Yasin Arslan 69 kg Snatch:Silver medal
* Ekrem Celil 69 kg Snatch:Bronze medal, Clean and jerk Gold medal
* Reyhan Arabacıoğlu 77 kg Clean and jerk: Silver medal
* Mehmet Yılmaz 77 kg Snatch:Silver medal, Clean and jerk Bronze medal
* İzzet İnce 85 kg
* Bünyamin Sudaş 105 kg : Snatch: 178 kg Silver medal, Clean and jerk: 226 kg (MR) Gold medal
Women's
* Sibel Özkan 48 kg Snatch: 70 kg 4th place, Clean and jerk: 90 kg Silver medal
* Emine Karademir 53 kg Snatch: 77 kg – 6th place, Clean and jerk: 90 kg – 7th place
* Nurcan Taylan 53 kg Snatch: 87 kg (MR), Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 108 kg (MR), Gold medal
* Emine Bilgin 58 kg Snatch: 91 kg - Gold medal, Clean and jerk: 110 kg Bronze medal

### Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman style:
* Erkan Dündar 55 kg Bronze medal
* Uğur Tüfenk 60 kg Bronze medal
* Selçuk Çebi 66 kg Gold medal
* Mahmut Altay 74 kg Gold medal
* Serkan Özden 84 kg Silver medal
* Mehmet Özal 96 kg Bronze medal
* Yekta Yılmaz Gül 120 kg Silver medal
Men's freestyle
* Ramazan Demir 55 kg Bronze medal
* Tevfik Odabaşı 60 kg Silver medal
* Levent Kaleli 66 kg Bronze medal
* Fahrettin Özata 74 kg Silver medal
* Serhat Balcı 84 kg Gold medal
* Hakan Koç 96 kg Gold medal
* Aydın Polatçı 120 kg Gold medal
Women's
* Zeynep Yıldırım 51 kg Silver medal
* Nadir Uğrun Perçin 59 kg