Turkey at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. |Erdoğan Aygan |Gülbin Su Football 5-a-side. Turkey has qualified for the football 5-a-side tournament. Goalball. Turkey competed for the first time in the men's goalball tournaments. Swimming. Turkey was represented for the first time at the swimming with 2 swimmers. Table tennis. Six athletes competed for Turkey in table tennis. Athletes in classes 1 to 5 compete in wheelchairs, while classes 6 to 10 compete standing. Lower numbered classes indicate a  higher severity disability. Athletes with intellectual disabilities compete in class 11. Wheelchair basketball. Turkey qualified for the men's team event in wheelchair basketball by finishing eighth at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.