The Turkey national rugby union team is a relatively recent creation, being started at the end of 2009. Turkey is currently a third-tier side. The team first played in 2012 against Slovakia and won 31âÂÂ5 in Bratislava. On tour, they also defeated Estonia 49âÂÂ5 in Tallinn. Turkey has yet to play in the qualifying stages for the Rugby World Cup finals.
Rugby union in Turkey is administered by the Turkish Rugby Federation (Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu). The federation is affiliated to Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER), and as of 11th May 2023 a full member of World Rugby (formerly IRB). Murat Pazan is the federation's president.
Competitive record
Rugby Europe
Current squad
- Guven Tasoglu (Based in England)
- Abdullah Gunes (ODTÃÂ SK)
- Dinçhan KilercioÃÂlu (ODTàSK)
- Kemal Ege Gurkan (ODTÃÂ SK)
- Ertugrul Gunday (ODTÃÂ SK)
- DoÃÂu EroÃÂlu (ODTÃÂ SK)
- Koray Kaya (Samsun RK)
- Adem Selim (Samsun RK)
- Selçuk Kozlu (Samsun RK)
- Yavuz Kocaer (Samsun RK)
- Mustafa Kemal Kurt (Koç ÃÂniversitesi SK)
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Trakya ÃÂniversites Ragbi)
- Deniz Krom (Kadñköy RK)
- Mert Zabci (Based in England)
- Murat Altun (Based in France)
- Semih Aydñn (Based in France)
- Bahri Dagli (Based in France)
- Huseyin Sasmaz (Based in France)
- Ramazan Kilickaya (RC Vichy)
- Gokhan Ceylan (Based in France)
- Atilla Demir (Based in France)
- Necmi Kara (Based in France)
- Hüseyin Yesik (Based in France)
- MelikÃ
Âah Kuzucu (Based in France)
- Kerim Galal (Based in Germany)
- Erkut Levent Durmus (Based in Germany)
- Ali Bökeyhan Sürer (Based in Germany)
- Tamer Celikbas James (Based in Wales)
- Cenk Tekin Akdeniz (Based in Scotland)
- Tarik Tin (Based in England)
- Arin Gulsen (Based in Wales)
Record
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Turkey national XV at test level up until 4 October 2025, updated after match with .
See also
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