The Turkey national rugby league team represents

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

in international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

. The team played their first match in 2018.

History

The

Turkish Rugby League Association The Turkish Rugby League Association (TRLA) is a sports league in Turkey. They play rugby league. There are 9 teams; five teams are from Istanbul and four external, including Izmir, Ankara, Edirne and Antalya. New local competitions involving diffe ...

was founded in 2016, however the team didn't play their first match until two years later. The side made their competition debut at the

2018 Emerging Nations World Championship The 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship (ENWC) was a rugby league tournament held for Tier Two and Tier Three nations, the third edition of the Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament. Background Several nations that had not qualified, or ...

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, defeating the

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30–22 in their first ever match. The team also beat

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

60–0, qualifying them for the tournament's trophy stage. Here, they lost to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

29–16 in the semi-final before beating

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27–26, winning thanks to a field goal from Adem Baskonyali and claiming seventh place at their inaugural competition. In 2019, the team played their first match in Turkey, losing to

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38–24 at the Aysekadin Yerleskesi Futbol Stadium in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. They also lost to Malta 28–12 six weeks after.

Events

Rugby League European Championship The Rugby League European Championship (formerly known as the European Cup and European Nations Cup) is a rugby league football tournament for European national teams that was first held in 1935. Originally, the European Cup had three teams, wi ...

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Rugby League World Cup The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament contested by the top national men's representative teams. The tournament is administered by the International Rugby League and was first held in France in 1954, which was ...

* Rugby League World Cup 9s *

Mediterranean Cup On 11 July 1998 the first ever 13 a side rugby league match was played between Italia and Lebanon, which took place at Leichhardt Oval - Sydney - Australia, the match was known as 'The Mediterranean Cup'. A crowd of almost 10,000 watched as these ...

MEA Rugby League Championship The Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship (MEA) is a rugby league football competition for national teams from the Middle East and Africa which is organised by the Rugby League European Federation. The first tournament was held in 2015 a ...

IRL Men's World Rankings The IRL Men's World Rankings are the ranking system for men's national teams in the sport of rugby league football. The teams of the member nations of the International Rugby League, rugby league football's world governing body, are ranked bas ...

Competitive record

2021 Rugby League European Championship D The 2021 European Championship D was an international rugby league tournament. Originally scheduled to take place in October and November 2020 the championship was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic following a meeting of the Europe ...

Current squad

Squad for the

: *

Aidan Sezer Aidan Yüçel Sezer (born 24 June 1991) is a Turkish-Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Canberra Raiders in the ...

Jansin Turgut Jansin Turgut (born 8 March 1996) is a Turkey international rugby league footballer who plays as a back row forward. He previously played for Hull FC and Salford. Turgut captained the Turkish national team during their international debut at t ...

Emre Guler Emre Guler (Turkish: Emre Güler; born 19 January 1998) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background Guler was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Turkis ...

Yusuf Dagdanasar Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

Adem Baskonyali Adem ( ota, آدم, ) corresponding to Adam (see also Adam in Islam), is a masculine given name common in Turkey and Bosnia. Given name * Adem Alkaşi (born 1984), Turkish footballer *Adem Asil (born 1999), Turkish gymnast *Adem Bereket (bor ...

* Arda Dalcik *

Ibrahim Korana Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...

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Volkan Er Volkan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Volkan Altın (born 1986), Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder *Volkan Arslan, (born 1978), Turkish football player in midfield posi ...

* Saxon Onur * Koray Kokten * Ethem Coskun * Ata Doruk Celiktutan * Atalay Alcay * Erdem Cagdas * Alican Acar * Errol Carter * Huseyin Sasmaz * Ali Bokeyhan Surer * Volkan Isik * Yasin Ozyurtkan * Enes Ertan * Ercan Haghi * Akin Konak * Alper Karabork * Huseyin Karabork * Emre Kutup * Kenan Tarpis * Lachlan Hughes *

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* Aydin Salman-Cochrane * Jaydin Salman-Cochrane * Presley Salman-Cochrane * Semih Parlak

Record

All-time results record

Below is table of the official representative rugby league matches played by Turkey at test level up until 17 October 2021:

References

{{International Rugby League Men's National rugby league teams