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Türkiye's under-21 national archery team concluded the European Indoor Archery Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with 10 medals—4 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze—as 11 of the 12 competing athletes returned home with a medal, marking one of the most successful performances in Türkiye's recent archery history.
In the team events, Türkiye won two gold medals, one silver, and two bronze.
The under-21 men’s compound team (Yagiz Sezgin, Kerem Ozkan, and Burak Bekir Arslan) won the gold medal.
The under-21 mixed compound team of Defne Cakmak and Yagiz Sezgin also secured a championship title.
Türkiye earned silver in the under-21 compound mixed team event through Naile Iremsu Cevak and Huseyin Kakasci.
Bronze medals were claimed by the under-21 women’s recurve team (Canse Duru Tarakci, Diana Otcu, and Naile Iremsu Cevak) and the under-21 men’s recurve team (Huseyin Kakasci, Muhammet Musab Gulay, and Toprak Turker).
On the final day of the championship, Turkish archers added two gold and three silver medals in the under-21 individual events.
In the women’s recurve category, Diana Otcu won gold, while Naile Iremsu Cevak took silver.
In the women’s compound event, Defne Cakmak secured gold, and Begum Yuva earned silver.
In the men’s compound final, Yagiz Sezgin finished second in Europe, taking silver after losing to Italy’s Christian Maranto.
"A total of 315 athletes from 27 countries participated in the European Championships, with Türkiye represented by 12 athletes in the U21 categories. This competition marked the highest participation in the European Indoor Championships to date," the Turkish Archery Federation said.
"Despite this high participation, each of our athletes managed to return from the competition with a medal," the Turkish Archery Federation added in a statement.
Yusuf Goktug Ergin, technical director of the Turkish National Archery Teams, evaluated the championship in a post shared on Instagram.
He noted that 11 athletes returned home with medals from what was the highest-participation European Indoor Championships in history.
Ergin emphasized that the results demonstrate the strength of Türkiye's development system, the dedicated work of local clubs, and the disciplined efforts of coaches.
"The performance demonstrated by our young athletes is a strong indicator for the future of Turkish archery," Ergin said.
"Our goal is to transform the potential of our young athletes into a lasting culture of success and to continue representing Turkish archery at the highest international level through a sustainable and systematic structure," he added.
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