Turkey adds 10 more medals at the Mediterranean Games

Turkey collected 10 more medals on day 12 of the 20th Mediterranean Games, held in Taranto, Italy. The day's haul consisted of 1 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals, taking the national team's overall tally at the Games to 91.

The morning session opened the medal count. In weightlifting's men's 75kg category, Yusuf Fehmi Genç lifted 153kg in the snatch for silver, then set a Games record with a 187kg clean and jerk to claim gold. In the women's 69kg category, Nuray Güngör failed all three attempts in the snatch but recovered with a 124kg clean and jerk to secure bronze.

Rowing produced two more medals in the same session. Enver Erman took silver in the men's single sculls with a time of 7 minutes 18.87 seconds, while Ahmet Ali Kabadayı won silver in the men's lightweight single sculls, finishing in 7 minutes 27.43 seconds. In karate, Burak Özdemir reached the final of the men's kumite 60kg category but lost to Kosovo's Islam Selmani, settling for silver.

Evening session brings equestrian and karate medals

The second half of the day added further results. In individual show jumping, Hasan Şentürk won silver riding Nespresso Van't Laekhof. Karate delivered three more medals on the tatami. Ömer Faruk Yürür lost the men's kumite 75kg final to France's Kilian Cizo and took silver. Fatma Naz Yenen reached the women's kumite 61kg final but was beaten by Egypt's Rahma Mohamed Tolba, also finishing with silver. In the women's kumite 68kg category, Eda Eltemur defeated Croatia's Sadea Becirovic 4-3 in the bronze medal bout.

The day's medals broke down as follows:

• Weightlifting: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

• Rowing: 2 silver

• Karate: 3 silver, 1 bronze

• Equestrian: 1 silver

With these results, Turkey's overall medal count at Taranto 2026 rose to 37 gold, 25 silver and 29 bronze, totaling 91 medals. The national team remains in second place in the medal standings, trailing only host nation Italy. The steady contribution from multiple disciplines throughout the Games has been the key factor keeping Turkey firmly in that position.