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The Turkish men's handball national team represents Turkey's handball federation, Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu, as a selection team at international level in international matches in handball against teams of other national associations.

History
The Turkish Handball Federation has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1978 and the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991. For a big tournament, the selection could not qualify so far.

The coach is Okan Halay.

IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Turkey participated in the IHF Emerging Nations Championship hosted by the World Federation in 2017. In the preliminary round, the team defeated Kosovo with 25:24, Albania with 54:12 and Ireland with 41:26. In the quarterfinals, the team won against Georgia with 32:26, in the semi-finals against Cyprus with 35:32 after extra time. In the final, the selection fell to the Faroes with 25:26.

Mediterranean Games
In the Mediterranean Games in various countries of the Mediterranean, handball has been an integral part since 1967, with the exception of 1971. There, the selection achieved the following placements:
1967 Mediterranean Games: not participated
1975 Mediterranean Games: not participated
1979 Mediterranean Games: not participated
1983 Mediterranean Games: 8th place (out of 10 teams)
1987 Mediterranean Games: 7th place (out of 8 teams)
1991 Mediterranean Games: 8th place (out of 10 teams)
1993 Mediterranean Games: 9th-10th place (out of 10 teams)
1997 Mediterranean Games: 9th-13th place (out of 13 teams)
2001 Mediterranean Games: 9th-12th place (out of 12 teams)
2005 Mediterranean Games: 10th place (out of 10 teams)
Mediterranean Games 2009: 4th place (out of 9 teams)
2013 Mediterranean Games: 3rd place (out of 10 teams)
Kader: Alican Gocmen, Alp Eren Pektas, Onur Ersin, Taner Oymen, Emre Öz, Şenol Boyar, Tugrul Bulduk, Taner Gunay, Uğur Erceylan, Durmus Mutlu, Coskun Göktepe, Tolga Özbahar, Tugberk Catkin, Yunus Özmusul, Can Çelebi, Ramazan Döne.
Mediterranean Games 2018: 4th place (out of 13 teams)
2022 Mediterranean Games: 8th place (out of 10 teams)

Islamic Solidarity Games
The team participated in the Islamic Solidarity Games twice.
Islamic Solidarity Games 2017: 2nd place (out of 8 teams)
Kader: Alp Eren Pektaş, Doruk Pehlivan, Uğur Erceylan, Coşkun Göktepe, Enes Gümüşok, Baran Nalbantoğlu, Tuğberk Çatkın, Onur Ersin, Taner Günay, Halil İbrahim Öztürk, Gökhan Örnek, Ramazan Döne, Çetin Çelik, Hüseyin Pamuk.
Islamic Solidarity Games 2021: 2nd place (out of 6 teams)
Kader: Alper Aydın, Hüseyin Bereket, Enis Yatkın, Enis Harun Hacıoğlu, Baran Nalbantoğlu, Fatih Çalkamış, Sedat Yıldırım, Gökay Bilim, Atakan Şirin, Eray Karakoç, Durmuş Ali Tınkır, Cemal Kütahya, Doğukan Keser, Şevket Yağmuroğlu, Alper Aydın, İlkan Keleşoğlu.

Well-known national players
Owned by Acar
Memis Arici
Hüseyin Asci
Can Çelebi
Mert Coskan
Ibrahim Demir
Ramazan Döne
Murat Güder
Ahmet Het
Nevzat