Wikitree Olympics Project

Olympics - Team Turkey

Background

It is often claimed that during a visit to Türkiye in 1907, Pierre de Coubertin invited his guide, Aleko Mulos Bey, to take part in the gymnastic events at the 1908 Olympics, and for many years there was little evidence that Mulos Bey actually competed. However, the recently found complete results of the 1908 individual gymnastics and Mulos Bey definitely did compete, making him the first ethnic Turk at the Olympic Games.

There again were two Turkish entrants at the 1912 Olympics (again, both ethnic Armenians), and Türkiye sent its first serious team in 1924, when they entered a 22-man squad to the Paris Olympics. Since then, it has missed only the Games of 1932 and 1980.

Türkiye has won 103 Olympic medals, with 41 golds, all at the Summer Olympics. Turkish wrestlers account for an outstanding 66 of these, with 29 wrestling gold medals.

Türkiye first competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 1936 and has since missed only the Winter Games of 1952, 1972, and 1980, appearing 18 times. Through 2022, Türkiye has had Winter Olympians compete in Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, short-track speed skating, and ski jumping.^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Turkey are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Turkey on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Turkey shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Turkey]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Turkey]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Turkey. e.g. "[[Category: 1924 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Turkey in Athletics in the Paris Olympics of 1924.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

... represented Turkey in Athletics in the Paris Olympics of 1924.

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Turkey in Athletics in the Paris Olympics of 1924.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.