Turkish master athletes achieve success in international competitions

Turkish master athletes have achieved notable success in recent international sports competitions. In Antalya, the Kdz. Ereğli Turgut Tanyıldız Masterler football team opened the 12th International Best Masters Championship Cup with a 5-0 victory against Gölcük Masters. İsmail Buz scored a hat-trick during the match, while captain Murat Sesli was named man of the match.

In athletics, Turkish athletes returned to the Pazarkule Border Gate following the 35th Balkan Masters Athletics Championship held in Craiova, Romania. Sima Karataş won the Balkan Championship in the women's 5,000m race walk (40 age category), and Haluk Kaya secured second place in the men's 5,000m race walk. Turkey finished second in the overall team standings with 157 medals, trailing host nation Romania.