The effort to bring karate to the Olympics was begun in the 1970s by Jacques Delcourt. It is governed by the World Karate Federation (WKF). Both divisions of the competition were split 50/50 between men and women. Sixty competitors from around the world competed in the Kumite competition, and twenty competed in the Kata competition. Olympic karate featured two types of events: Kumite and Kata. Two-time Olympian Alican Kaynar (Finn), 470 crew brothers Deniz and Ateş Çınar, and Rio 2016 windsurfer Dilara Uralp were selected to the Turkish roster under the qualifying merit, while rookie Ecem Güzel beat her rival Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş to top the country's Laser Radial spot with a tenth place overall at the 2019 World Championships in Sakaiminato.Karate at the Summer Olympics made its debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan. Turkish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification 2019 European Games medalists Uğur Aktaş (men's +75 kg), Ali Sofuoğlu (men's kata), Serap Özçelik (women's 55 kg), Merve Çoban (women's 61 kg), and Meltem Hocaoğlu (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite and kata categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings. Turkey entered seven karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament.
Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Turkey entered five judoka (four men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.
Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Meanwhile, Ahmet Önder and İbrahim Çolak secured spots available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the parallel bars and rings exercises, respectively, at the same tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Ferhat Arıcan and rookie Nazlı Savranbaşı finished among the top twelve eligible for qualification in the men's and among the top twenty in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, respectively, to book their spots on the Turkish roster at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Turkey entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Artistic
At the same tournament, Buse Naz Çakıroğlu scored a quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the women's flyweight division. Batuhan Çiftçi scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's flyweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom. Turkey entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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