Turkey table tennis prize money
19 players, $84,393 on the WTT tour between 2022 to 2026. Merve Demir has taken $25,250 of it.
Everything the tour has paid to players entered under this flag, from the draw sheet of every event since 2022. It is prize money rather than salary: a table tennis player's tour income is the rounds they reach, and nothing else is written down.
Every Turkey player the tour has paid
Ranked by career WTT prize money
| # | Player | Titles | Paid results | Span | World rank | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Merve Demir | 1 | 2026 | 232 | $25,250 | |
| 02 | Sibel Altinkaya | 65 | 2022 to 2026 | 249 | $22,932 | |
| 03 | Ece Harac | 43 | 2022 to 2026 | 376 | $9,020 | |
| 04 | Abdullah Yigenler | 28 | 2023 to 2026 | 378 | $8,895 | |
| 05 | Ozge Yilmaz | 28 | 2022 to 2026 | 451 | $5,775 | |
| 06 | Ibrahim Gunduz | 29 | 2022 to 2026 | 468 | $5,180 | |
| 07 | Gorkem Ocal | 6 | 2023 to 2026 | 758 | $1,400 | |
| 08 | Kenan Kahraman | 5 | 2025 to 2026 | 810 | $1,225 | |
| 09 | Simay Kulakceken | 7 | 2022 to 2025 | 882 | $1,015 | |
| 10 | Betul Nur Kahraman | 3 | 2025 to 2026 | 1005 | $700 | |
| 11 | Tugay Yilmaz | 6 | 2023 to 2025 | 1064 | $620 | |
| 12 | Hakan Isik | 5 | 2023 to 2026 | 1083 | $570 | |
| 13 | Merve Demir | 2 | 2025 to 2026 | 1159 | $450 | |
| 14 | Ugurcan Dursun | 3 | 2023 to 2024 | 1280 | $310 | |
| 15 | Busra Demir | 3 | 2023 to 2024 | 1281 | $305 | |
| 16 | Berk Oztoprak | 1 | 2026 | 1350 | $250 | |
| 17 | Nursema Coklar | 1 | 2026 | 1409 | $250 | |
| 18 | Ziver Gunduz | 2 | 2024 | 1551 | $195 | |
| 19 | Alican Seker | 1 | 2023 | 1820 | $50 |
Where Turkey's money is concentrated
The biggest career hauls under the flag
Turkey prize money by season
Every paid result folded into its year
season running total
Which tier of the tour pays Turkey
The same money split by the kind of event
A federation that travels to the Grand Smashes and one that fills the Feeder draws can send the same number of players to the same number of events and come home with figures an order of magnitude apart. This is which of the two Turkey is.
The events that pay Turkey
Every stop on the calendar, by what it has paid out under this flag
The biggest weeks a Turkey player has had
Single events, ranked by what they paid
| Player | Event | Draw | Round | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merve Demir | Singapore Smash 2026 | Women's Singles Class 10 | Semifinals | $25,250 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | Singapore Smash 2022 | Women's Singles | Qualifying Round 3 | $2,500 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | Singapore Smash 2023 | Women's Singles | Qualifying Round 1 | $1,300 |
| Ozge Yilmaz | Singapore Smash 2022 | Women's Singles | Qualifying Round 1 | $1,300 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 | Women's Singles | Round of 32 | $1,250 |
| Abdullah Yigenler | WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Men's Singles | Round of 32 | $1,100 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022 | Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 | Women's Singles | Round of 64 | $900 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | WTT Star Contender Goa 2023 | Women's Singles | Round of 64 | $900 |
| Sibel Altinkaya | WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | $825 |
Where Turkey sits among the federations
Ranked 43 of 112 on prize money won
| # | Federation | Players | Titles | Span | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Czechia | 35 | 2 | 2022 to 2026 | $170,812 |
| 34 | Russia | 20 | 16 | 2022 to 2026 | $165,845 |
| 35 | Belgium | 13 | 10 | 2022 to 2026 | $155,380 |
| 36 | Hungary | 18 | 3 | 2022 to 2026 | $147,435 |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 8 | 4 | 2022 to 2026 | $138,505 |
| 38 | Chile | 13 | 2 | 2022 to 2026 | $135,270 |
| 39 | Iran | 21 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $89,620 |
| 40 | Netherlands | 9 | 2022 to 2026 | $87,655 | |
| 41 | Ukraine | 11 | 2022 to 2026 | $84,790 | |
| 42 | Wales | 2 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $84,640 |
| 44 | Serbia | 14 | 2022 to 2026 | $74,335 | |
| 45 | Argentina | 24 | 2 | 2022 to 2026 | $58,808 |
| 46 | Mexico | 7 | 2022 to 2026 | $39,498 | |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 2022 to 2026 | $37,560 | |
| 48 | Laos | 12 | 2025 to 2026 | $34,900 | |
| 49 | Qatar | 17 | 2022 to 2026 | $29,745 | |
| 50 | Finland | 4 | 2022 to 2026 | $22,690 | |
| 51 | Malaysia | 19 | 2 | 2023 to 2026 | $21,747 |
| 52 | Venezuela | 68 | 2022 to 2025 | $19,920 | |
| 53 | Moldova | 4 | 2022 to 2026 | $18,585 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money have Turkey's table tennis players won?
$84,393 between 2022 to 2026, across 19 players. That is 0.2% of everything the WTT tour has paid out and ranks Turkey 43 of 112 federations.
Who is Turkey's highest paid table tennis player?
Merve Demir, $25,250 from 1 paid results.
What was Turkey's best season on the tour?
2026, worth $42,100 from 47 paid results.
Which event pays Turkey the most?
Singapore Smash, $30,850 across 5 paid results.
What is the biggest single payday a Turkey player has had?
$25,250, to Merve Demir at the Singapore Smash 2026, where they lost in the semi-finals in the women's singles class 10.
Where to next
The players, the events and the federations around this one
Turkey players
Events that pay Turkey
- Singapore Smash
- WTT Contender Tunis
- WTT Feeder Cappadocia
- WTT Feeder Cappadocia II
- WTT Feeder Istanbul
- WTT Contender Antalya
- WTT Contender Lagos
- WTT Contender Skopje
- WTT Star Contender Goa
- WTT Contender Muscat
- WTT Contender Panagyurishte
- WTT Feeder Istanbul II
- WTT Star Contender Ljubljana
- WTT Feeder Antalya
- WTT Contender Durban
- WTT Feeder Panagyurishte
- WTT Star Contender Muscat
- WTT Feeder Cagliari
- WTT Contender Nova Gorica
- WTT Feeder Panagyurishte Presented by Asarel
- WTT Feeder Tashkent
- WTT Feeder Havirov
- WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro
- WTT Contender Zagreb
- WTT Feeder Stockholm
- WTT Contender Mendoza
- WTT Feeder Otocec
- WTT Feeder Biella
- WTT Feeder Otocec II
- WTT Contender Almaty
- WTT Contender Doha
- WTT Feeder Corpus Christi
- WTT Feeder Beirut II
- WTT Feeder Beirut
- WTT Feeder Varazdin
- WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III
- WTT Feeder Manchester
- WTT Feeder Doha
- WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II
- Europe Youth Smash - Sweden