List of Turkey international footballers

This is a list of Turkey international footballers – football players who have played for the Turkey national football team.

This page lists men's footballers with 20 or more caps for Turkey. For fewer appearances, see players with 1–4 and 5–19 caps.

Key to positions

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
Bold	Still playing competitive football

List of players

As of 26 June 2026

Emre Belözoğlu made 101 appearances for Turkey

Arda Turan made 100 appearances for Turkey

Mehmet Topal made 81 appearances for Turkey

Burak Yılmaz made 77 appearances for Turkey

Gökhan Gönül made 66 appearances for Turkey

Caner Erkin made 63 appearances for Turkey

Selçuk İnan made 61 appearances for Turkey

Nuri Şahin made 52 appearances for Turkey

Hakan Balta made 50 appearances for Turkey

Gökhan Zan made 35 appearances for Turkey

Rank	Name	Position	Years	Caps	Goals	Ref.
1	Rüştü Reçber	GK	1993–2012	120	0
2	Hakan Şükür	FW	1992–2008	112	51
3	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	MF	2013–	108	22
4	Bülent Korkmaz	DF	1990–2005	102	2
5	Emre Belözoğlu	MF	2000–2019	101	9
6	Arda Turan	MF	2006–2017	100	17
7	Tugay Kerimoğlu	MF	1990–2007	94	2
8	Alpay Özalan	DF	1995–2005	87	4
9	Hamit Altıntop	MF	2004–2014	82	7
10	Mehmet Topal	MF	2008–2018	81	2
11	Tuncay Şanlı	FW	2002–2010	80	22
12	Burak Yılmaz	FW	2006–2022	77	31
13	Ogün Temizkanoğlu	MF	1990–2002	76	5
14	Kaan Ayhan	DF	2016–	74	6
15	Abdullah Ercan	MF	1993–2003	71	0
16	Oğuz Çetin	MF	1988–1998	70	3
17	Nihat Kahveci	FW	2000–2010	70	19
18	Gökhan Gönül	DF	2007–2019	66	1
19	Ozan Tufan	MF	2014–	65	9
20	Merih Demiral	DF	2018–	64	6
21	Fatih Akyel	DF	1997–2004	64	0
22	Zeki Çelik	DF	2018–	63	3
23	Caner Erkin	DF	2006–2021	63	2
24	Volkan Demirel	GK	2004–2014	63	0
25	Çağlar Söyüncü	DF	2016–	61	2
26	Selçuk İnan	MF	2007–2017	61	8
27	Arif Erdem	FW	1994–2003	60	11
28	Servet Çetin	DF	2003–2011	59	3
29	Okan Buruk	MF	1992–2010	56	8
30	Recep Çetin	DF	1988–1997	56	1
31	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	MF	2021–	54	15
32	Orkun Kökçü	MF	2020–	53	4
33	Cenk Tosun	FW	2013–	53	21
34	Fatih Terim	DF	1975–1985	52	2
35	Nuri Şahin	MF	2005–2017	52	2
36	Cengiz Ünder	MF	2016–	51	16
37	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	MF	2003–2008	50	6
38	Hakan Balta	DF	2006–2016	50	2
39	Yıldıray Baştürk	MF	1998–2008	49	2
40	İrfan Can Kahveci	MF	2018–	48	6
41	Mert Müldür	DF	2018–	48	3
42	Hami Mandıralı	MF	1987–1999	48	8
43	Ergün Penbe	MF	1994–2006	48	0
44	Okay Yokuşlu	MF	2015–	47	1
45	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	FW	1948–1963	46	21
46	Turgay Şeren	GK	1950–1966	46	0
47	Tayfur Havutçu	MF	1994–2004	45	6
48	Yusuf Yazıcı	MF	2017–	45	3
49	Cemil Turan	FW	1969–1979	44	19
50	Sabri Sarıoğlu	DF	2006–2011	44	1
51	Oğuzhan Özyakup	MF	2013–2019	43	1
52	Uğurcan Çakır	GK	2019–	42	0
53	Tayfun Korkut	MF	1995–2003	42	1
54	Ümit Davala	DF	1996–2004	41	4
55	Ümit Özat	DF	2000–2005	41	1
56	Gökhan Keskin	DF	1987–1995	41	0
57	Hasan Şaş	MF	1998–2006	40	2
58	Umut Bulut	FW	2007–2018	39	10
59	Şeref Has	FW	1956–1967	39	1
60	Barış Alper Yılmaz	MF	2021–	38	6
61	Halil Altıntop	FW	2004–2011	38	8
62	Rıza Çalımbay	MF	1981–1992	38	1
63	Mehmet Aurélio	MF	2006–2011	37	2
64	Colin Kazim-Richards	FW	2007–2015	37	2
65	İbrahim Üzülmez	DF	2003–2009	37	1
66	Mert Günok	GK	2012–	37	0
67	Sergen Yalçın	MF	1994–2003	37	5
68	Metin Oktay	FW	1956–1965	36	19
69	Ünal Karaman	MF	1985–1996	36	3
70	Mevlüt Erdinç	FW	2008–2016	35	8
71	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	DF	2012–2020	35	1
72	Gökhan Zan	DF	2006–2013	35	0
73	Turgay Semercioğlu	FW	1975–1981	35	0
74	Volkan Babacan	GK	2014–2018	35	0
75	İsmail Yüksek	MF	2022–	34	1
76	Sedat Özden	MF	1977–1984	34	7
77	Enes Ünal	FW	2015–	34	3
78	Metin Tekin	MF	1983–1995	34	2
79	Naci Erdem	DF	1955–1965	34	0
80	Arda Güler	MF	2022–	33	7
81	Emre Aşık	DF	1993–2010	33	3
82	Tolunay Kafkas	MF	1994–1998	33	3
83	Hakan Ünsal	DF	1996–2004	33	0
84	Kenan Yıldız	FW	2023–	32	5
85	Salih Özcan	MF	2022–	32	1
86	Ferdi Kadıoğlu	DF	2022–	32	2
87	Ogün Altıparmak	FW	1961–1968	32	6
88	Kenan Karaman	MF	2017–	32	6
89	Engin İpekoğlu	GK	1989–1999	32	0
90	Ozan Kabak	DF	2019–	31	2
91	Tanju Çolak	FW	1984–1991	31	9
92	Şenol Güneş	GK	1976–1987	31	0
93	Mehmet Özdilek	MF	1991–1997	31	0
94	Abdülkerim Bardakcı	DF	2023–	30	2
95	İbrahim Toraman	DF	2002–2010	30	1
96	Erdoğan Arıca	DF	1977–1986	30	0
97	Yusuf Altıntaş	MF	1983–1994	29	2
98	Mustafa Ertan	DF	1949–1961	29	1
99	Ercan Aktuna	DF	1964–1971	29	0
100	Ahmet Berman	DF	1955–1962	29	0
101	Olcay Şahan	MF	2013–	29	2
102	Semih Şentürk	FW	2007–2011	28	9
103	Orhan Çıkırıkçı	MF	1991–1996	28	2
104	İsmail Köybaşı	DF	2009–2017	28	0
105	İsmail Arca	DF	1968–1977	27	1
106	İsmail Demiriz	DF	1983–1988	27	0
107	Basri Dirimlili	DF	1951–1961	27	0
108	Hüseyin Çimşir	MF	2004–2007	27	0
109	Suat Mamat	MF	1954–1963	27	5
110	Ali Kemal Denizci	MF	1975–1982	27	3
111	Ömer Toprak	DF	2011–2017	27	2
112	Tümer Metin	MF	2003–2008	26	7
113	Volkan Şen	MF	2010–2017	26	2
114	Alpaslan Eratlı	DF	1970–1983	26	1
115	Talat Özkarslı	DF	1962–1968	26	1
116	Engin Verel	MF	1974–1982	26	0
117	Kadri Aytaç	MF	1953–1962	26	0
118	Gökhan Töre	MF	2011–2015	26	0
119	Can Bartu	MF	1956–1969	26	6
120	Ertuğrul Sağlam	FW	1993–1997	26	12
121	Eren Elmalı	DF	2022–	25	0
122	Feyyaz Uçar	FW	1987–1993	25	7
123	Rıdvan Dilmen	MF	1984–1992	25	4
124	Metin Kurt	FW	1968–1975	25	4
125	Erdal Keser	FW	1982–1991	25	3
126	Yunus Mallı	MF	2015–	25	1
127	Ali Artuner	GK	1965–1971	25	0
128	Fatih Tekke	FW	1998–2007	25	9
129	Selçuk Şahin	MF	2003–2011	25	0
130	Serkan Balcı	DF	2003–2011	24	0
131	Cem Pamiroğlu	DF	1977–1984	23	0
132	Semih Kaya	DF	2012–2015	23	0
133	Selçuk Yula	FW	1981–1988	22	4
134	Sanlı Sarıalioğlu	FW	1964–1971	22	2
135	Zekeriya Alp	DF	1971–1975	22	0
136	Necati Özçağlayan	DF	1975–1981	22	0
137	Ayhan Akman	MF	1998–2009	22	0
138	Mahmut Tekdemir	MF	2015–2021	22	0
139	İlhan Mansız	FW	2002–2003	21	7
140	Ziya Şengül	MF	1964–1975	21	2
141	Nihat Bekdik	MF	1923–1932	21	1
142	Deniz Barış	MF	2003–2007	21	0
143	Semih Yuvakuran	DF	1978–1985	21	0
144	Yunus Akgün	MF	2022–	21	4
145	Raşit Çetiner	DF	1978–1985	20	1
146	Muzaffer Sipahi	DF	1962–1973	20	0

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