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Turkish students win record 78 medals at international science olympiads
Türkiye’s Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır says Turkish students won 78 medals at international science olympiads in 2026.
He described this as the highest medal total in the country’s history at these competitions.
Türkiye first took part in the olympiads in 1978 and won a bronze medal that year.
Students supported by TÜBİTAK earned medals at recent events in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Vietnam.
At the Balkan Computer Olympiad in Tirana, they won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
They also won medals at a young Balkan computer competition in Sarajevo and an astronomy and astrophysics olympiad in Hanoi.
These results show the scale of Türkiye’s achievements in international student science contests this year.
Turkish students won 78 medals at international science olympiads in 2026, a record for the country.
Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır said the students were supported by TÜBİTAK.
At the 33rd Balkan Olympiad in Informatics in Tirana, students won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
At the 19th Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics in Sarajevo, they won one silver and three bronze medals.
At the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Hanoi, they won two silver and two bronze medals and received one honorable mention.
- Who
- Turkish students supported by TÜBİTAK.
- What
- They won 78 medals at international science olympiads, a record for Türkiye.
- When
- 2026.
- Where
- At international olympiads, including events in Tirana, Sarajevo and Hanoi.
- Why
- Not stated
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2026, uluslararası bilim olimpiyatlarında tarihimizde en fazla madalya kazandığımız yıl oldu. Bu yıl 78 madalya kazanan gençlerimiz gururumuz oldu.
Türkiye began taking part in international science olympiads and won a bronze medal that year.
Turkish students won a record 78 medals at international science olympiads.
- Total medals
- 78 in 2026
- Tirana
- Two gold, one silver and one bronze at the 33rd Balkan Olympiad in Informatics
- Sarajevo
- One silver and three bronze at the 19th Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics
- Hanoi
- Two silver, two bronze and one honorable mention at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Türkiye's first participation
- 1978; bronze medal
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