Turkey competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Medalists
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
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!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
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| || || Weightlifting || Men's 60 kg || 20 September
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| || || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 82 kg || 1 October
|}
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
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| align=left|Archery
| 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| align=left|Athletics
| 3 || 1 || 4
|-
| align=left|Boxing
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|Judo
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|Sailing
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Shooting
| 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align=left|Swimming
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Weightlifting
| 5 || – || 5
|-
| align=left|Wrestling
| 12 || – || 12
|-
! Total || 36 || 5 || 41
|}
Results by event
Archery
In its second Olympic archery competition, Turkey was represented by three men and three women.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Huriye Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 41st place)
- Elif Eksi – Preliminary Round (→ 42nd place)
- Selda Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 50th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Vedat Erbay – 1/8 final (→ 22nd place)
- Kerem Ersu – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)
- Izzet Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 61st place)
Women's Team Competition:
- Eksi, Eksi, and Unsal – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Erbay, Ersu, and Avci – Preliminary Round (→ 14th place)
Athletics
;Men
;Track and road events
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
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!rowspan=2|Athletes
!rowspan=2|Events
!colspan=2|Final
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!Time
!Rank
|-
|Mehmet Terzi
|rowspan=2|Marathon
|align=center|2:20.12
|align=center|32
|-
|Ahmet Altun
|align=center|2:37.44
|align=center|71
|}
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Murat Tahir
- Heat – 24.64 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
- Hakan Eskioğlu
- Heat – 25.24 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Murat Tahir
- Heat – 53.27 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
- Hakan Eskioğlu
- Heat – 53.95 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Hakan Eskioğlu
- Heat – 1:58.45 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Hakan Eskioğlu
- Heat – 2:14.32 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
