Turkey had their most successful tournement in the 2002 World Cup when thay managed to finish an amazing third losing out to Brazil in the semi finals. Turkey also managed to reach the qaurter finals of the 2000 European Championships where they lost to Portugal 2 - 0.

After Turkey's amazing feat of finishing third in the 2002 World Cup they have failed to qaulify for a tournement since, losing to Latvia in the group stages of the 2004 European Championships and losing to Switzerland for a chance to play in the 2006 World Cup.