turkey qualified for the paralympics after finishing first at the 2015 ibsa blind football european championships. they made it out of group play in second, with england having won the group after not dropping a game. turkey dropped their game against england 1 - 2, with the english side goals coming from turnham and english while the turkish goal came from hasan şatay. in elimination play, şatay and abdullah sümer scored two goals in penalty time after their game against spain ended in 0 - 0 draw. turkey then met russia in the gold medal match, where kahraman gurbetoğlu scored to give turkey a 1 - 0 win.