Sport shooting in Türkiye
Türkiye’s shooting federation traces its history to 1923, when shooting and hunting began to be organised within the Türkiye İdman Cemiyetleri, the Turkish Training Societies; it became a federation of its own in 1989 as the Shooting and Hunting Federation, and since its 2025 statute it is the Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu, the country’s ISSF member. The cards below are not a federation’s but a maker’s: Hatsan’s.
A rifled rifle or pistol registered as a sport gun gets a possession licence and may be used only on ranges and at matches and training, carried with a valid amateur athlete’s licence; passing it on, even by inheritance, needs a new owner who holds one.
Gun licence in Türkiye
- A bulundurma ruhsatı (possession licence) for Turkish citizens from 21, with a health board report; it runs for five years.
- At ranges, matches and training, a gun registered as a sport gun may be used only with its licence and a valid amateur athlete’s licence.
- There is no activity requirement; a sport gun may be passed on to someone with an amateur athlete’s licence, and an heir must hold one.
Target makers
Targets
Hatsan
A Turkish maker of air rifles and shotguns, founded in İzmir in 1976, exporting to over 100 countries. Its paper targets are made for its own pellet catchers: Target #1 for short distances and #2 for long, 50 of each in a pack of 100, and 20 come with its air-rifle pellet catcher.
| Target | Weapon | Distance | Scoring area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatsan 14cm Airgun 8m | – | 8 m | 140 mm |
Sources: Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu, “Tarihçe”; ISSF, “Member Federations”; Hatsan, “Airgun Accessories”; Ateşli Silahlar ve Bıçaklar ile Diğer Aletler Hakkında Yönetmelik, arts 47 and 48; Hatsan, “About Hatsan”, read on .