Giovanni Guidetti

Germany has emerged as the leader in rejecting Schengen visa applications from Turkish citizens in 2022.

Turkish citizens faced substantial hurdles in obtaining Schengen visas, with a high number of applications being denied by German authorities.

The volleyball academy named after Giovanni Guidetti, the coach of the Turkish women's national volleyball team, and his wife Bahar Toksoy, a professional volleyball player, aims to raise strong and bold girls, said the volleyball devotee couple.

Turkey defeated the Netherlands in straight sets on Sept. 4 in a bronze-medal game of the CEV Women's EuroVolley.

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Playing at the Stark Arena in Serbia's capital Belgrade, the Turkish team beat the Netherlands with the sets 25-20, 25-19, and 25-23.

Turkish women's national team won against Poland on Aug. 31 to advance to the Final Four of the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

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Wing spiker Ebrar Karakurt led Turkey with 20 points in a 25-18, 25-14, 25-23 victory at the Kolodruma Sports Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Turkey on Aug. 31 will take on Poland in the quarter-finals of the Women's European Volleyball Championship after making six wins in six games with a win over the Czech Republic.

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The Turkish women defeated the Czechs 3-1 (25 - 13, 22 - 25, 25 - 14 and 25 - 13) on Aug. 29 in front of more than 2,000 Turkish fans in Kolodruma Sports Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The Turkish women's national volleyball team on Aug. 2 fought hard to beat the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 3-2 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics preliminary round Pool B match to complete the group phase.

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Turkey won the nail-biting clash with the sets of 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-25, 15-10 as the match at Ariake Arena lasted two hours and 16 minutes.

The long-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, slated for July 23-Aug. 8, will host more than 100 Turkish athletes in 18 branches.

Representing Turkey in the 2020 Summer Olympics that will be held in Tokyo, Japan will be 108 athletes - the largest-ever Olympic team from the country after 114 athletes in the London 2012 Summer games.

Turkey snatched a ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after winning the women's CEV European continental qualifier.

In Jan. 12's grand finale, the Turks delivered a straight-set victory over Germany, symbolizing their right to compete at the Games in the Japanese capital.

Turkey's Vakıfbank women's volleyball team clinched its third 2017 CEV Volleyball Champions League title after a straight sets victory against home side Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian city of Treviso on April 23.

The home team made a good start, but the Turkish visitors soon found their stride, going into the first technical with an 8-6 lead before seeing out the set 25-19.