Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people.

The Turkish Gridiron Football First League (Turkish: Türkiye Korumalı Futbol 1. Ligi) is a professional American football league in Turkey.

The first official match between two Turkish teams was played between the Boğaziçi Elephants and Istanbul Pistof in 1993.

The Turkey American Football League was launched on 26 November 2005. Since the 2007-2008 season, American football competition has happened in two categories, the Professional League and the University League.

Teams in the ELF

Team	joined	disbanded
Istanbul Rams	2022	2022

Players 2025

Team	Player	Country
Cologne Centurions	Mahsun Cakar	🇹🇷 🇩🇪
Panthers Wrocław	Kerem Dönmez	🇹🇷 🇵🇱
Panthers Wrocław	Atilla Işık	🇹🇷

Players 2023

Team	Player	Country
Prague Lions	Atilla Işık	🇹🇷
Stuttgart Surge	Sercan Vardar	🇹🇷

Players 2022

Team	Player	Country
Berlin Thunder	Alper Peközer	🇹🇷