Turkey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Turkey went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. It was the first time Turkey competed at the Winter Paralympics. The Winter Sports division of the National Paralympic Committee was created in 2012.  This was two years before the start of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Esat Hilmi Bayindir earned the right to go. Because of a process to help countries that are underrepresented at the Paralympics, Mehmet Çekiç was invited to participate.  This process is called Bipartite Invitation. Esat Hilmi Bayindir was in a traffic accident.  Because of this, he has a disability.  At the time of the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the skier was living in the United States.  He started skiing in 1982. Mehmet Çekiç started skiing in France in 2011.  In 2013, Çekiç went to alpine skiing competition in France and Italy.  Because of a traffic accident in 2009, he has a disability.  After the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Turkey hoped they could go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics.