[3] His sporting career began in 1988 when he took part in the European Junior Championships (Espoirs age group) in Wałbrzych.

A year later he won the world title in Ulan-Bator in the same age group and weight category ahead of Abbas Jadidi from Iran and Nicolae Ghita from Romania.

He won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Poznań in the middleweight category behind Hans Gstöttner from the GDR and Elmadi Dzhabrailov from the Soviet Union.

[5] In 1991, Sebahattin Öztürk won another European Championship bronze medal in the middleweight division behind Elmadi Dzhabrailov and Hans Gstöttner.

Further defeats against Rasoul Khadem Azghadi, Iran and Jozef Lohyna, however, threw him back to 6th place.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta, however, he again delivered great fights but narrowly missed out on the medals with a 4th place.

[6] Sebahattin Öztürk tried to continue his career in 1997 and 1998, but was repeatedly set back by protracted injuries that prevented him from competing in any more international championships.

After the end of his career as a wrestler, the unfortunate events occurred that gave his life a striking turn.