[1] Although Turkey is one of the first countries to adapt women's rights, its practical realization in every part of the society took time.
During a sports festival on 10 July 1955, one more football match was played between women's teams.
The match ended with a draw of 1–1 while the Turkish player Afitap scored the only goal of the Joint-Europe team.
This team pioneered the foundation of the country's first women's football club Dostluk Spor (Turkish for "Friendship"), which was officially registered as an association on 19 April 1973 at Moda neighborhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul.
Their fundraising matches after the 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in Van, eastern Turkey helped growing of social responsibility in the society.
[3] In 1979, Dostluk Spor played a friendly match with the German team SC 07 Bad Neuenahr losing 0–4.
On March 1, 1994, the schedule of the league matches was determined for a total of 16 teams in four groups to meet each other in turn.
According to Adnan Ersan, deputy secretary general of the TFF, the league based on a wrong system.
The clubs paid barely attention to the provision of experience and training for young players.
The women's football in Turkey revived, however the national team was composed of young players of amateur-level experience only.
Young women's footballers in Germany with Turkish-background were seen as a fill-in to strengthen the national team qualitatively, and were called up.
[7] As of the 2022–23 season, the TFF made compulsory that the Women's Super League clubs hold a juniors or youth team to play in any girls' championship.
Mevlana Lisesi from Ümraniye, Istanbul became champion of the 2008–09 season defeating İzmir Konak Belediyespor by 1–0 in the final match.
[21] The Girls' U-17 Turkey Championship developed rapidly in the following years so that the number of participating teams increased from 27 in 2008 to 110 in 2018.
It was claimed that girl footballers of age group 15–16 will be forced to play in the senior team of their club with the disadvantage of appearing against older and much experienced opponents.
[33] The Girls' U-13 Local Championships Turkish: U13 Kızlar Yerel Şampiyonaları) are held in provinces, where at least four teams participate.
[34] Taking the extension of the women's football league system in the 2022–23 season into account, the TFF set new eligibility criteria for players and coaches.
[7] In case of the transfer of a player, a fee is paid to the former club as follows:[7] Women's football in Turkey is represented in international competitions by:[1] A 2013-FIFA report stated that Turkey makes serious efforts to develop a strong women's national team at senior level by using foreign resources.
Turkish-descent female players from diverse nations, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the US, are called up to international events.
[35] The idea behind is the hope that the experience of these players will help improve the standards, and give the youngsters at home a boost.
This was the first time ever a Turkish women's football team participated in the play-offs for the UEFA league established in the 2001–2002 season.
[37] The team won its first match against ŽNK Krka from Slovenia by 2–0, however lost the following plays to Torres Calcio Femminile of Italy by 0–9 and to Slovan Duslo Šaľa from Slovakia by 1–2.
In the 2013–14 season, Konak Belediyespor became the first ever Turkish women's team to play in the league's Round of 16 knockout phase.