No, Turkey has never participated in the Commonwealth Games.
The sports that Australia did not compete in at the 2008 Summer Olympics were handball and baseball.
The Turkish National Olympic Committee sent a total of 114 athletes to the Games, 66 women and 48 men, to compete in 16 sports.
Sailing
yes they did
Pole vault.
Mostly wrestling and boxing
professional dumping
Dodging the musket.
someone...
Boxing
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