Brief History of Olympics in Turkey

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Selim Srr TarcanCoubertin who is the founder of Modern Olympics sets out for a world tour in the summer of the year 1907 to gain new members for IOC. And he decided to visit Istanbul to declare the ideals of Olympism into the Ottoman Empire. Before starting out for this tour, he writes a letter to his friend Juery at Galatasaray High School asking him to introduce him to a Turkish athletes when he arrives in stanbul. And Monsiuer Juery introduces Baron de Coubertin to Selim Srr Tarcan, Coubertin asks Tarcan to establish the Ottoman Olympic Association but under the circumstances of the year 1907 he was not allowed to found because of the political situation of the Ottoman Empire at the time. Therefore, Ottoman Olympic Association could not be founded in 1907 but then Coubertin assigns Tarcan as representative for him

2UOK Toplants, Berlin / 1909

In 1909 Selim Srr participated Olympic Session which was held in Berlin, at the same year he went to Sweden to be educated in Gymnastics.

3Aleko Muullos

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Also there was a talented guy who accompanied Baron Pierre de Coubertin during his stanbul trip as an interpreter. Coubertin invited him to 1908 London Olympic Games. Although the records of ministry of internal affairs dont include any documents about aleko mulos, the name Aleko Muullos-Turkey among the participants in London 1908 gamesStdent of Galatasaray High School, athlete of Tatavla Heraklis, Aleko Mulos participated in gymnastics.

4Mgrdi Mgryan

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Papazyan and Mgryan are the first athletes in the olympics who were sent by the National Ottoman Olympic Association.Founder of NOC Ottoman Empire Selim Srr Tarcan made some announcements on some newspapers to find athletes and sponsor for 1912 Olympic Games. Eventhough he could not find a sponsor, two Armenian origin youngster Vahram Haret Papazyan and Mgrdi Mgryan applied to participate in the Olympics. While they were taking the necassary documents from Tarcan, the two Robert College student realised the fact that they had to go to Sweden on their own. The financial condition of Mgrd Mgryan who founded the club Raffi the first athletics and gymnastics club in Istanbul was good. However, Papazyan had to find a source.He participated in decathlon, pentathlon, discus, right and left handed shot-out. Mgryan also became the holder of the first unofficial Turkish records in athletics.

5lk Trk SporcularVahram Haret Papazyan

Vahram Papazyan was a member of an Armenian Club which had several branches so he first applied to this club. Adminastrators of the club tried to find money that is needed for his trip to Stocholm. They organized a night at the Greek theather. A play whose name is Devoted Sailor was performed in Turkish and also Vahram Papazyan had a role in the play. With the money earned from this night and his savings from the pocket money, a return ticket to Stockholm was bought for Vahram Papazyan. They went to Stockholm by their own financial means. The two young athletes arrived Stockholm after a difficult voyage. He competed in both 800m and 1500. Papazyan later was assigned to the head of Armenian Gymnastics Association

61924 Paris

Foreigner coaches, one from United States for athletics, one from England (Billy Hunter) for football and one from Hungary for wrestling, were invited to the country to train the athletes for the Olympic games.40 male athletes participated in 1924 olympics

71936 Berlin lk Madalyalar

Ahmet Kirei in freestyle wrestling took the third place in wrestling and became the first athlete in the Turkish Olympics history who won the bronze medal. And Yaar Erkan in Greco-Roman wrestling won the first gold medal of Turkish Olympics history.

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Suat AeniHalet ambel and Suat Aeni were the first female athletes who represented Turkey. They participated in the fencing competion however they did not won any medals, they deserved great honour by showing the self-esteem of Turkish women for he first time in Olympic Games.

Halet ambel is also archaelogist/prehistory. Graduated from University of Sorbonne

9Ruhi Saralp, 1948 LondraGre Dnda lk Madalya

After the World War II, the first Olympic games were held in London in 1948. Turkey participated in the Olympic Games with 68 athletes which is more crowded than Athens 2004 where we participated in 66 athletes.

10Naim Sleymanolu, 1988 Seullk Olimpiyat Rekoru

lifted respectively 145 kg, 150,5 kg, and 152,5 kg in snatch; 175 kg, 188,5 kg, 190 kg in clean and jerk, and 320 kg, 339 kg and 342,5 kg in total breaking nine world and six Olympic Records and he was nicknamed Pocket Hercules (stanbulluolu, 2008). Naim Sleymanoglu took drew the attention of the entire world by lifting 10 kg more than three times of his weight. Winning his first Olympic Champion title at the age of 21, Sleymanoglu was going to succeed to be on the cover of Time magazine. And he was going to win more gold medals in 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games 11Hlya enyurt, 1992 Barcelona

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She won bronze medal in judo

Taylan won the gold medal in women by breaking the two world and five Olympic records in 48 kg

12Nurcan Taylan 2004 Atina

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Asl akr Alptekin 2012 Londra

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2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012

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Turkey has been and will be working hard to host Olympic Games. For this cause, every aspect of winning the Olympic games honour is being extended. The facilities continue to grow, human resources development is extending. The idea of Olympism by way of entering the school curriculum is being spread.

Hosting Olympic Games provide billions of dollars revenue through the direct investment, they made as well as the indirect ones. There are also achievements in social and cultural areas.

From Turkeys point of view, its fact that such achievements are needed maybe two times more than others.

Winning the organizing of Olympics will certainly affect Turkeys international expansion, integration, promotion and even civilian life and interior system positevely and this will comprise one of the most crucial opportunities with regard to cultural, economic, social structures and naturally sports of the country

Turkey was not short-listed for 2000 Games and 2004 games. For 2008 games Beijing won the elections. And also was an Applicant City for the 2012 Olympic Games but did not qualify to become a candidate city.

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