Turkish Olympic Committee

Turkish National Olympic Committee

Turkish National Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Turkey
Code	TUR
Created	1908 (Ottoman National Olympic Society)
Recognized	1911
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
President	Uğur Erdener
Secretary General	Neşe Gündoğan
Website	www.olimpiyat.org.tr

Turkish National Olympic Committee (TNOC) (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (TMOK)) is the governing Olympic body of Turkey. It is one of the oldest National Olympic Committees in the world, founded on the era of the Ottoman Empire in 1908 by the name Ottoman National Olympic Society (Turkish: Osmanlı Milli Olimpiyat Cemiyeti) and recognised in 1911.

It is based in Istanbul.

Presidents

Ottoman National Olympic Society

• Ahmet İhsan Tokgöz (1908–1921)
• Hasip Bayındırlıoğlu (1921–1923)

Turkish National Olympic Committee

• Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1923–1927)
• Ali Sami Yen (1927–1930)
• Kemalettin Sami Paşa (1930–1933)
• Reşit Saffet Atabinen (1933–1936)
• Halil Bayrak (1936–1937)
• Adnan Menderes (1937–1938)
• Cemil Cahit Taner (1938–1943)
• Vildan Aşir Savaşır (1943–1950)
• Danyal Akbel (1950–1952)
• Cemal Alpman (1952–1954)
• Faik Binal (1954–1956)
• Nizamettin Kırşan (1956–1958)
• Şinasi Ataman (1958–1959)
• Mehmet Arkan (1959–1960)
• Hüsamettin Güreli (1960)
• Bekir Silahçılar (1960–1962)
• Burhan Felek (1962–1982)
• Raşit Serdengeçti (1982)
• Turgut Atakol (1982–1988)
• Jerfi Fıratlı (1988–1989)
• Sinan Erdem (1989–2003)
• Togay Bayatlı (2003–2011)
• Uğur Erdener (2011–present)

Secretary Generals

Ottoman National Olympic Society

• Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1908–1923)

Turkish National Olympic Committee

• Ali Sami Yen (1923–1930)
• Ekrem Rüştü Akömer (1930–1936)
• Nizamettin Kırşan (1936–1938)
• Burhan Felek (1938–1952)
• Ulvi Yenal (1952–1954)
• Suat Erler (1955–1973)
• Turgut Atakol (1973–1982)
• Sinan Erdem (1982–1989)
• Togay Bayatlı (1989–2003)
• Neşe Gündoğan (2003–present)

External links

• Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (Turkish) (English)

Sports governing bodies in Turkey (TUR)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Syncro Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo-Kurash Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting and Hunting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Bobsleigh-Luge Curling Ice hockey Ice skating Skiing
Other Sports	Air sports Automobile sports Baseball-Softball-American Football-Rugby Bocce-Bowling-Dart Bodybuilding and Arm Wrestling Bridge Chess Cue sports Dancesport Folk dances Karate Kick Boxing Korfball Motorcycle racing Mountaineering Muay Thai Orienteering Scouting and Guiding Traditional sport branches Underwater sports University sports Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports	Blind sport Deaf sport Disabled sports Sport for Athletes with Intellectual Disability
Turkish Olympic Committee Turkish Paralympic Committee General Directorate for Youth and Sports Turkish Council of Fair Play Turkey Anti-Doping Agency Turkey Special Olympics Turkish Disabled Sports Foundation