Turkish Olympic Committee

Turkish Olympic Committee

Turkish Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Turkey
Code	TUR
Created	1908
Recognized	1911
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
President	Prof. Dr. Uğur Erdener
Secretary General	Neşe Gündoğan
Website	http://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/?dil=en

Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) (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 in 1908 and recognised in 1911.

It is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Presidents of the Turkish Olympic Committee

• Ahmet İhsan Tokgöz (1908–1921)
• Hasip Bayındırlıoğlu (1921–1923)
• 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 of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey

• Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1908–1923)
• 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

• National Olympic Committee of Turkey