Turkish Underwater Sports Federation

Turkish Underwater Sports Federation
Türkiye Sualtı Sporları Federasyonu

Sport	Underwater sports Lifesaving
Abbreviation	(TSSF)
Founded	1982
Affiliation	CMAS ILS
Location	Ankara, Turkey
President	Ahmet İnkilap Obruk
Official website
www.tssf.gov.tr/EN/home

Turkish Underwater Sports Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Sualtı Sporları Federasyonu, TSSF) is the governing body for both underwater sports and lifesaving in Turkey. Founded in 1982 and based in Ankara, the TSSF is a member of both the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) and the International Life Saving Federation (ILS).^[1][2][3] Its president is Ahmet İnkilap Obruk, who was also elected in 2009 to CMAS' board of directors for a term of four years.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Organization

Currently, the TSSF oversees following ten activities and sports branches:

• Life saving^[9]
• Scuba diving^[5]
• Underwater target shooting
• Finswimming
• Apnea^[10]
• Underwater photography^[11][12] and videography
• Underwater hockey^[13][14]
• Underwater orienteering
• Underwater rugby
• Spearfishing^[15][16]

The federation operates a number of training centers for diving and life saving across the country.^[17] There are decompression chambers in eleven cities of Turkey available for use also by TSSF members.^[18]

International diving certificate

The diving certification of CMAS* SCUBA Diver issued by the federation upon completion of a study course at one of its training centers is internationally recognized.^[5]

Notable sportspeople

• Orhan Aytür (born 1965), 2011 World champion in underwater photography^[14]
• Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), World record holder female free-diver
• Şahika Ercümen (born 1985), World record holder female free-diver^[10]
• Devrim Cenk Ulusoy (born 1973), World record holder free-diver

References

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2. "Federations - TÜRKIYE SUALTI SPORLARI FEDERASYONU". Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
3. "ILS Member Organisations". International Life Saving Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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8. "Sualtı Sporları Federasyonu'na yeni aday". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
9. Yapar, öksel (2013-06-16). "Canımız Allah'a emanet". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-06-19.
10. "Şahika Ercümen rekor için hazırlanıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
11. Zamur, Rabia (2007-04-20). "Hint Okyanusu’na dalıp fotoğraf avlayacaklar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-06-19.
12. "Sualtı tutkunlarına". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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14. "Deniz dibinden madalya çıkardı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
15. "TSSF’den Zıpkınla Balık Avı Yarışı". Mersin İstikbal (in Turkish). 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
16. "Elemeler Mudanya'daydı". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
17. Çıplak, Ersan (2010-06-04). "Dalış okulları ve dalmanın püf noktaları". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-06-19.
18. "Recompression Chambers". Turkish Underwater Sports Federation. Retrieved 2013-06-19.