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)

Member federations

External links

• Official website (in Turkish) (in English)