Turkey Taekwondo Federation Explained

Turkey Taekwondo Federation
Abbreviation:	TTF
Type:	Government organisation
Purpose:	Sport
Headquarters:	Ulus
Location:	Ankara, Turkey
Region Served:	Turkey
Language:	Turkish
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Prof. Dr. Metin Şahin
Parent Organization:	GSGM

Turkey Taekwondo Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu) is the governing body of Taekwondo sport in Turkey. Originally, it was formed in 1968 within the Turkey Judo Federation, where it maintained its activities thirteen years long. In 1981, it was disconnected from the Judo Federation and became a separate organization under the governmental Directorate General of Youth and Sports (Gençlik ve Spor Genel Müdürlüğü, GSGM).^[1] The headquarters is located in Ulus quarter of Ankara. It is a member of the European Taekwondo Union (ETU).

It organizes tournaments and championships for all age groups of both genders at national level. In addition, support services like the education of referees and coaches are within its duties. Participations of Turkish Taekwondo sportspeople at all international competition events are organized by the federation.^[2]

History

Taekwondo sport began in Turkey in the 1960s, and its official organizational formation took place in 1968 within the national Judo federation. In 1976, Turkey participated at the European championships, where the Turkish team came in second. Following the establishment of the self-contained federation in 1981, international success came for the women as well. In 1982, a Turkish woman became for the first time European champion and in 1987 a world champion. In 1988 and 1990, Turkish team became twice European champion. In 1995, the Turkish team placed in third rank at the World Championships. At the 1998 European Championships, Turkey national team became champion.^[1]

Achievements

Seniors

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Overall					Men				Women
Rank				Total				Total				Total
		13	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
		9	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
		6	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
			1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
		14	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total			1	3	3	7	1	1	1	3	0	2	2	4

World Championships

Year	Location	Overall					Men				Women
Rank				Total				Total				Total
			1	1	1	3	1	1	1	3
			0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
		5	1	1	2	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2
		5	0	2	4	6	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	3
		5	1	3	2	6	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	4
		5	0	2	3	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	3
			2	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3
		7	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
		6	0	3	2	5	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	2
			2	0	3	5	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	2
		18	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
		8	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
		7	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
		6	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1
		7	1	1	4	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	3
		-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			2	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	3
			2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3
		5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4
Total			15	21	32	68	7	12	14	33	8	9	18	35

World Cup Team Championships

Year	Location	Men	Women	Mixed
		DNP	DNP
		DNP	DNP
		DNP	DNP
		DNP	DNP
		DNP	DNP
			DNP	DNP
			DNP	DNP

• DNP: Did not participate

European Championships

Year	Location	Overall					Men				Women
Rank				Total				Total				Total
1980^[3]		7	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
1982^[4] ^[5]		4	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2
1984^[6] ^[7]		4	2	3	2	7	1	3	2	6	1	0	0	1
1986^[8] ^[9]			3	5	2	10	1	4	1	6	2	1	1	4
1988^[10] ^[11]			6	5	2	13	3	3	1	7	3	2	1	6
1990^[12] ^[13]			5	4	5	14	2	3	1	6	3	1	4	8
1992^[14] ^[15]			2	7	3	12	0	4	2	6	2	3	1	6
1994^[16] ^[17]			1	4	0	5	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	2
1996^[18] ^[19]		9	0	4	4	8	0	3	1	4	0	1	3	4
1998^[20] ^[21]			2	3	3	8	2	2	2	6	0	1	1	2
2000^[22] ^[23]			4	0	4	8	2	0	2	4	2	0	2	4
2002^[24] ^[25]			6	2	3	11	4	1	0	5	2	1	3	6
2004^[26] ^[27]			3	1	4	8	1	0	3	4	2	1	1	4
2005^[28] ^[29]			2	3	2	7	2	1	1	4	0	2	1	3
2006^[30] ^[31]		5	1	3	1	5	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	2
			3	3	3	9	2	1	1	4	1	2	2	5
			3	2	1	6	2	1	1	4	1	1	0	2
			3	1	3	7	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	3
		5	1	0	4	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	2
			2	3	2	7	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	5
			3	4	2	9	0	2	1	3	3	2	1	6
Total			54	58	52	164	25	36	26	87	29	22	26	77

Universiades

Year	Location	Overall					Men				Women
Rank				Total				Total				Total
		10	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
			5	2	1	8	2	1	0	3	3	1	1	5
		5	0	1	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2
		14	0	1	3	4	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1
		4	2	4	4	10	1	2	3	6	1	2	1	4
		5	1	1	6	8	1	0	1	2	0	1	5	6
		4	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4
		4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Total			12	12	18	42	4	6	8	18	8	6	10	24

Juniors

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Overall
Rank				Total
1998		3	2	2	2	6
2000		11	0	3	4	7
2002		9	0	1	5	6
2004		4	1	2	3	6
2006		6	1	1	3	5
2008		4	1	1	4	6
2010		4	2	1	4	7
2012		10	0	3	3	6
2014		18	0	1	3	4
2016
2018
2020
Total		5	10	19	36	65

European Junior Championships

Year	Location	Overall
Rank				Total
1997		6	1	1	2	4
2001		9	0	4	4	8
2003			3	3	5	11
2005			4	4	5	13
2007		7	1	3	5	9
2009			7	2	1	10
2011			3	0	7	10
2013			3	2	5	10
2015
2017
2019
Total			49	35	53	137

International competitions hosted

• 1988 European Taekwondo Championships - May 26–29, Ankara^[32]
• 1998 World Junior Taekwondo Championships - September 9–13, Istanbul^{[33] [34]}
• 2002 European Taekwondo Championships - May 6–10, Samsun^[32]
• 2007 European Poomse Championships - December 8–9, Antalya^[32]
• 2008 European Taekwondo Team Championships - November 1–2, Konya^[32]
• 2008 World Junior Taekwondo Championships - May 8–11, Izmir^{[33] [35]}
• 2012 Mediterranean Taekwondo Championships - June 30-July 1, Bursa^[32]

Champion taekwondo practitioners

Male

• Rıdvan Baygut (born 1985), European (2008, 2010)
• Metin Şahin (born 1963), European (1986, 1990)
• Yunus Sarı (born 1991), European (2013)
• Bahri Tanrıkulu (born 1980), World (2001, 2007, 2009), European (2000, 2002)
• Servet Tazegül (born 1988), Olympics (2012), World (2011), European (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Female

• Zeliha Ağrıs (born 1998), World (2017)
• Arzu Ceylan, European (1990)
• Sibel Güler (born 1984), European (2004, 2006)
• Nafia Kuş (born 1995), European (2018)
• Kadriye Selimoğlu (born 1978), World (2001)
• Arzu Tan] (born 1973), World (1991]
• Azize Tanrıkulu (born 1986), European (2005)
• Nur Tatar (born 1992), World (2017), European (2012)
• Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (born 1978), World (1995)
• İrem Yaman (born 1995), World (2015, 2019), European (2016, 2018)
• Hatice Kübra Yangın (born 1989), European (2008, 2012)
• Gülnur Yerlisu (born 1969), European (1992)
• Tennur Yerlisu (born 1966), World (1987), European (1982, 1984)
• Rukiye Yıldırım (born 1991), European (2010, 2018)

Presidents

• Mithat Kor (1981–1982)
• Esen Beder (1982–1885)
• Cengiz Yağız (1996–2003)
• Metin Şahin (2003–present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taekwondo ve Tarihçe . Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu . Turkish . 2011-06-21 .
2. Web site: Ana Sayfa . Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu . Turkish . 2011-06-21 .
3. Web site: European Championships: Esbjerg 15.10.1980 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
4. Web site: European Championships: Rom 23.09.1982 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
5. Web site: European Championships: Rom 23.09.1982 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
6. Web site: European Championships: Stuttgart 26.10.1984 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
7. Web site: European Championships: Stuttgart 26.10.1984 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
8. Web site: European Championships: Seefeld 03.10.1986 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
9. Web site: European Championships: Seefeld 03.10.1986 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
10. Web site: European Championships: Ankara 26.05.1988 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
11. Web site: European Championships: Ankara 26.05.1988 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
12. Web site: European Championships: Aarhus 18.10.1990 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
13. Web site: European Championships: Aarhus 18.10.1990 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
14. Web site: European Championships: Valencia 18.05.1992 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
15. Web site: European Championships: Valencia 18.05.1992 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
16. Web site: European Championships: Zagreb 28.10.1994 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
17. Web site: European Championships: Zagreb 28.10.1994 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
18. Web site: European Championships: Helsinki 25.10.1996 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
19. Web site: European Championships: Helsinki 25.10.1996 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
20. Web site: European Championships: Eindhoven 23.10.1998 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
21. Web site: European Championships: Eindhoven 23.10.1998 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
22. Web site: European Championships: Patra 04.05.2000 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
23. Web site: European Championships: Patra 04.05.2000 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
24. Web site: European Championships: Samsun 06.05.2002 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
25. Web site: European Championships: Samsun 06.05.2002 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-23 .
26. Web site: European Championships: Lillehammer 06.05.2004 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
27. Web site: European Championships: Lillehammer 06.05.2004 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
28. Web site: European Championships: Riga 07.10.2005 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
29. Web site: European Championships: Riga 07.10.2005 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
30. Web site: European Championships: Bonn 26.05.2006 Male . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
31. Web site: European Championships: Bonn 26.05.2006 Female . Taekwondo Data . 2011-06-22 .
32. Web site: Results . European Taekwondo Union . 2012-11-30 .
33. Web site: Jorld Junior Taekwondo Championships . KO Podium . 2012-11-30 .
34. Web site: History of Taekwondo Tournaments Around the World . Kyokush in Canada . 2012-12-01 .
35. Web site: The 7th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships . WTF . 2012-12-01 .