April 8th, 2017
Swimming Federation Elects New President
Erkan Yalçın is elected as the President at the Extraordinary
Congress of the Turkish Swimming Federation. Yalçın succeeds Aydın
Karakuzu who resigned in February after doping allegations in Turkish media.
Erkan Yalçın, who has filled the role of Acting President since the
resignation of Karakuzu, stood for election against Barış Bul. Yalçın received 108
votes from the 204 voting delegates while Bul received 96.
The new Board of the Turkish Swimming Federation consists of the following
members: Ali Güven, Haluk
Önem, Afife Beşik, Salih Başparmak, Fatih Sezer, Dilek Mosturoğlu, Selçuk
Demirel, Yaşar Ayhan, Kerim Altıay, İrfan Özdemir, Abdulsamet Korkmaz, Özgür
Bayazıtlı, Murat Tunçbilek, Ramazan Aslantaş.