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In the same year in the course of Erzurum Kerim Hitli Fort set under the leadership of Albert Bilstein who came from Austria, the army engaged in skiing and the first skiers such as Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu Cemal Dursunoğlu, Kemal Hasip had been brought up. A ski battalion composed of four companies was founded in Erzincan in 1917. In the same period the first ski school was set up in Suşehri (Buldur Village) by Hikmet Koyunoğlu.
A Teacher of Galatasaray High School skiing in Uludağ in 1933 boosted activity to the sport and afterwards the ski activities organised by Bursa Community Centre in Uludağ in 1933-1934, Ankara Community Centre in Elmadağ and Erzurum Community Centre in Palandöken had been important movements.
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The Development of Ski Sport in TURKEY |
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The formal ski activities had begun in 1935 with the conjuction of engaging to Mountaineering and the Winter Sports Federation under the chairmanship of Latif Osman Çıkıgil Riedel sports teacher of Ankara Master Institude of Agriculture. He was the first man to introduce the sport of skiing fundamentally and trained the first skiers. The first National Ski Team had been founded by one of his pupils. Our skiers had joined the Olympic games in the same year with the foundation of the Ski Federation in 1936. Turkish skiers could not succeed due to their inexperience of the winter Olympic games in which the elite skiers of the world participated. In the following years skiing had been sensed as a fun game and become prevalent. The sport of skiing had been awakened, the reason being Asım Kurt became the president of Mountaineering and the Winter Sports Federation.The number of skiers began to increase through the founding of ski centres especially in Uludağ, Erciyes and Elmadağ. The first proper ski races reconised by the international regulations were realised through the efforts of Asım Kurt in 1944. Though they took part in Saint Moritz in 1948, Oslo 1952, Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956, Squaw Valley 1960, Innsbruck Olympic Games in 1964 the Turkish skiers could not be successful.
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The best grade in the international field is 8th rank by Burhan Alankuş achieved at the Balkan Championships. In the Balkan Championships organised in Uludağ, Rıdvan Özbek from Sarıkamış became the Champion in Nordic Style Youth Categories. Our team became third at the Balkan Ski Championships in the junior and the senior mens categories. In 1981 the Balkan Championship Turkish Team (Young men) got the bronze medal in 4x10 km relay . To improve the sport of skiing in our country every year ski training and teaching courses and ski camping trips for kids are being arranged. During half term every year to improve ski sports , ski courses for 7-15 years of age groups are organised by the Province Directorate of Youth and Sports in the provinces where ski sports are made. Moreover, the major winter sports organisation for show purposes in Turkey "The Snowman Ski Races" have been performed in Uludağ since 1983. |
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