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The Turkish Chess Federation General Congress and Elections ended in a landmark victory for the incumbent president Ali Nihat Yazici, who faced very strong opposition led by Veli Ozan Çakir. The hot debates in Turkish chess circles on Yazici’s past achievements with the criticisms of its consequences by the opposition, including the first (and only) grandmaster of the country, Suat Atalik, ended last Saturday with a victory by Ali Nihat Yazici. The final count was 90 votes against 70. Yazici will lead Turkish Chess for four more years.
The Turkish Chess Federation General Congress and Elections were held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on November 8th in Ankara. The new President, Board, Auditory Board and Disciplinary Committee were elected. For more information on the election procedure and the share of delegates check our previous report.
Right at the start of the election the incumbent President Ali Nihat Yazici
(left) demonstratively took a seat next to his rival for the presidency, Veli
Ozan Çakir
International Arbiters Ahmet Haznedaroglu and Cengiz Keles, together with
GM Suat Atalik, all important figures of the opposition coalition "Just
The Right Time".
The General Congress with 160 members, and visitors in the background
Ersan Gökerman, a well-known player and trainer, spokesman for "Just
The Right Time", during a speech explaining why Yazici had been successful
in aspects but failed in others
Yazici replies from the TCF Board table. From left to right: Tahsin Aktar
(Vice President), Ali Nihat Yazici, Gülkiz Tülay, Murat Kul (Deputy
President), Mustafa Imamoglu and Prof.Dr.Yusuf Dogruer
Ferit Çömez, ex-member of the Board, quotes the General Manager
of Turkey Is Bank Ersin Özince's remarks that "Successes in chess
are pleasing me even more than the successes in our regular business".
Ferit Çömez was the main sponsor of Izmir Open in the last seven
years.
The leader of the "Just The Right Time" team, 28-year-old sports administrator
Veli Ozan Çakir, delivering his speech for why he and his team should
be elected to lead Turkish Chess and why Ali Nihat Yazici should not.
Ali Nihat Yazici replying to Çakir's criticism and saying that what
was done for Turkish chess was a major success despite the difficulties still
faced
A group of visitors supported Yazici by cheering for him after every speech:
"Satranç Seninle Gurur Duyuyor!" they shouted – "Chess
is Proud of You!". This even made GM Suat Atalik smile (third row on the
left end of the picture).
"Yes" to the budget of the Federation
Only a few "No" votes for the budget
Ali Nihat Yazici with one of his opponents and prominent members of the
ticket "Just The tight Time", Menderes Çoban, who is also the
President of the Adana Truva Chess Club, the reigning champions of Is Bank Turkish
Chess League.
The incumbent President casting his vote – probably for Ali Nihat
Yazici
The officials countig the votes, everyone waiting for the big decision
Building bridges: in his acceptance speech, the re-elected President Ali
Nihat Yazici called Veli Ozan Çakir to the floor to thank him for the
tough opposition and said he was sure he would Çakir become very successful
president in the future. The skillful chess politician offered his opponent
the chance to lead the organization of the 2012 Istanbul Chess Olympiad, should
Turkey win the bid...
Çakir: "We lost but we shall still work for chess, since it
is our common passion"
