Turkish Mountaineering Association

Türkiye Dağcılık Federasyonu (TDF)
sport	Rockclimbing
Founded	1936 1966
president	Ersan Başar
Members	6,780 (as of 2019)
Association headquarters	Turkey
Official languages)	Turkish
Homepage	TDF.tr

The Turkish Mountaineering Association Turkish Türkiye Dağcılık Federasyonu ( TDF ) was founded in 1936. The founder and first president was Latif Osman Çıkıgil. The mountain and winter sports association and the mountain and ski association were separated on July 21, 1966. The Turkish Mountaineering Association Türkiye Dağcılık Federasyonu was founded in 1966 , the founder was İsmet Ülker. The first president was Latif Osman Çıkıgil.

The TDF has been a UIAA member since 1967 , as well as a member of the Balkan Mountaineering Union (BMU).

Departments

• Rockclimbing
• Sport climbing
• To ski
• Mountain hikers and hiking guides

President

A chronological overview of all presidents of the association since 1936.

Term of office president 1936-1941 Latif Osman Çıkıgil 1941-1944 Nizamettin Kırşan 1944-1966 Asım Kurt 1966-1973 Latif Osman Çıkıgil 1973-1976 Dr. Bozkurt Ergör

Term of office president 1977-1988 Dr. Güner Ünal 1978-1979 Muzaffer Tıraş 1980-1990 Prof. Dr. Abdulmecit Dogru 1990-1992 Erdem Büyükbingöl 1993-1995 Dr. A. Tayfun Tercan

Term of office president 1996-1997 Ziya Mengenecioğlu 1997-2016 Alaattin Karaca Since 2016 Prof. Dr. Ersan Başar

Web links

• Association homepage (Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TheUIAA.org: Member Associations 2018-2019 - UIAA
2. ↑ TDF.Gov.tr: History of the Turkish Mountaineering Association (Turkish)
3. ↑ BMUMagazine.com: About Us
4. ↑ TDF.Gov.tr: Presidents (Turkish)