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| Abbreviation | TBF |
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| Formation | 31 May 1991; 34 years ago (1991-05-31) |
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Ulus,Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°56′30.85″N32°51′15.60″E / 39.9419028°N 32.8543333°E /39.9419028; 32.8543333 |
President | Murat Özmekik |
| Affiliations | Badminton Europe Confederation |
| Website | www |
TheTurkish Badminton Federation (Turkish:Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu, TBF) is the governing body forbadminton in Turkey. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport for all throughout the country.
The TBF was established on 31 May 1991. Its first president was İrfan Yıldırım. The TBF was accepted byInternational Badminton Federation as the 104th member at 3 November 1991. Continentally, it is a member of theBadminton Europe confederation.
After the first elections held for sports federations in Turkey on 5 December 1993,Akın Taşkent became the second president of the federation (but the first elected). Between 1997–2004, the federation was governed byA. Faik İmamoğlu, serving for two terms. Since 2004Murat Özmekik has been the federation's president.
The federation organizes theTurkish National Badminton Championships, theTurkiye International and the Turkish Badminton League.
After the first tournament with 24 teams from 11 regions, 8 teams won the right to compete at Turkish Badminton League.
Today the federation organizes the following leagues in Turkey:
Turkey participated for the first time at theOlympics in 2012 withNeslihan Yiğit, who was eliminated in thewomen's singles group stage.[1]
