16.05.2016
Turkish Olympic Committee’s (TOC) Olympic Day activities, in cooperation with its Main Sponsor Koç Holding, will take place in İstanbul together with Mersin, Gaziantep and Eskişehir this year. Olympic Day, celebrated in over 200 countries around the world, is a global celebration of the founding of the International Olympic Committee and the modern Olympic Movement. TOC, which has been celebrating the Olympic Day since 26 years, will celebrate the Olympic Day in four different cities this year. The celebrations took a start in Mersin on 15 of May with orienteering activities. The celebrations will start in İstanbul on May 23rd and in Gaziantep on 28 May and will come to an end on 4th of June in Eskişehir with dragon activities.
The schedule of the activities are as follows;
15 May 2016
Mersin Olympic Dar Orienteering Activity
Place: Ayaş, Sebaste
11:00/15:00
16 May 2016
Olympic Day Celebrations
Place: Forum Shopping Mall
18:00/20:30
28 May 2016
Gaziantep Olympic Day Celebrations
Place: Masal Park
10:00/13:00
23 May 2016
10:00/12:30 İstanbul Asfa College
24 May 2016
13:00 İhlas College
25 Mayıs 2016
11:00 Public schools of Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality
26 May 2016
14:00 Tarhan College
30 May 2016
10:00/12:20 Tuzla Farabi Primary School
31 May 2016
13:00 Doğa College Güzelce
01 June 2016
13:00 Bahariye High School Moda
02 June 2016
10:00/12:00 Public schools of Eyüp Municipality
3 June2016
10:00 Şişli Terakki Levent Campus
04 June 2016
Eskişehir
Olympic Day Dragon Races
Qualifications: Sarı Sungur Pond
Final: Porsuk River
Time: 09:00 Qualifications
Time: 15:00 Finals
11 teams
The Aim of the Olympic Day
The aim of the event is to popularize the Olympic Movement and the philosophy of the Olympic spirit and promote healthy lifestyles, the preservation of nature, and environmental protection. ‘"Olympic Day" is a social movement that has not been associated with a single nation, person or event. It embraces all through pure Olympic values. It gives people the chance to feel the Olympism without participating into the Olympic Games. TOC, by organising Olympic Day celebrations every year, aims to make the children and youngsters come together with sports, educate them through sports, make the people of all ages to experience the excitement of sports and provide people to benefit from the physical and spiritual benefits of sports.