17.05.2016
Turkish Olympic Committee’s (TOC) Olympic Day activities, held in cooperation with its main sponsor Koç Holding, have been concluded in Mersin. 2016 celebrations that took a start in Mersin on 15 May with orienteering activities, continued in Mersin Forum Shopping Mall on May 16th with dance, karate and rhythmic gymnastics shows. The children and youngsters later did sports in the sports stations that were set up around the shopping mall. The participants later took a tour around the informative stands on different disciplines of sports. Certificates of Participation were handed out and photos were taken at the end of the day.
TOC organises events for Olympic Day celebrations every year and aims to bring the children and youngsters together with sports, educate them through sports, make people of all ages to experience the excitement and benefit physically and spiritually of sports. The Olympic Day celebrations which will be held in four different cities of Turkey this year will continue in İstanbul on May 23rd in Gaziantep on 28 May and will end on 4th of June in Eskişehir.
The schedule of the events are as follows;
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
28 May 2016
Gaziantep Olympic Day Celebrations
10:00/13:00 Masal Park
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