Turkish Go Players' Association

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[ext] Turkish Go Players' Association (Türkiye Go Oyunculari Dernegi, TGOD; in Turkish) is the principal organizing body for Go in Turkey. The Association was founded in 1995 with the leadership of Alpar Kilinc.

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Turkish players are meeting in five main cities in Turkey; Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir and Eskisehir.

Several tournaments, workshops, and similar activities has been organized by TGOD every year. The Association also conduct a tournament system in Turkey. The players compete to get some points in the main tournaments to be able to join the play-off tournament organized to determine the participant of the World Amateur Go Championship as Turkish representative.

The major tournaments in Turkey are;

Turkish Play-offs of the previous year (February)
Hacettepe Go Tournament (March)
Turkish Go Championship (May)
Bursa Go Tournament (June)
Izmir Go Tournament (July)
International Istanbul Go Tournament (September)
Eskisehir Go Tournament (November)
Alpar Kilinç Memorial Go Tournament (December)

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