Turkish Go Players' Association
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 that has been hold/will be held within 2007 in Turkey are;
- Hacettepe Go Tournament (March 2007)
- Turkish Go Championship (May 2007)
- Bursa Go Tournament (June 2007)
- Izmir Go Tournament (July 2007)
- International Istanbul Go Tournament (September 2007)
- Alpar Kilinç Memorial Go Tournament (December 2007)