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Niyazi Çakır, Deputy Chairman of Paintball at the Federation of Developing Sports Branches, stated, “If our young people love the sport, it will contribute both to our Federation of Developing Sports and to our country,” emphasising that if we make people love the sport, we will make them love our country.
Niyazi Çakır, Deputy Chairman of Paintball at the Turkish Federation of Developing Sports Branches, expressed that paintball is developing day by day in Türkiye and said, “In terms of athlete development, there are many alternatives in the western regions, but we want to bring this opportunity to our eastern provinces. This sport started in the Çukurca district of Hakkari.”
During the second leg competitions of the Paintball Turkish Championship, Deputy Chairman Çakır, who is in Erzurum representing the Federation of Developing Sports Branches, explained the work they are doing to promote paintball, which serves as a new sports branch in the country.
In a statement to the Anadolu Agency (AA), Deputy Chairman Niyazi Çakır said that paintball joined the federation in February 2018, which is also the home of developing sports branches such as squash, korfball, wave surfing and cricket.
Noting that rafting was previously part of the federation and developed to become a separate federation, Çakır said, “The Rafting Federation separated from us and now holds its own elections. There were previously air sports. Similarly, as it increased both the number of athletes and clubs, it received its own federation and separated from us.”
“If we make people love the sport, we will make them love our country”
Çakır stated that, due to the small number of clubs and athletes in paintball, their work is being carried out within the federation, and added that they are working to promote this new branch of sport in the country.
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