Turgut Atakol

Turkish basketball player, referee, sports official

Turgut Atakol
Born	10 October 1915 Istanbul, Turkey
Died	10 April 1988(1988-04-10) (aged 72) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality (legal)	Turkish
Occupation(s)	Basketball player and referee
Board member of	International Olympic Committee Turkish Olympic Committee Turkish Basketball Federation

Turgut Atakol (10 October 1915 – 10 April 1988) was a Turkish basketball player, referee and sports official. In 1988, he was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.^[1]

He played for the Galatasaray team in Istanbul. Upon retiring, he became a referee, calling many international games, including the Hungary-Czechoslovakia final of the 1955 European Championship.

He was the co-founder and president of the Turkish Basketball Federation (1958–1964), director of the organizing committee of the 1971 Mediterranean Games, secretary general of the Turkish Olympic Committee (1973–1982) and later its president (1982–1988), and member of the International Olympic Committee (1984–1988).

Turgut Atakol also wrote a book "Techniques of Basketball Refereeing", which was adopted as a guidebook by FIBA. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2007.

References

^ "Turgut Atakol". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Atakol

FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

FIBA
Members

Players

Coaches

Contributors

Founding Federations: Argentine Czechoslovakian Greek Italian Latvian Portuguese Romanian Swiss
Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Klieger Kozłowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Samaranch Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Sèye Moreau Stanković Steitz Stern Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Technical officials

Arabadjian
Bain
Belošević
Blanchard
Dimou
Hopenhaym
Kassai
Kostin
Lazarov
Pfeuti
Rae
Reverberi
Rigas
Righetto

Teams

1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"

v t e Presidents of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey
Ahmet İhsan Tokgöz (1908–1921) Hasip Bayındırlıoğlu (1921–1923) Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1923–1927) Ali Sami Yen (1927–1930) Kemalettin Sami Paşa (1930–1933) Reşit Saffet Atabinen (1933–1936) Halil Bayrak (1936–1937) Adnan Menderes (1937–1938) Cemil Cahit Taner (1938–1943) Vildan Aşir Savaşır (1943–1950) Danyal Akbel (1950–1952) Cemal Alpman (1952–1954) Faik Binal (1954–1956) Nizamettin Kırşan (1956–1958) Şinasi Ataman (1958–1959) Mehmet Arkan (1959–1960) Hüsamettin Güreli (1960) Bekir Silahçılar (1960–1962) Burhan Felek (1962–1982) Raşit Serdengeçti (1982) Turgut Atakol (1982–1988) Jerfi Fıratlı (1988–1989) Sinan Erdem (1989–2003) Togay Bayatlı (2003–2011) Uğur Erdener (2011– )