Sport turns the life that is “black” to “white – – Cyprus Newspaper

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Cemre Cemali

By contacting individuals who do not want to get out of the “comfort area” easily, it is possible to convince them of the unifying and transformative power of the sport.

Disabled Sports Federation, which contains all the branches of disabled sports in our country, has touched the lives of dozens of disabled individuals since its establishment in 1996.

Thanks to the sports of disabled individuals from “black to white” sports, disabled individuals represent our country abroad and allow our country to be seen internationally.

Speaking to Cyprus, the President of the Disabled Sports Federation Ahmet Akdeniz said that it is very important that the athletes of a country with a population of 400-500 thousand in a country with a population of 85-90 millions are very important to take part in the team of 85-90 million.

« Founded in 1996 »

Ahmet Akdeniz, President of the Sports Federation for the Disabled, stated that the federation was founded in 1996,
In 1982, Mustafa Çelik was inspired by the UK, which he went to the purpose of treatment as a result of a traffic accident: “In the UK rehabilitation phase, he saw the wheelchair basketball and started to work with 5-6 friends in 1991 after returning to the country. First, they start working with chairs used by patients in the hospital. Later, Mustafa Çelik became the president of the Orthopedic Disabled Association and in 1992, the team took under the roof of the association. Thus, our Federation, which was first established as “Disabled” Sports Federation and later, was one of the 33 sports federations in our country in 1996. ”

« All branches of disabled sports are in our structure »

Mediterranean, each of the other federations, a branch of a branch, while the disabled Sports Federation of disabled sports sports sports, the branches of the branches of the branch of the already wheeled basketball team, air pistol and cool rifle team, other than that, the road run, swimming and desk tennis branch, he said. Akdeniz said that they continue to work to support athletes by continuing to cooperate with other federations and explained some of the works they carry out in this context:

“Thanks to a cooperation with the Gymnastics Federation, we are working to create sports infrastructure for children with autism and autism. We have contact with associations and disabled non -governmental organizations for the sports branches that can be done by vision and hearing impaired individuals. We are working to consult with them and to include them in the sport. We also had interviews with the athletics Federation. There are branches in which we will include individuals who lose their limbs such as hands, arms and legs in their body.

« The persuasion process is very important »

Mediterranean, the main locomotive branch of the federation is a wheelchair basketball, stating that, « a disabled individual's black life can return to white sport. However, in other federations, the current athletes are active in childhood and in various clubs after school and after school, they turn to that sport, but our sports branch does not exist in schools. ”

For this reason, Akdeniz said that the athletes first met with various associations or people who see and hear this area.

Mediterranean said, “Unfortunately, an individual with disabilities is isolating himself from society. If the individual does not have a chair or device that will make his life easier for the individual, he does not want to leave his home comfort. At this point, our ability to persuade comes into play ”.

Nearly 400 Members

The Mediterranean Sea said that when they consider the people who have made sports so far, they have a number of 400 members, these people are mainly composed of physically disabled individuals. Underlining that individuals with disabilities are working for the full and effective participation in the society, Akdeniz said, “Sport transforms every individual's life, but transforms the life of the disabled individual doubles. We have friends who do this professionally and have a certain fee that each athlete receives a monthly basis. Previously disabled individuals needed their family for treatment, care, rehabilitation or economic reasons, while individuals with disabilities have reached the level to look at their family. ”

« We are involved in Türkiye league »

The Mediterranean Sea gave information about the federation -connected wheel basketball team and said, ız Our team is 17 people. Considering the people who have done and left in the past, we can talk about 150-160 people. Our chosen friends are currently in the Turkish Young National Team and Türkiye A National Team ”. Stating that it is very important that a country with a population of a country with a population of 400-500 thousand in a population of 85-90 million is very important to take part in the team, the Turkish Basketball Federation and the European Federation in the position of the Cypriot athletes said:
The Mediterranean said:

“We have children who are transferred to various teams of Türkiye. They all came there thanks to the conditions offered by the federation created by this team. Orçun Kamalı, who grew up in this federation, is now one of the members of the Board of Directors of the European Wheelchair Basketball. Like Buse Savaşkan, our athlete İbrahim Yavuz took part in the Olympics with the National Team of Türkiye and also plays in Fenerbahçe team. Murat Ekşi was also chosen as the highest number of athletes in a match in Europe. He scored 50 points in a match. These are our children who make a lot of sound in Türkiye. ”

Mediterranean, the TRNC university education in the army young people in the wheelbolt team said that they included, said: “When our child returned to Ordu after graduation, we were inspired by us and founded a wheelchair basketball team. Today, the army team is playing in the Turkish Super League, ”he said.

« We are also in European cups »

Wheel basketball team is also included in the European Cups as in the Turkish Super League, the Mediterranean, the federation of disabled individuals in the country to do sports and touch their lives as well as representing our country, the international field of our country can be seen, he said. Mediterranean, said: “The matches for the Turkish League for a week in Türkiye and a week is held here. Every two weeks, our country comes to 20-25 groups of people. We also do sports tourism in this country. At the same time, our wheelchair basketball team will participate in the cup on May 1-4, 2025 on the island of Sardinia, Italy. In the past years, we took part in many European countries.

We have achieved the third place in Türkiye with the cool pistol set we established. This is a great success. We are competing outside the country with wheelchair basketball and cool pistol set. Road run, swimming and table tennis branches were on a country basis. We have serious efforts to open them to international fields. ”