The Anatolian Stars League boys’ and girls’ basketball group competitions in Hakkari started with the star of Hakkari Governor and Deputy Mayor İdris Akbıyık.
The competitions, which started at the Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate Sports Hall, started with a moment of silence and the singing of the National Anthem.
Hakkari Governor and Deputy Mayor İdris Akbıyık, Deputy Governor and Deputy Mayor Mustafa Berat Kasımoğlu, AK Party Provincial President Abdulmuttalip Özbek, AK Party Central District President Cumhur Demir, AK Party Deputy Provincial Presidents Lawyer Zeydin Kaya and Mehmet Yoldaş,
AK Party Youth Branch President Kenan Beyter, Women’s Branch President Münevver Ertuş, Youth and Sports Branch Manager Sabri Demir, Basketball First Representative Yakup Aktaş, athletes and coaches attended.
It was stated that 180 athletes from the provinces of Hakkari, Şırnak, Siirt, Batman, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep and Kilis will compete in the competitions that will end on March 30.
Youth and Sports Provincial Director Emin Yıldırım stated that the aim of the competition is to spread sports in many branches in 81 provinces, to ensure that more competitions are held, and to train and win athletes for clubs and national teams.
Director Yıldırım said, “This year, our city was given group competitions in 8 different branches in this context, one of them is basketball, which we host today, 180 athletes from 9 cities will participate in the competitions that will last for 3 days. We will watch beautiful competitions. It will be a sport.
Mr. Governor, the slogans that you have started, “There is life in Hakkari, there is sports in Hakkari” suit our city very well, because we live them to the fullest, we are living a historical period in terms of investments in sports. To our Minister of Youth and Sports, especially to our President, who contributed to our city,
I would like to express my gratitude to you and everyone who contributed, I wish success and respect to all our teams, Coaches and Referees who participated in the competitions,” he said. Hakkarihabertv.com