Presidential candidates Eyüp Gözgeç, Suat Hekimoğlu, Selçuk Aydın and Hasan Kartal were present at the general assembly held at JW Marriott Ankara Hotel.
In his speech, Hasan Kartal, one of the presidential candidates, announced that he withdrew from candidacy to support Eyüp Gözgeç and said, “I became a candidate due to some intrigues. I became a candidate with the concern that Mr. Gözgeç would be punished. I do not continue this candidacy. Eyüp Gözgeç does this job best. I withdraw from candidacy.” .” made his assessment.
Hasan Kartal was on Eyüp Gözgeç’s board of directors candidate list in the election.
The board of directors was acquitted in terms of activity and supervision.
294 out of 298 delegates participated in the election. 7 votes were deemed invalid in the election.
As a result of the voting, Suat Hekimoğlu was elected as the new president of the federation with 119 votes. Eyüp Gözgeç, who has been in office since 2011, received 92 votes and his 13-year presidential term ended. The other candidate, Selçuk Aydın, received 76 votes.
Giving a thank you speech, Hekimoğlu stated that they won a difficult election and that they will work together for Turkish boxing without grudges against anyone.
The following main members took part in the new management of the Turkish Boxing Federation:
Suat Hekimoğlu (Chairman), Talat Mehmet Tanfer, Özgür Güzey, Mehmet Turhal, Yiğit Göğüş, Abdulvahap Aslan Küçükemre, Muharrem Lazoğlu, Mert Yiğit, İbrahim Anlı, Ercüment Arslan, Gökhan Kazaz
THERE WERE FREQUENT DISCUSSIONS
The general assembly was quite tense.
Olympic runner-up and former national boxer Atagün Yalçınkaya also made a speech and criticized the current president, Eyüp Gözgeç, saying, “I condemn Mr. Eyüp, who did not write me as a delegate in the previous elections, even though I had the right to do so. The Ministry of Youth and Sports said ‘stop’ to this and now I am before you as a delegate.” “Eyüp Bey has been harming boxing for many years.” he said.
Taking the floor upon these criticisms, Eyüp Gözgeç invited the general assembly to remain calm and said, “Everyone is a friend here. There will be an election. Please be respectful. Let’s not make accusations in the speeches.” he said.
During the election, the speeches of the presidential candidates were frequently interrupted by the members of the general assembly.