The 21-year-old national athlete from Cizre, Medeni Çelik, won the belt as the champion in the kickboxing organization held in Istanbul in 2022. Celik decided to sell his belt, which he won by working for many years, for earthquake victims. It will sell the belt to those who bid the highest price in the auction, and donate its income to AFAD to use for earthquake victims.
Fighting in branches such as kickboxing, boxing, wushu and muay thai, which he started at the age of 5, Medeni Çelik became the European champion by defeating his opponent in the Young Men-Low Kick Contact category at the Kick Boxing European Cup Championship held in Croatia in 2020.
MEDI ÇELİK: “WE WILL DONATE THE REVENUE TO AFAD”
National Sportsman Medeni Çelik, who said that the income from the sale of belts will be donated to the earthquake victims, said, “I am 21 years old, I am interested in 4 branches; kick box, boxing, wushu, muay thai. I have been working for the belt in my hand since I was 5 years old. In this process, I became the champion of Turkey. I became the champion of the Eurasian Balkans. I got the right to fight on Turkey’s biggest platform at the age of 18. We trained and sweated hard to get this belt, we worked hard to fight on this platform. Finally I was able to have this belt. While we were preparing for the world arena, we woke up with very sad news. The one based in Kahramanmaraş I and my team were very upset because of the earthquake. Therefore, I put my belt up for sale in an auction in order to do our best. We will start AFAD with the income from here. Our auction will end on March 1. I won this belt in the professional arena in 2022. Istanbul “I won by playing in the game,” he said.
Trainer Vedat İdiz, who said that they are proud of Medeni Çelik’s helping the earthquake victims by selling the belt he won for many years, said, “He is the champion of Europe and Turkey who fought professionally. “Success is not easy to wish for success. It takes a lot of effort and work to come to this situation under these conditions. We were very sad and collapsed in the earthquake that took place in Kahramanmaraş and affected the surrounding provinces greatly. We wish God’s mercy on the citizens who lost their lives in the earthquake and a quick recovery to the injured,” .
“We have been on the field with our athletes and the public in Cizre since the first day, and we are trying to do all we can,” said Idiz, “We work both financially and morally. We have put this belt up for sale by auction. We will start AFAD with the income from here. Our aim in this is to contribute to our people who were affected by the earthquake, albeit a little, to have a contribution and a benefit. As a result of many years and long efforts, our belt will be sacrificed to them. I hope our belt is a very high one. It is sold with the same amount and this money will be started to AFAD.” He used his expressions.