The National Olympic Committee of Turkey has started the process of making strategic plans about Turkey’s olympic future. The meetings held with this aim in İstanbul, Ankara and Izmir between 18-21 October 2010 attracted serious attention.

To support development of various kinds of sports in Turkey and organizing activities to help sports become a multi-task, educational instrument and be perceived as a lifestyle are among the main principles and targets of The National Olympic Committee of Turkey. The process of “preparing a long-term strategic plan” for lifting Turkey up among the most important countries in the international sports arena has started as NOCT has taken up such a mission. This plan acts as a route guide in order to reach the pre-defined targets.

The ideas that came up in the “brain storming” sessions organized in three major cities with NOCT members in order to reach the consensus of a shared mind will be evaluated by a team of professionals.

First two meetings were held in the hadquarters of NOCT in İstanbul, on 18th October, 2010. One meeting was held in Ankara on 19th October, and another one in Izmir on 20th. The last of the meetings were held again in İstanbul on 21st October 2010. NOCT members expressed many innovative and interesting ideas during these meetings.