The process, which started with the gathering of 15 athletes about 9 months ago, continues with membership studies, negotiations and collaborations with other stakeholders of basketball on athlete rights, following the official establishment of the association.
The introductory meeting was held with the participation of the members of the association, which was established to protect the rights of the athletes, to contribute to the careers and social lives of the athletes with the projects they will develop and to cooperate with them, and to represent the athletes as a union.
President of the association Furkan Aldemir, board members Buğrahan Tuncer, Burak Can Yıldızlı, Can Korkmaz, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu, Göksenin Köksal, Kartal Özmizrak and Melih Mahmutoğlu also attended the press conference hosted by Espressolab Roastery.
At the press conference attended by the members of the association, the board of directors and the legal adviser of the association, Atty. Salim Baki made his speeches on behalf of the promotion of the association.
“Our association was established to represent all the athletes in the Basketball Super League”
Speaking at the press conference that started with the introduction of the association’s logo, Furkan Aldemir stated that the association was established with the athletes playing in the Basketball Super League, and with the association’s 118 members currently, the association was established to represent not only the athletes with a Turkish passport, but all the athletes playing in the BSL. .
The Board of Directors of the Association stated that there are patent applications on branding so that the name BASKED does not remain under the name of just an association, and that negotiations are held with eminent organizations on cooperation and sponsorship agreements in order to become a brand, and that they want to carry out projects both for the personal development of the members of the association and to contribute to Turkish basketball. added to their statements.
Speaking on behalf of the association, the members of the Board of Directors Melih Mahmutoğlu, Buğrahan Tuncer, Göksenin Köksal and the member of the association Doğuş Balbay talked about the importance of the Professional Basketball Players Association for Turkish basketball and the benefits that the athletes would bring together, while the legal counsel of the association, Atty. Salim Baki pointed out that professionalization in the developing basketball culture will contribute positively to basketball.
The press conference, which was held for the purpose of promoting the association, ended with a photo shoot after answering the questions of the esteemed press members who attended the event, and introducing the Association’s Communications and Operations Officer Recep Bilal Aksu, media team Bıyık Medya, and logo designer Elif Öndeş.
2023-06-07 18:33:01
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