Sports Sponsorships

Turkey's leading Internet service provider TTNET A.Ş. signed a 5 year main sponsorship agreement with Turkish Football Federation. The sponsorship agreement signing ceremony organized at the Gloria Golf Resort in Antalya, where the National Team camped, on 12 May 2008 was conducted with the participation of term TFF President Hasan Doğan, TTNET General Director Tahsin Yılmaz, Turkish National Teams' Coach Fatih Terim, National Team athletes and the TTNET CEO via videophone connection with Ankara.

In the signing ceremony held following the speeches, the agreement was signed by term TFF President Hasan Doğan and TTNET General Director Tahsin Yılmaz. Pursuant to the agreement, TTNET became the main sponsor of the , A and U-21 National Football teams and all National Football teams including kids, stars, youth and ladies.

Giving a speech in the signing ceremony, TTNET General Manager Tahsin Yılmaz said, "Our target is to support sports and the global values of sports, and serve to train athletes in world-standards to successfully represent Turkey in the world". Stating that TTNEt was considering TTNET's National Teams main sponsorship as a contribution to the development of Turkish Football and that they would keep their operations with this mentality, Mr. Yılmaz added, "With our young brand, we decided that football is the true media for our activities for the youth."

TFF Super Cup 2009 final game was played between Beşiktaş, The Champion of the Turkish League and the Turkish Cup, and Fenerbahçe, Turkish Cup Finalist, on Istanbul Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium on 02 August 2009, Sunday. Fenerbahçe, beating its competitor with a score of 2-0, became the winner of the 4th Super Cup.

TFF Super Cup finals became a feast for the football lovers with pre-game shows and special surprises. TTNET segways wandering on the field, carrying team flags, were welcomed enthusiastically by the spectators. Kids participating in the ceremony entered the field together with the football players of the TFF Super Cup final match. The Turkish national Anthem was accompanied by the famous tenor Hakan Aysev before the game.

Turkey's leading Internet provider TTNET became the Official Sponsor of TFF Super Cup for 5 years, in parallel with its vision of contributing to the Turkish sports.

TFF Super Cup 2008 final game was played between Turkey's League Champion Galatasaray SK and Turkish Cup Champian Kayserispor on MSV Arena in Duisburg, Germany, on 17 August 2008, Sunday. Beating its competitor with a 2-1 score, Galatasaray won the 3rd Super Cup.

TTNET provided the opportunity for the European Galatasaray Fan Card owners and Germany Kayseri People Associations' members to watch the game in the stadium via the organization TTNET arranged through the authorities of both clubs.

UEFA U17 European Football Championship, of which TTNET A.Ş. was one of the sponsors, was held in Antalya. In the tournament held between 4 and 16 May 2008, Spain, beating France with a 4-0 score, won the European Championship. Turkish nationals reached the semifinals and completed the tournament within the first four teams.

Turkey's leading Internet provider TTNET signed a sponsorship agreement with the Türk Telekom Youth and Sports Club, in parallel with its vision of contributing to the development of Turkish sports. Within the context of the agreement, in Türk Telekomspor Men's Basketball Team's 2008-2009 Turkey Professional Basketball League and European Cup games, visual applications belonging to TTNET are used.

Türk Telekomspor Men's Basketball Team, playing in the Turkish Cup finals in basketball for the 4th time, took place in the Presidency finals twice and won the cup once. The team, playing in Europe, reached quarter-finals in FIBA CUP in 2006-2007 season.

Turkey's leading Internet service provider TTNET became the sponsor of 3 sailboats of 8 metres, 11 metres and 15 metres long belonging to the OGEM International Agency, in parallel with its vision of contributing to the development of Turkish sports.

Within the framework of this agreement, TTNET sailboats compete with their rivls in most of the competitions in their respective categories especially in Boğaziçi Cup, Donanma Cup, Çanakkale D.Zaferi Cup, Fahir Çelikbaş Cup, Burhan Kunt Cup and Fahir Çelikbaş Cup competitions, as well as being used for education purposs to train new sailmen.

Turkey's leading Internet service provider TTNET arranged a giant flag activity with a 80x20 meters flag with the aim of supporting the Turkish National Football Team during 2010 World Championship preliminary games, within the context of the sponsorship agreement with Turkish Football Federation, which TTNET considers to be a contribution to the development of Turkish football.

In the games played in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium between Turkey and Belgium, in Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium between Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium between Turkey and Azerbaijan the 80x20 meters flag unfolded with the TTNET organization during the singing of national anthems before the kick-off created a huge enthusiasm in the football lovers watching the game in the stadium and in their homes on TV.

TTNET, the Main Sponsor of the National Football Teams, hosted the Board of Directors of the Turkish Football Federation, Technical Staff of the National teams and the Turkish National Team players on its stand as part of CeBIT Eurasia activities. Together with TFF President Mahmut Özgener, National Teams Responsible Fatih Terim and national football players met the football lovers in TTNET's organization. National football players especially paid attention to TTNET MÜZİK and TTNET Oyun portals. The national players, examining TTNET Vitamin and other TTNET products, expressed that they really liked the new face of TTNET services.

Turkey's leading Internet service provider TTNET became the main sponsor of the 21st International Trainer Development Congress held in Antalya on 12-13 January 2009 by the Turkish Football Federation, in parallel with its vision of contributing to Turkish sports.

The congress, held biennially and with the aim of contributing to the technical trainers' development and widening their visions, brought a modern expansion to the issues regarding football via its rich contents. In the congress, of which TTNET General Director Tahsin Yılmaz, Turkish Football Federation President Mahmut Özgener, TFF Football Development Centre Director Ahmet Güvener and TÜFAD President İsmail Dilber gave the opening speeches, Bill Beswick, one of the most important names in the world in athlete psychology, USA Youth Soccer Federation Technical Department Director Sam Snow, Fenerbahçe Coach Luis Aragones, United Kingdom National Team Coach Fabio Capello and National Teams Technical Responsible Fatih Terim gave the presentations.

TTNET General Manager Tahsin Yılmaz expressed that they used to listen to the games from the radio 20 years ago, and now all the information reached in a fast and safe way. Mr. Yılmaz added, ''When football and technology became that close, we thought that we should also be in football."