Turkey’s Athlete of the Year: Sureyya Ayhan

Ayhan, who received more than 60 percent of the votes, was voted Athlete of the Year. Besiktas Football Club, 2002-2003 super league champions, were voted Team of the Year. The black & white team’s success did not end there. Besiktas President, Serdar Bilgili, was chosen as Sportsman of the Year. Besiktas Coach, Mircea Lucescu, was voted Coach of the Year. And our pride in Spain, Nihat Kahveci, was named Footballer of the Year. The Fair Play Award went to Galatasaray President, Ozhan Canaydin and Hakan Sukur won the Special Honor Award for his numerous successes in the National A Football Team and Galatasaray. The date of the award ceremony will be announced in the next few days.

Jury’s Special Awards should go to NBA star Mehmet Okur, Kirkpinar Wrestling Champion, Kenan Simsek, and the star of Europe’s second National Volleyball Team, Neslihan Demir.