TOSFED Gala Night Held at Club Turban
The Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, known by its abbreviation TOSFED, held its 2015 Turkish Champions Awards Ceremony Gala Night on the evening of 13 May at the Grand Yazıcı Club Turban in Marmaris.
The event, at which awards were presented to the overall and class finishers in the Turkish Rally, Historic Rally, Circuit Racing, Off-road, Karting, Trial, Hill Climb and Classic Car Championships, as well as the TOSFED Rally, Rallycross and Circuit Racing Cups, was attended by a large group of guests. Besides senior officials and club representatives, the guest list included drivers who have won the Turkish Rally Championship in previous years.
The evening began with an opening speech from TOSFED President Serkan Yazıcı, and the first awards went to the national drivers who represent our country in international series. Awards were then presented to Turkish Rally champions past and present: Beyza Avcıoğlu, Levent Pekün, Emre Yerlici, Can Okan, Necati Kalaycı on behalf of his father Hasan Kalaycı, Tuna Kalaycı, Serdar Bostancı, Can Ünlü, Ali Karacan, Mustafa Güneş, Adnan Saruhan, İskender Atakan, Yusuf Avimelek, Yılmaz Köprücü, Atıl Atılgan, Serkan Yazıcı, Egemen Ertük, Volkan Işık, Erkan Bodur, Erkan Güleren, Mehmet Besler, Afşin Baydar, Yağız Avcı, Bahadır Gücenmez, Murat Bostancı and Onur Vatansever.
The night continued until the early hours, with specially designed awards presented to the drivers and teams who finished on the podium in the Turkish Championships and TOSFED Cups. In addition, Baku Grand Prix Sales Director Bülent Özerdim gave a speech about the Formula 1 event that Baku, Azerbaijan, will host on 17-18-19 June, after which the face of the event's promotion, well-known Azerbaijani singer Tünzale Agayeva, took to the stage.
