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Turkish Esports Federation is established by founding President Mr. Alper Afsin Ozdemir on April 2018 under the Ministry of Youth and Sports with 18 board members 1 vice president and 1 president. TESFED has 5 committees, 80 city representatives all over the country and 5 employees based in Ankara. Esports is acknowledged as a sport branch by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, therefore licensed players are athletes and there are official clubs, leagues, tournaments. TESFED is one of the 70 official sport federations of Turkey. TESFED is the sole representative of Turkish esports on both national and international level. Federation’s main goal is to create and regulate a sustainable esports ecosystem all around Turkey, and to represent Turkey in future international competitions. Its vision is developing esports ecosystem for skillful esports athletes, esports audiences and investors. TESFED is also a founding Board member of European Esports Federation.
TESFED has 156 female and 1651 male athletes in a total of 1807 licensed athletes. There are 97 official esports clubs and 8 esports centers licensed by TESFED by the date of FEB2020. Potential esports audience in Turkey is approximately 30,000,000 and we are working hard on developing the correct infrastructure for all.
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