Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu, the Minister of Youth and Sports, issued a New Year message for 2021.

Minister of Youth and Sport Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu has stated that, in the last two years, women have become pioneers in every sport, and this was caused mainly because women-led policies in sports are more successful. Minister added that “We believe that, women will be pioneer in the efforts to make sports available for every individual, and to make the culture of the sports even stronger”.

Youth and Sport Minister Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu congratulated,, Deniz Ertan, who has passed the Olympic A qualifying in Turkish Turkcell LCM Youth and Open Age National Team Selection for 1500 m freestyle with a time of 16:22.23, through a message he published.

Youth and Sport Minister Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu congratulated Merve Tuncel, who has passed the Olympic A qualifying in Turkish Turkcell LCM Youth and Open Age National Team Selection for 400 m freestyle with a time of 4:06.83, through a message he published.

Minister Kasapoğlu congratulated Öğretir, who has passed the Olympic A qualifying with a time of 02:09:86 in the 200m breaststroke race in the auditions.

Within the framework of the rigorous works carried out by Youth and Sports Minister Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu from the time he has taken over his duty, millions of young people around Turkey has met the branch of swimming and were brought into this field of sport. Achievement reached in 2020 by our National swimmers as a result of such works drew the attention of international swimming community and Turkey has been awarded with ‘National Development Award’ in 2020 Swammy Awards organized by SwimSwam, which is one of the most prestigious swimming websites of the World.

Sports Emphasizing the importance of innovation in sports, Minister of Youth and Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu said, ”Innovation in sports is a topic that strengthens our hands in many ways in terms of building a healthy society, increasing the performance of our elite athletes, contributing to them and thus strengthening our hands in many aspects in terms of sports tourism.”

Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu has published a condolence message for Özkan Sümer, one of the former Trabzonspor Club President.

Youth and Sports Minister Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu has issued congratulatory message for National swimmer Merve Tuncel who broke the world record belonging to Chelsea Guvecka, with her degree of 15: 45.29 in Turkish Arena Junior and Open Aged Inter-Clubs Short Course Swimming Championship in in the 1500 meter Freestyle category, held in Istanbul.

Youth and Sports Minister Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu issued a congratulatory message for the national wrestlers who won a total of 13 medals, 7 silver and 6 bronze, in the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Serbia.