Great success from the little judokas of Altındağ... The news of success coming from the little judokas of Altındağ Municipality Sports Club never stops. Judoka from Altındağ won a total of 23 medals from the "Little Men's and Women's Ankara Championship School Sports Semi-Finals" held in Ankara on 17-18 February. Gülfidan Alımcı, Buğlem Kendire (28 kg), Eylül Ece Çetin (28 kg), Esin Akşamçıoğlu (32 kg), Beren Nur Tekin (36 kg), Hatice Çamlıbel (48 kg) and Zeynep Olcay (57 kg), competing in the 24 kg category in the Ankara Championship Junior Girls category, were entitled to receive bronze medals. Competing in the 40 kg category, Elmira Koçaş, Öykü Demir (44 kg) and Elizan Erdoğan (52 kg) won the silver medal. Buğlem Külük (32 kg), Buğlem Helvacı (44 kg) and Fatmanur Genç (57 kg) won the gold medal and took the first place. Competing in the "Ankara Championship Junior Men" category, Melih Sefa Tekin (26 kg), Hikmet Bitmez (30 kg), Mehmet Oğur (38 kg), Emirhan Baştuğ (42 kg), Anıl Özden (60 kg) and Yakup Aydoğdu (60 kg) won bronze medals. Competing in 30 kg, Ayaz Turan won the silver medal, while Mehmet Tahtalı (30 kg), Ömer Faruk Caner (42 kg) and Yusuf Talha Okçu (46 kg) won the gold medal and became the stars of the competitions. 
"WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR PRESIDENT"
Buğlem Külük (11), who won the gold medal by beating all her opponents in the competitions, said, "I have been interested in judo for 3 years. I first started as a hobby. Then I fell in love with judo. I will continue on this path. I aim to become a national athlete. My goal is to participate in the Olympics as a female judo athlete and wave our flag in the sky... I would like to thank our Mayor for providing us with this opportunity." 
Ömer Faruk Caner (12), another athlete who won a gold medal, said, "I have been interested in judo for 4 years. I take judoka Salih Yılmaz as an example. I want to compete in the Balkans and participate in the Olympics. We worked hard for the competitions and achieved success. I aim to become a national athlete. I thank our president very much, I love him very much. I am glad we have such an opportunity..." 
FULL SUPPORT FROM PRESIDENT TIRYAKİ
Stating that they are very happy to receive new success news from Altındağ athletes every day, Altındağ Mayor Dr. Veysel Tiryaki said, "As a municipality, we enabled our young people to grow together with sports, arts and cultural activities in the facilities we provided to our district. We opened courses focused on sports and arts. It is great to see the fruits of these efforts... I congratulate once again our athletes, who are our source of pride, and the teachers who train them, and I hope to receive many more success news. We will always continue to stand by and support our athletes."