Increasing Awareness About Sport in Turkey

Abstract

Regardless of their ages, races, and gender all people benefit from active participation in sport and recreation activities because all of these activities aim to promote active participation. Sport for all (hereafter SfA) aims for taking this idea a step further. Sport for all activities demands voluntary active participation to sport for all activities of participants. Besides, voluntary work in maintenance of these activities, giving support to the projects and other events are also important as they help to create and promote a unique network of sport enthusiasts. The aim of this paper is to how Turkish Sport for All Federation (hereafter TSFAF) works to disseminate sport and active life style to the whole country through various organizations along with introducing some activities and their effectiveness in terms of raising awareness.