Cricket Turkey
organization
Cricket Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Kriket) is the ICC-recognised governing body of the sport of cricket in Turkey that operates under the administration of Turkish Rugby Federation. Its headquarters are located in Ankara. It is Turkey's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 2008, which is also the year when it was founded. It is also a member of the ICC Europe (earlier the European Cricket Council).
As cricket is not a ministry-sanctioned sport in Turkey, the organisation is not legally structured as a sports federation; rather, it is officially considered to be a sports club and is managed as a sports branch within the Rugby federation alongside Rugby union, American football, baseball/softball, and lacrosse.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7855253. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cricket Turkey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.