October 2 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has signed a one-year sponsorship contract with the national carrier Turkish Airlines.
Тhe signing ceremony was held at the Turkish Airlines General Management Center VIP Meeting Hall and was attended by Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, TFF Board of Directors members and Turkish Airlines Board of Directors and Executive Committee President Ahmet Bolat and board members.
“Turkish Airlines is an important brand that our country has raised in the world. As the Turkish Football Federation, our goal is to take Turkish football to its rightful place in a fair and just manner by taking Turkish Airlines as an example in order to bring the brand value of Turkish football to the places it deserves. Of course, someone needs to carry us to every part of the world during this process,” said Hacıosmanoğlu.
“There will be a World Cup in America in 2026. It is a long distance. We can go there with Turkish Airlines. We took over a federation that was in a difficult situation. Just as Turkish Airlines is our pride, the national team is the pride of the Turkish nation. With this sense of responsibility, it is our duty to take Turkish Airlines as an example and carry Turkish football to the place it deserves. I hope Turkish Airlines reaches even greater heights and becomes number 1 in the world.”
Expressing his pleasure for signing a sponsorship agreement with TFF, Turkish Airlines’ Bolat said: “Our federation, which successfully represents our country in football for both men and women, and the Turkish Airlines, our country’s flag carrier airline brand, has the same goals.
“To serve our nation, make them proud and contribute to our people based on unification. Just as you are our national federation, just as you wave our flag and represent it all over the world, we, as our country’s flag carrier airline, wave our flag in 130 countries on 6 continents that we fly to. Representing our country unites and brings us together.”
No value was given for the sponsorship.
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