Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey

Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey
Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu
AbbreviationTTOK
Formation1923
TypeINGO
PurposeTouring
HeadquartersŞişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°05′57″N 29°00′19″E / 41.09917°N 29.00528°E / 41.09917; 29.00528
Region served
Turkey
MembershipFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)
Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT)
President
Dr. Bulent Katkak
Websitewww.turing.org.tr

The Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu) (TTOK), also known as Turkish Automobile Association, is an amateur and international organization dedicated to tourism and the automobile sector. It was founded in 1923 at the behest of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by a group of intellectuals led by Reşit Saffet Atabinen, a diplomat at the time and a historian. The club is a member of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT).

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