WAKO Europe President Istvan Kiraly was a member of the WAKO delegation visiting the Turkiye Olympic Committee on 11th January in Istanbul.
Together with WAKO President Roy Baker and Salim Kayici, WAKO Vice President, they had very important meeting with IOC member and President of Turkiye Olympic Committee Mr. Ugur Erdener.
At the meeting it was discussed the significant growth of the sport of kickboxing in Turkiye, the ongoing processes of inclusion of kickboxing in the various multi-sport events under Olympic patronage, the development of kickboxing in recent years and its progression working with the International Olympic Committee.