Turkey Backgammon Finalists Named
The WBF Turkey Modern Backgammon League announced the names of the 8 finalists to represent Turkey in the 2008 Europe Modern Backgammon Championship, which will take place in May, 2008 in Velden, Austria.
The WBF Turkey Modern Backgammon Leagues named the 8 finalists out of the 82 entrants who took part in the 2007 WBF Turkey Modern Backgammon Championship that was held in the first week of 2008. The event was sponsored by the WBF Turkey Modern Backgammon Leagues and the players who've made it to the first 8 places won free entries to the 2008 scheduled to May 14-18, 2008 in Velden, Austria.
Backgammon in Turkey
Backgammon, Tavli in Turkish, is very popular throughout Turkey. The WBF Turkey Modern Backgammon Leagues counts hundreds of backgammon players, who all participated in over thousand backgammon tournaments over the past six years. Traditionally, Tavli rules are very similar but not identical to backgammon rules.
The eight Turkey Backgammon League finalists are: Faruk Perkin, Engin Gürses, Sulhi Gulbahar, Semih Sugle, Cem Duran, Sureyya Sertasi, George Simpson, and Gultekin Uygur.
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