The Health in Sports Summit organized at our university was held with the participation of many names from the sports world. The relationship between sports and health was discussed at the summit attended by many names from the sports world such as Basketball Federation President Hidayet Türkoğlu, Former Referee Erman Toroğlu, football player Aytaç Kara.
Many famous names from the sports community and sports doctors came together at the 2nd Sports Health Summit organized at our university. The summit, where the issue of athlete health was discussed, started with a moment of silence and the National Anthem. In the summit, which started with the speeches of our Chairman of the Board of Trustees Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, our Rector Prof. Dr. İbrahim Hakkı Aydın and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Dr. Tanju Besler, topics such as ‘Multidisciplinary Approach in Basketball Teams’, ‘Manual Therapy in Athletes’, ‘Measurement Methods in Athletes’, ‘Multidisciplinary Approach in Football Teams’ were discussed.
Basketball Federation President Hidayet Türkoğlu, Former National Basketball Player Sinan Güler, Former Referee Erman Toroğlu, footballer Aytaç Kara, National Wrestler Cenk İldem, 2024 Olympic Champion Swimmer Umut Ünlü, as well as many academicians, doctors, physiotherapists, coaches, orthopedists, dieticians, nutritionists, traumatologists and doctors of important football and basketball teams of the country took part in the summit.
‘Sport is now the most important factor in every aspect of our lives’
Drawing attention to the importance of sports in his opening speech, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, said: “The concept of sports has been so diversified today that I would like to share with you that sports is the most important factor and the most important occupation in health, public health, culture, mental and physical health, in every aspect of our lives, but especially in guiding people to the right habits.”
Advising young people to turn to sports to get rid of bad habits, Prof. Dr. Aydın said, “If you want to get rid of a bad habit, whatever you call it, you can call it computer addiction or another habit, the only way to get rid of it is sports. There are thousands of types, thousands of different areas, every young person, every person can find something from there and adapt it to his life according to his own structure, situation, position, job, health, age, weight.”
“Every club, every community has different expectations”
Basketball Federation President Hidayet Türkoğlu, when asked about the difference between being a sportsman and a manager, said, “You cannot manage easily, sometimes you are selfish in these processes. Especially as an athlete, you feel like the world revolves around you. From time to time we have difficulties. Because everyone’s expectations are different and we fall short in terms of meeting everyone’s needs. Because the clubs have different perspectives, expectations and organizations. When we say communities, they all have a different agenda. But we always think that we manage the process well with good dialogues.”
Referring to the sense of trust between athletes, doctors and healthcare professionals, Türkoğlu said, “What everyone wants to talk about here is actually everyone’s trust in each other. Trusting our dietician, our physiotherapist, our conditioning, our doctor… We spend a certain part of our lives with sacrifices and with these people. We are here for a purpose. Due to our job, we spend more time with these teams than with our families.”
