Short History
The Go players in Istanbul that have been performing Go activities for more than 10 years, founded Istanbul Go Players Association in 17 July 2012.
As written in the code of association, the first priority of association is : “contributing to introduce Go and popularize it among people in all ages, but especially young people in order to contribute them to their personal and mind development.”
Our method to become successful is: at first, providing needs of Istanbul Go Players and supporting them; helping studies and works between Istanbul Go Players and other clubs or associations, providing compatibility for tournaments, certification with standards, increasing ability of Istanbul Go Players in order to represent in different international organisations, developing mind sports and ethics, providing collaboration among members of association and providing members to become representative for good ethics.