{"id":2280,"date":"2022-10-19T09:17:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T09:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:46:20","slug":"the-bodrum-cup-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/the-bodrum-cup-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bodrum Cup has begun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day that sailing and yachting enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived. The first race of the 34th American Hospital The Bodrum Cup, the Metro stage, started at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18, on the Bodrum \u2013 \u00c7\u00f6kertme route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bodrum Cup, which brings together sailing enthusiasts in Bodrum for the 34th year with American Hospital as the title sponsor and \u00c7a\u011fda\u015f Holding as the main sponsor, kicked off its first race with the Metro stage along the Bodrum-\u00c7\u00f6kertme route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the start of the stage, a moment of silence was observed and a wreath ceremony was held on the boat moving towards the starting line with the participation of the protocol and The Bodrum Cup organization for the miners who lost their lives in the mining explosion in Bart\u0131n and the sailors who recently lost their lives. The ceremony was attended by S\u00fcleyman Uysal, Chairman of The Bodrum Cup Organizing Committee; Erman Aras, Honorary President of The Bodrum Cup; Orhan Din\u00e7, President of the Chamber of Shipping; Captain Ali Murat Mahmat, Commander of the Coast Guard; Oktay Durmuk, Bodrum District Director of Youth and Sports; Mahmut Kocadon, President of the Bodrum Chamber of Commerce; Bilgehan Bayar, District Governor of Bodrum; Mustafa \u00dcnver B\u00f6ke, District Governor of Milas; Tayfun Y\u0131lmaz, Deputy Mayor of Bodrum; Muhammet Tokat, Mayor of Milas; and Osman G\u00fcr\u00fcn, Mayor of Mu\u011fla Metropolitan Municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the memorial ceremony, the 34th American Hospital The Bodrum Cup races commenced with the first leg upon the signal. After the signal, the yachts set sail, creating colorful scenes across the blue waters of the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Sails were raised this year for the blue economy and sustainability<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The festival, which brings together sailors and enthusiasts from around the world in Bodrum, is opening its sails this year with the motto \u201cAdding Power to Blue.\u201d\u00a0 The first day's race, sponsored by Metro T\u00fcrkiye as Platinum sponsor, will be the 19th Bodrum-\u00c7\u00f6kertme route mile. The races will then proceed to Kisseb\u00fck\u00fc, G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fl\u00fck, and finally back to Bodrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metro T\u00fcrkiye CEO Sinem T\u00fcr\u00fcng, one of the festival's Platinum sponsors, said, \u201cWe are delighted to support the American Hospital The Bodrum Cup organization again this year, which we consider very valuable for our country and is organized annually around a different social responsibility theme,\u201d and continued: \u201cSustainability is always at the heart of Metro T\u00fcrkiye's responsible business model, which encompasses the entire value chain from production to distribution. We conduct our business in an environmentally friendly manner and by preserving local values. As an organization committed to advancing Turkish cuisine, we continue to support events that align with our mission, both locally and internationally. The Bodrum Cup is one such event. We are delighted to have supported it for six years and to be participating again this year, promoting the valuable products of our cuisine to various cultures. We are delighted to have prepared a special menu for this event by the chefs of Gastronometro, Turkey's first gastronomy discovery platform, which we established in 2015. We are also pleased to support the event by providing all the provisions needed for all committee boats to prepare this menu throughout the week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bodrum Cup has begun! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, October 19, the course for the Opet stage will be set from \u00c7\u00f6kertme to Kisseb\u00fck\u00fc. The stage length is 16 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, October 20, competitors will set sail from Kisseb\u00fck\u00fc to G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fl\u00fck to complete the By The SEA stage. The stage length is 22.8 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, October 21, the race will depart from G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fl\u00fck for the \u00c7a\u011fda\u015f Holding stage, which will finish in Bodrum. The stage length is 14.8 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will conclude on Saturday, October 22, with the 11-mile Anadolu Sigorta Bodrum-Bodrum stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total distance of all races is 75 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bodrum Cup has begun! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The final race of the festival, the Anadolu Sigorta stage, will start and finish in Bodrum on Saturday, October 23. Upon completion of the final stage, an awards ceremony will be held at A\u011fanlar Shipyard, followed by an Athena concert to bring the festival to an unforgettable close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bodrum Cup has begun! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Deniz ve yelken tutkunlar\u0131n\u0131n heyecanla bekledi\u011fi g\u00fcn geldi \u00e7att\u0131. American Hospital The Bodrum Cup’\u0131n 34’\u00fcnc\u00fc y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131n ilk yar\u0131\u015f\u0131n\u0131n ger\u00e7ekle\u015fece\u011fi Metro etab\u0131 18 Ekim Sal\u0131 g\u00fcn\u00fc 11:00’da Bodrum \u2013 \u00c7\u00f6kertme rotas\u0131 i\u00e7in start ald\u0131. American Hospital isim sponsorlu\u011fu ve \u00c7a\u011fda\u015f Holding ana sponsorlu\u011fuyla 34’\u00fcnc\u00fc y\u0131l\u0131nda da deniz ve yelken tutkunlar\u0131n\u0131 Bodrum’da birle\u015ftiren The Bodrum Cup’\u0131n ilk […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,147],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mavi-rotalar","category-yat-kulup","tag-the-bodrum-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19142,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions\/19142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}