Turgut Atakol

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Turgut Atakol (born 1915 in Istanbul, Turkey; died April 9, 1988 in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish basketball player, referee and sports administrator. As a player, he played for Galatasaray. Upon retiring, he became a referee, calling many international games, including the Hungary-Czechoslovakia final of the 1955 European Championship. He was the founder and president of the Turkish Basketball Federation (1958-1964), director of the organizing committee of the 1971 Mediterranean Games, secretary general of the Turkish Olympic Committee (1973-1982), president of the Turkish Olympic Committee (1982-1988) and member of the International Olympic Committee (1984-1988). He also wrote a book "Techniques of Basketball Refereeing", which was adopted as a guidebook by FIBA. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2007.