Yelken Yacht Club ( tk, Ýelken Ýaht Kluby) is a
yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
in
Awaza
Awaza (or Avaza) refers to both a tourist zone in and a borough (district headed by a presidentially appointed mayor) of the city of Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan. It is located on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, 12 km west of downtown ...
,
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
. The first yacht club in Turkmenistan.
History
Built by Turkish company
Polimeks
Polimeks İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. Polimeks, established in 1995 and grew to become one of the world’s leading construction companies, in recent years transformed into a global investment holding ...
, construction began in 2009.
It was opened with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to June 2013.
In 2014, the yacht club held the PWA World Cup.
AWAZA PWA WORLD CUP TÜRKMENİSTAN
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.yelkenyahtkluby.com/
Yacht clubs in Turkmenistan
2013 establishments in Turkmenistan
Sports venues in Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan