Bahattin Sofuoğlu (1 January 1978 - 25 October 2002) born in
Adapazarı
Adapazarı () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 324 km2, and its population 281,489 (2022). It covers the central and northern part of the agglomeration of Adapazarı and t ...
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
was a successful
motorcycle racer for the Turkish Honda team.
As the son of a motorcycle repairman, he started racing in 1997 at the age of nineteen. His two brothers
Sinan and
Kenan were also motorcycle racers. Sinan Sofuoğlu died on May 9, 2008, at the age of 25 in the intensive care unit of Kocaeli University Hospital following a motorcycle crash. He was training for the Turkey Motorcycle Championship at İzmit Körfez Circuit in Körfez, Kocaeli, where he fell-off his motorcycle and suffered a broken neck, trauma at the base of his skull, and
pulmonary hemorrhage. His
first cousin once removed was named after him.
Achievements
* 1999 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class A champion
* 2000 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class A champion
* 2001 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class A champion
See also
*
Sofuoğlu family
References
1978 births
2002 deaths
Sportspeople from Adapazarı
Turkish motorcycle racers
Road incident deaths in Turkey
Pedestrian road incident deaths
Bahattin
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