Cricket Turkey (

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: ''Türkiye Kriket'') is the ICC-recognised

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of the sport of

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

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 ...

. It is Turkey's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 2008. It is also a member of the

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(earlier the

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). As cricket is not a ministry-sanctioned sport in Turkey, the organisation is not legally structured as a

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; rather, it is officially considered to be a

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References

External links

Cricinfo-Turkey
{{Sports governing bodies in Turkey

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

2008 establishments in Turkey

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