BAU Bosphorus Sailing Cup '14 Storms the İstanbul Bosphorus

Bahçeşehir University (BAU), which hosts many important events at its campus in the heart of İstanbul, also hosted the first Bosphorus race of the year. The race was started jointly by AK Party Deputy Chair Hüseyin Çelik, who was at Bahçeşehir University to speak for the School of Politics Program, Bahçeşehir University Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel and Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın.

Held for the second time this year with the support of Bahçeşehir University, BAU Bosphorus Sailing Cup '14 offered magnificent scenes on the İstanbul Bosphorus, a course with an attractive level of difficulty for sailors. A total of 74 boats, with 10 in IRC 0, 5 in IRC 1, 17 in IRC 2, 12 in IRC 3, 18 in IRC 4, 12 in the Cruiser class and boats in the inter-university race, started from the Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus, rounded the Beykoz and Hisar marks and finished the race again in front of the Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus. In addition to the Bahçeşehir University Sailing Team, Boğaziçi University, METU, İTU, Bilgi University, THK University, Sabancı University and Koç University also took part in the race. The race, which brought together major Turkish sailing teams such as Borusan, Turkcell, Arçelik, Efes, Beko and Tüpraş, also featured the largest racing yacht currently in Türkiye, which has competed in the Volvo Ocean Race, one of the most prestigious events in the world: the Vo70 .