We all wait with great expectation the celebration of these 52nd European Senior Championships 2017 in Kocaeli. The whole European family feels encouraged to come back to Turkey to enjoy all together the top European Karate annual event. These are our first European Senior Championships of an Olympic Karate and we all look forward to make in Kocaeli big celebrations of this historical success of our sport.
I also want to take this opportunity to recognize the work developed by the Turkish Karate Federation during so many years. It has been always an active and loyal member from the European and from the World Karate Federation and it has always made things easy inside a positive atmosphere of support and collaboration. With members like the Turkish Karate Federation it is easy to understand the outstanding progress experienced by the EKF along the years.
The allocation of this big Karate event to Turkey, to Kocaeli, is therefore something well deserved by the Turkish Karate Federation and I can say, without any doubt, that these 52nd European Senior Championships are going to be a new success of our sport in the Continent, a new success of the EKF thanks to the inestimable contribution of the Turkish Karate Federation.
Antonio Espinós
EKF President

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SEHİT RECEP TOPALOGLU ARENA
Adress: Yahya Kaptan, Kızılay Sokak No:7, 41050 Izmit/Kocaeli Capacity 5000 seats Telephone (0262) 313 00 65
‘’Entry to the stadium is free of charge’’

Online registration will start on 1st March and it will close on 24th April 2017 on the following link: https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=120#a_eventhead
The registration session will take place at the HQ Hotel on Wednesday 3rd May from 10:00 to 15:00.
A “fast lane” will be available for countries with no changes to their online registration and having already paid the corresponding fees. Countries failing to meet these requirements are likely to have longer waiting times.
National Flags & anthems Each participating country is requested to provide 2 national flags and a CD with the national anthem.

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