{
  "id": "2026-09-19-kktc-balkan-masa-tenisi-gozlemci-uyelik",
  "threadId": "kktc-uluslararasi-spor-uyelikleri",
  "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-trnc-table-tennis-federation-becomes-observer/",
  "lang": "en",
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T06:00:00+03:00",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-19T19:05:46.629Z",
  "category": "world",
  "categoryName": "World",
  "headline": "TRNC table tennis federation becomes observer member of Balkan union",
  "summary": "In a vote held at the Balkan Table Tennis Union congress, 10 out of 14 member countries voted in favor and 4 against. According to the report, Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration objected to the decision; Turkish Table Tennis Federation President Kerim Koç stated that they were pleased with the outcome.",
  "agreement": "single-source",
  "entities": [
    {
      "name": "Northern Cyprus Table Tennis Federation",
      "slug": "kuzey-kibris-masa-tenisi-federasyonu",
      "type": "institution",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kuzey-kibris-masa-tenisi-federasyonu/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Balkan Table Tennis Union",
      "slug": "balkan-masa-tenisi-birligi",
      "type": "institution",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/balkan-masa-tenisi-birligi/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turkish Table Tennis Federation",
      "slug": "turkiye-masa-tenisi-federasyonu",
      "type": "institution",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/turkiye-masa-tenisi-federasyonu/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kerim Koç",
      "slug": "kerim-koc",
      "type": "person",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kerim-koc/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC)",
      "slug": "kktc",
      "type": "place",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kktc/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Greece",
      "slug": "yunanistan",
      "type": "place",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yunanistan/"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Oda TV",
      "title": "Kuzey Kıbrıs sporunda tarihi eşik: KKTC, Balkan Masa Tenisi Birliği’nde",
      "url": "https://www.odatv.com/spor/kuzey-kibris-sporunda-tarihi-esik-kktc-balkan-masa-tenisi-birliginde-120163361",
      "leaning": "opposition",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T17:21:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://gazete.tv/thumbs/264c789b5c5d4cfa.webp",
    "credit": "Oda TV"
  },
  "editions": [
    {
      "lang": "tr",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-kktc-masa-tenisi-federasyonu-balkan-birligine/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-trnc-table-tennis-federation-becomes-observer/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-trnc-table-tennis-federation-becomes-observer/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-federatsiya-nastolnogo-tennisa-trsk-stala-nablyudatelem/"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "summary": "Summaries may be quoted with a link back to the story page.",
    "sources": "Linked articles belong to their publishers."
  }
}