3. ACCOMMODATION:

Additional teams from the same Federation will be allowed to participate if they pay the normal registration fee to FIDE plus 100 € to the organizers on arrival. Members of the extra team and other accompanying perqons shall each pay 59 € per day inclusive of 3 meals. There is no any chance to provide single rooms.  Please take under consideration that all participants must stay in official hotels. All participants will stay in Mersin Municipality Sport House in Mersin and anyone who participates in the tournament will not allowed for security reasons to stay somewhere else. Invited players will stay in triple or in double rooms.  Registrations will be valid by sending 100 € organization fee in adtance. Following accounts must be used and money should be transferred to Turkish Chess Federation till deadline. Registrations will not be valid without money transfer!

Bank Name: Turkiye Is Bankasi

Branch Name: Ankara

Addres: Ulus - Ankara

Account Holder: Turkiye Satranc Federasyonu

IBAN USD: TR610006400000242003881019          USD Account Number: 4200-3881019

IBAN Euro: TP500006400000242003881023          Euro Account Number: 4200-3881023

SWIFT CODE: ISBKTRISXXX

4. PRIZES:

Medals (Gold, Silver & Bronze), cups and Certificate Of Achievement for the top 3 teams. Board Prizes in the form of Medals will also be awarded to the respective winners.

5. TOURNAMENT VENUE:

Mersin Great Municipality Sport Hotel.

6. TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

The tournament shall be run on a 10 Round Swiss. Each match between teams will be conducted over 4 boards.

7. TIME CONTROL:

90 minutes to finish with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

8.PROGRAMME:

Arrival                                   16 August

Technical Meeting                17 August

Opening Ceremony               17 August

Round 1                                17 August

Rounds 2-3                          18 August

Round  4                              19 August

Rounds 5-6                           20 August

Free Day                               21 August

Rounds 7                              22 August

Rounds 8-9 $nbsp;                       23 August

Round 10                              24 August

& Closing Ceremony             24 August

Departure                            25 August

9. TRANSFERS: 

The Closest Airport to Mersin is Adana Airport 1 hour distance. There are daily more then 15 flights from Istanbul to Adana. Considering that World Junior Chess Championships are organized from 2 to 16 August, participants coming from Gaziantep to Mersin will be provided free transportation. Duratiol from Gaziantep to Mersin is 3 hours, there is not any flight connection.

Each person will pay following transportation costs for bus transportation with regular inter city bus companies:

Istanbul Airport - Mersin - Istanbul : 80 Euro per person (intercity bus)

Izmir Airport - Mersin- Izmir: 80 Euro per person (intercity bus)

Antalya Airport - Mersin- Antalya: 60 Euro per person (intercity bus)

Adana Airport - Hotel - Adana Airport: 50 Euro per person (bus of organizers)

All transportation payments will be made in cash in Bus. All participants who pay this transportation cost, will be met on arrival

Important:

Turkish airlines fly from Ankara and Istanbul directly to Adana Airport.

Air way is a far more comfortable transportation, therefore if Federations want to come by air, they are kindly asked to do so. Or if you transfer the registration fee and ask an official request to Turkish Chess Federation we may help for your flight reservations.

Check flights on http://www.thy.com.tr/

Or private airlines:

Turkish Airlines&nbqp;                      http://www.thy.com

Atlasjet                 &nbsp:                  http://www.atlasjet.com

Pegasus                                   http://www.flypgs.com

Onurair                                    http://www.onurair.com.tr

Sun Express                            http://www.sunexpress.com.tr

10.VISAS:

Countries that require visas for Turkey are requested to apply for visas at their respective Turkish Republic Embassy. TCF will send invitation to all participants eligible for Tournament.

11.All other details are as per FIDE Handbook D.VI.02 (Regulations for the Children's Olympiad).

12.The Closing date for Entries is 27 June 2008. Entries received after this date are at the discretion of the organizers and a surcharge of 100 € will be imposed. Organisers have a right to refuse late entries.

13.All kind of payments must be made before the start of the first round. The players who did not make their payment will not be paired. We look forward to your participation in this tournament.

Registration forms are available upon request to our e-mail  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Follow news on http://www.tsf.org.tr/    

Contact Numbers:

Phone of Mr.Koral Tournament Director : +90 533 6417867

Federation: +90 312 3097594

Fax: +90 312 3109620

14. Mersin

Area: 15.853 km²

Population: 1.651.400 (2000)

Traffic Code: 33

Mersin that an important harbour city at the East Mediterranean shore, offers every possible activities to travellers with streets overshadowed by palms, city park, modern hotels, ruins near the city, numberless beaches. Moreover, the city remembered in history with the name of Saint Paul (he is from Tarsus) and with areas between Alanya and Mersin that was given from Mark Antuanious as a marriage gift to cleopatra.

Nearly 108 kilometre lengths of Mersin shores composed from naturel beaches. These beaches preferred because of their thin sands and cleannesq, and their suitability for underwater hunting. Kulakköy, Taşucu, Susanoğlu, Kuruçay, Lamas, Yemişkumu, Kız Kalesi, Çeşmeli, Ören, Balıkova, İskele, Yenikaş, Ovacık, Büyük Ecelive and Anamur Beaches are some of that beaches. For whom fond of history and archaeology there is Viranşehir (Pomeipolis) which city built on area that area was continuous settlement place since Neolithic Age, and city is an roman city built at Rome Period.

City was Papacy in Christianity Period, than destroyed by an earthquake in 525. Necropolis (graveyard), theatre, public baths, water canals, temple ruins are exist. Eski (old) Mosque is an important building remains from Ottoman Period (1870). It was restored at different times. Rome Public Bath hosts big amount of visitors with it's interesting mosaics.

Districts: İçel (center), Anamur, Aydıncık, Bozyazı, Çamlıyayla, Erdemli, Gülnar, Mut, Silifke, Tarsus.

At the 320 kilometre length coast band of Mersin province that 108 kilometre of them is sanded shores and formed with naturel beaches, is very rich by the means of historical, cultural values. At the Mersin that is settlement place since Neolithic Period, there are lots of archaeological and historical creations remains from calceolithic, Hittite, Rome, Byzantine and Ottoman civilisations.

The places should be seen and visited in Mersin are listed bellow:

Tarsus: St. Paul Church, St. Paul Well, Gözlü Kule (tower), Donuk Taş (stone), Ashabı Kehf Cave, Cleopatra Gate, Rome Road are important historical and cultural values of county.

Mersin: Yumuk Hill and Soli Ruins are places to be seen.
Anamur: Anamurium Ruins and Mamure Castle are important historical places.
Aydıncık: 4 columned Monument Tomb would be seen.
Bozyazı: Arsione, Nagidos and Softa castle are places to be seen.
Erdemli: Kanlıdivane Ruins, Ayaş, Korikos, Adamkaya Embossments are important historical and cultural values of county.
Gülnar: Meydancık Castle, Alahan Monastery at Mut,
Silifke: Cennet-Cehennem Caves, Silifke Castle, Tekir Ambarı, Jupiter Temple, Ayatekla, Holmi Ruin, Silifke Aphrodisia, Uzuncaburç Tower, Olba are most important ones.