Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu
| Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey | |||
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| Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu | |||
| Country | Turkey | ||
| Founded | 1909/1992 | ||
| Founder | Ahmet Robenson, Abdurrahman Robenson, Nafi Arif Kansu, Ethem Nejat | ||
| Membership | 37,000 | ||
| President | Hasan Dinçer Subaşı | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website http://www.tif.org.tr |
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Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey (Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu, TİF) is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Turkey. It serves 33,974 Scouts (as of 2011) and 2,883 Guides (as of 2006). The federation is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1950, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 1987.
The start of Scouting in Turkey is attributed to the brothers Ahmet and Abdurrahman Robenson, who were sports teachers at the Galatasaray and Kabataş high schools in Constantinople (today: Istanbul) in 1909, and to Nafi Arif Kansu and Ethem Nejat, with first units organized at Darüşşafaka, Galatasaray, and İstanbul high schools, during the late Ottoman period.
During this same period, Scouting was created independently in outlying areas of the Ottoman Empire, most notably Lebanon and Syria.
In 1915 an Austro-Hungarian Scout unit in Constantinople was founded and served up to 1918. This unit was a member of the Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund This Scout Association supported the foundation of Scout groups in Damascus, Beirut and Aleppo.
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