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I prepared these pages to present a concise rules in html and adobe pdf form in Turkish. This game became popular in Turkey after the publication of the best-seller "Shibumi" of Trevanian and "Master of Go" of Kawabata in the late 80's. There are just two go books published in Turkish one of them is the translation of the French book "Petit traite invitant a la decouverte de l'art subtile de Go" which has been written by P.Lusson, G.Perec, S.Roubaud and another book which is out of print compiled by Alpar Kilinc.

There are some clubs which are active in Ankara, capital of Turkey; Middle East Tech. Uni. and Bilkent Uni. Go Clubs. I also prepared with my brother first go pages on web in Turkish for METU Go Club in 1996. There are 4-5 persons who are dan level players in Turkey. And I also heard that some people in the Turkish War Academy and in the Police Force were playing that game.

In Istanbul you can play go at Cihangir in a cafe called Kahvedan. Very close to Taksim, 5 min. by walk.

For my last two months (April-May 2000) in Japan I again started to play go. I am especially thankful for Yu Kumano for her help to find me this club, Koba Sensei manager of the Kurokami Igo Club and Nasu and Ibaraki San members of the Kumamoto University Igo Club. Kumamoto Uni. Igo Club doesn't have any separate room to play go, instead they are playing in Kurokami Go Club, 3 min. by foot from the uni. One month fee is 1200 Yen (around US $11) for uni. students, and one day is 600 Yen for non students. Atmosphere of the club is very friendly, and it was the most relaxing place that I had in Kumamoto. Boulder Tengoku was another nice place to increase your bouldering and climbing abilities with Akimoto San. You can appreciate green tea prepared and served by Koba Sensei while you are playing your game. And sometimes you can also eat sweet potatoes (imo) which has been prepared on the kerosene heater or get some chocolate from Imamura San. I got the chance to play with very strong players for western standards. Generally 3rd. dan for university student's players and over 5th. dan for older persons. There is also a girl of 4 years old, Nana chan who is 9 kyu whom I got a pleasure to play also. If you have enough ability to understand japanese you can easily reach there 1st dan (shodan) level in 6 month. One of my japanese friend, Ibaraki San, reached 3rd dan level just in 1 year. I am really thankful for everyone in the Kurokami Igo Club.

Here are some photos taken in Kurokami Igo club in Kumamoto City, South of Kyushu Island.

Below you are going to find some pictures of Kumamoto Uni. ryugakusei (foreign students) Juan Sensei (Spain) (white shirt) and Hermann (France) playing go on the way to picnic when we were lost and giving a lunch break nearby of a cemetery.

And during the picnic.

I have also some pictures that I took during a trip in South Korea. The first one is a go equipment seller in Pussan, south of South Korea. The final one is a fine but compared to Japan a cheap go shop in Seoul.

You can contact me by e-mail at ozaygen at metu dot edu dot tr.

References

Rules (Kurallar),
Compiled by using a pamphlet of the METU Go Society published in 1990 and some introduction level books.

Playing go on Internet is compiled by using some web pages of IGS.

Links to other web pages (Diger Go Sayfalari) is compiled by using Harry Feanley's bookmark, G o links, altavista.com and various web pages.

Production of Go board and go stones (Tahta ve Tas Yapimi) is compiled with various web pages, Go A Complete Introduction to the Game of Cho Chikun -Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo (1997 Tokyo, Kiseido Publishing), Catalogue 1994 of Ishi Press, Catalogue 2000 of Nihon-Ki-In.

Go, intelligence and children (Go, zeka ve çocuklar)
compiled from Go A Complete Introduction to the Game of Cho Chikun -Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, (1997, Tokyo, Kiseido Publishing), Mick's Computer Go Page.

Biography of Alpar Kilinç is obtanaid from Alpar Kilinç's family.

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