Siracettin Bilyap
{{Short description|Turkish chess player}}
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Siracettin Bilyap (10 December 1923 – 26 August 1996) was a Turkish chess player, university professor of Construction technology. He was the 1966 Turkish Chess Champion.
Biography
Bilyap was born in Istanbul in 1923, graduated from Istanbul Technical University. He started working at Izmir Dokuz Eylul University, later become the Head of the Department of Construction at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, and Associate Professor in 1973 and Professor in 1980. He retired in 1990{{Cite web|title=Prof. Dr. Sıracettin Bilyap|url=http://tr2017.tsf.org.tr/tr/iletisim/369|access-date=2 July 2021|website=tr2017.tsf.org.tr}}{{Cite web|title=Akademik Personel – Kişisel Sayfa|url=https://debis.deu.edu.tr/akademiktr/index.php?cat=3&akod=19970143|access-date=2 July 2021|website=debis.deu.edu.tr}}
As a chess player, he took part in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Chess Olympiad Turkish National Team. He participated in the Turkish Chess Championship 14 times and became the Champion in 1966.{{Cite web|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Siracettin Bilyap|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/players/3vbrfd1i.html|access-date=2 July 2021|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
Bilyap died in 1996. In his memory, the 2017 Turkish Chess Championship was named after him{{Cite web|last=fanatik|title=Türkiye Satranç Şampiyonası başladı|url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/turkiye-satranc-sampiyonasi-basladi-1330491|access-date=2 July 2021|website=Fanatik|date=30 May 2018 }} Since 2001, Sıracettin Bilyap Memorial Chess Tournament has been traditionally held in İzmir.{{Cite web|title=7. Sıracettin Bilyap Anı Satranç Turnuvası|url=https://www.tsf.org.tr/guncel-haberler/1312-7-sracettin-bilyap-an-satranc-turnuvas|access-date=2 July 2021|website=www.tsf.org.tr|language=tr-tr}}
= Personal life =
Achievements
- 1966 Turkish Chess Championship – Champion
References
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External links
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=48267 Siracettin Bilyap at Chess Games]
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Category:Turkish chess players
Category:Haydarpaşa High School alumni
Category:Istanbul Technical University alumni
Category:Chess players from Istanbul
Category:20th-century chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
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