1.TURKISH AIRLINES Bowling Tournament will be held from January 28th to April 22nd, 2026 with the involvement of the teams from 180 cities in 86 countries.The related cities can be seen respectively like below; Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Adana, Addis Ababa, Adiyaman, Almaty, Amman, Ankara, Antalya, Antananarivo, Astana, Athens, Atlanta, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bali, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basra, Batman, Belfast, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Beirut, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bishkek, Bogota, Bologna, Bordeaux, Boston, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Bucharest, Cancun, Cape Town, Caracas, Geneva, Algiers, Chicago, Jeddah, Cluj, Colombo, Dhaka, Dallas, Dammam, Delhi, Denizli, Denver, Detroit, Diyarbakir, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Durban, Dushanbe, Edinburgh, Erbil, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Gothenburg, Guadalajara, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hanover, Hanoi, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Hurghada, Igdir, Islamabad, Isfahan, Alexandria, Istanbul, Izmir, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Karachi, Catania, Kathmandu, Cairo, Casablanca, Kirkuk, Chisinau, Northern Cyprus, Copenhagen, Constanta, Krakow, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Kazan, Lagos, Lahore, Lodz, Leipzig, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Marrakesh, Marseille, Muscat, Mauritius, Medina, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Mombasa, Monterrey, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Nairobi, Naples, Najaf, New York, Nice, Nuremberg, Ordu-Giresun, Osaka, Oslo, Panama City, Paris, Beijing, Phuket, Porto, Prague, Pristina, Riga, Riyadh, Rome, Samsun, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sarajevo, Seattle, Thessaloniki, Seoul, Seville, Sharm El Sheikh, Siirt, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Shanghai, Sanliurfa, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Tokyo, Turin, Toronto, Toulouse, Tunis, Ulaanbaatar, Skopje, Valencia, Vancouver, Varna, Warsaw, Venice, Vilnius, Washington, Zagreb, Zurich.
The champion of TURKISH AIRLINES Bowling 2025 is eligible to participate in the TURKISH AIRLINES Bowling 2026 tournament; however, if the champion finishes first in the country where they compete, they will not be eligible to advance to the final stage in Istanbul. In such a case—where the reigning champion wins the country round they participate in—the runner-up of that country will qualify for the TURKISH AIRLINES Bowling 2026 Istanbul Final instead.
The schedule of the games can be found at the “Schedule” tab on the website.
Only the agencies which are contracted with Turkish Airlines have the right to attend the tournament.
Each agency that is able to set up at least one team consisting of three people has the right to attend the tournament. In case an agency has more than one branch, there is a necessity for each team to have a different location address.
Each team consists of 3 members and the agencies can participate by their own employees. (When asked official documents need to be submitted)
The player staff of the agencies are required to be working at least 3 months within that agency.
Each player is to complete the tournament by playing 2 sets of games. Each team will play 6 games in total. (1 employee plays 2 games and 1 team plays 6 games).
Each female player in the teams will receive extra 15 points. (+30 points will be given to female players for 2 games in total.)
10. Professional bowling players aren’t allowed to participate in the tournament.
Regional Directorates will share the names and addresses of the halls with the registered agencies.
It is forbidden to play with personal balls. The games will be played by the standard balls provided by the hall.
Only the team with the highest score of each region will have the chance to compete in the Grand final that will take place in İstanbul.
The validity period of the awards is for one year and the expire date will be May 1, 2027.